Simon Trpčeski

In 2023-24, Simon Trpčeski will be Artist in Residence with both the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo. The Scottish residency will focus on Saint-Saens with performances of his piano concertos no.2 and 5 with Thomas Søndergård, also to be recorded for Linn Records. Launching the release of his Brahms concerto album in November, he will reunite with Gianandrea Noseda and the London Symphony Orchestra for performances of both concertos in the same week at the Barbican. Travelling to four continents, other collaborations this season include returns to the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, the Seattle and Detroit Symphony orchestras in the US, the West Australian Symphony Orchestra and the Seoul Philharmonic.
An acclaimed recitalist, Simon Trpčeski has performed in major halls in cities including New York, San Francisco, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Amsterdam, Milan, Munich, Prague, Hamburg, Bilbao, Istanbul, Dublin, and Tokyo. Since his debut at Wigmore Hall in 2001, he has remained a regular guest of this prestigious venue, including a Residency in 2018, with two recitals released on the Wigmore Live label. The 2023-24 season will see Simon Trpčeski open the SWR2 Internationale Pianisten in Mainz, and includes recitals in Milan, Geneva, Monte-Carlo, Edinburgh. He is also an avid chamber musician, performing regularly at many prestigious festivals. In 2022, he embarked in a series of recitals with violinist Maxim Vengerov; together they have performed at the Barbican in London, Carnegie Hall in New-York and the Paris Philharmonie.

A natural music explorer, Simon Trpčeski is also committed to strengthening the cultural image of his native Macedonia. His chamber music project MAKEDONISSIMO is dedicated to introducing audiences world-wide to the rich traditional Macedonian folk roots. With the collaboration of composer Pande Shahov, it weaves into one unique sound world the Macedonian folk music tradition with highly virtuos, jazz-influenced riffs and harmonies. Since its successful premiere in 2018, the project has travelled to most European countries, the USA, Canada and South Korea. In 2023, Makedonissimo opened a new chapter,with Concerto Makedonissimo, a concertante version premiered with the Tonkünstler Orchestra and Yutaka Sado at the Musiekverein in Vienna.
Simon Trpčeski’s fruitful collaborations with EMI Classics, Avie Records, Wigmore Hall Live, Onyx Classics, and currently Linn Records has resulted in a broad and award-winning discography. His natural affinity with Russian composers of the 19th and 20th century is featured in seven CDs presenting works by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov. He has also recorded the music of Chopin, Brahms, Poulenc, Bach, Liszt and Debussy. His most recent recital album “Variations” was critically acclaimed throughout Europe and was CD of the month in Fono Forum (Germany), Editor’s Choice in Gramophone (UK), Choc de Classica (France) and Amadeus D’ore (Italy).
With the special support of KulturOp – Macedonia’s leading cultural and arts organization – Simon Trpčeski works regularly with young musicians in Macedonia nurturing the talent of the next generation of artists, as well as for the promotion and affirmation of the Macedonian music and of classical music in general. In 2009, he received the Presidential Order of Merit for Macedonia, a decoration given to foreign and domestic dignitaries responsible for the affirmation of Macedonia abroad. In 2011, he became the first-ever recipient of the title “National Artist of Macedonia.”
Born in Macedonia in 1979, Simon Trpčeski is a graduate of the School of Music at the University of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Skopje, where he studied with Boris Romanov. He was BBC New Generation Artist 2001-2003 and in 2003, was honored with the Young Artist Award by the Royal Philharmonic Society.