"The best thing to come out of Macedonia since Alexander the Great is pianist Simon Trpčeski... the pianist is pretty good at conquering audiences as well as scores, not only with his playing but also with an engaging manner that connects with his listeners."

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Biography

Macedonian pianist Simon Trpčeski has established himself as one of the most remarkable musicians on the global stage, performing with over 100 orchestras on four continents, with leading conductors and at the most prestigious venues. Mr. Trpčeski is recognized for his powerful virtuosity and deeply expressive approach, as well as his charismatic ability to connect with diverse audiences worldwide and his commitment to strengthening Macedonia’s cultural heritage.

Mr. Trpčeski has collaborated with a long list of prominent conductors, including Lorin Maazel, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Marin Alsop, Gustavo Dudamel, Gianandrea Noseda, Charles Dutoit, Antonio Pappano, Michael Tilson Thomas, Cristian Măcelaru, and Vasily Petrenko. As an experienced pianist, he is also a popular collaborator among the next generation of high-profile conductors, including Jakub Hruša, Gabriel Bebeșelea, Dalia Stasevska, Elim Chan, Alpesh Chauhan, and Dima Slobodeniuk.

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Upcoming Performances

May 10, 2025

8:00 pm

Yerevan, Armenia @ Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall

Type

Concerto

Orchestra

Armenian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Sergei Smbatyan

Venue

Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall

Repertoire

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

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May 16, 2025

7:30 pm

[CANCELLED BY PROMOTER] Sarajevo @ Orchestra Hall

Type

Concerto

Orchestra

Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Bojan Sudjić

Venue

Orchestra Hall

Repertoire

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No.1

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May 17, 2025

7:30 pm

Skopje, Macedonia @ Macedonian Philharmonic

Type

Concerto

Orchestra

Thessaloniki State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Vladimiros Symeonidis

Venue

Macedonian Philharmonic

Repertoire

Ravel Piano Concerto in G

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Latest News

April 14, 2025

Simon Trpčeski's Transcendental Technique in Full Flight

Macedonian pianist Simon Trpceski last appeared here in 2013, performing at the Singapore International Piano Festival and with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. His most recent solo recital, presented by Altenburg Arts, showed that time has not dimmed the memory of an artist who has very personal ideas about music, married with a transcendental technique that invites superlatives. Trpceski has the ability to persuade, winning the listener over with beauty of tone and no little force of personality.

There were five encores in total, by Prokofiev (Scherzo Humoristique, Op. 12 No. 9), Rodion Shchedrin (Humoresque), a Macedonian folksong (Don’t Sell Y our Estate, Koljo) and lovely duets by Debussy and Brahms with two of Singapore’s young talents Maxim Oswald-Lim and Theodore Penn Hur. It was simply charming.

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Featured Recordings

Brahms Piano Concertos

Orchestra

WDR Sinfonieorchester

Conductor

Cristian Macelaru

Release Year

2023

This eagerly-awaited new release sees Simon Trpčeski reunite with conductor Cristian Măcelaru to record Brahms Piano Concertos. Their unrivalled chemistry, paramount in Brahms’s chamber-like concertos, is on full display in these new performances which puts the two artists’ musical affinity in the spotlight.

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3

Orchestra

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Vasily Petrenko

Release Year

2010

Simon Trpčeski and Vasily Petrenko bring a certain lightness and refinement to Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, while at the same revealing the work’s deep emotions and inherent melancholy. Trpceski’s playing effuses romantic bravura in the rapid finger passages of the outer movements, while cultivating a classical elegance in the hauntingly beautiful slow movement.

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