Miryana Moteva
Bulgarian-born pianist Miryana Moteva enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber musician and educator. She has recently appeared with Linden Hills Chamber Orchestra in Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 1 and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 24. Next season, she makes her debut with Golden Valley Chamber Orchestra and Buffalo Community Orchestra.

Moteva collaborates regularly with members of the Minnesota Orchestra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra and Minnesota Opera in concerts across the US. She has performed at Schubert Club’s Courtroom Concerts in Saint Paul, the Bulgarian Concert Evenings in New York, New Jersey’s Mozaika Music Series, University of Minnesota’s Balkanicus Series, MacPhail Center for Music’s Spotlight Concerts, Hamline University’s ‘Music and Arts’ Series, University of Wisconsin, the Basilica of Saint Mary, the Fitzgerald Theater, and the Cowles Center, among others. She has concertized with the Isles Ensemble and 10th Wave Music Collective. Her performances have been featured on Classical MPR and NPR’s ‘From the Top.

During the 2025-2026 season, in addition to her concerto performances, Moteva will be featured on University of Saint Thomas’ ‘Chapel Arts Series’ and at Westminster Hall as part of Schubert Club’s Courtroom Concerts.

An ardent supporter of new classical music, Moteva has been an active commissioner and interpreter of new works. Her most recent commission, in collaboration with violinist David Brubaker, was Catalonian composer Marc Migó’s Sonata for Violin and Piano ‘Death and Spring. Following the work’s successful premiere at Schubert Club in April 2023, the duo was invited to record a Catalan Music CD on the IBS Classical Music Label and give a series of recitals in Catalonia. During the 2024-2025 season, Moteva was awarded a grant for curating a concert of trios by living composers titled ‘Mysticism, Legends and Traditions.

This season, she extends her dedication to new music by performing compositions of Clarice Assad, Lora Al-Ahmad, and Ivan Rodriguez. Moteva has appeared at festivals such as ‘March Music Days, ’ and ‘Music and Earth’ international festivals in Bulgaria, and ‘San Daniele International Piano Meeting’ in Italy, where she was awarded the audience prize for best performance of a Beethoven sonata.

Currently, she is on the faculty of MacPhail Center for Music, where she serves as a staff pianist and maintains a thriving studio as a piano teaching artist. She is also an active board member of the Music Education Committee at the Schubert Club in Saint Paul.

Moteva holds Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Piano Performance, and a Doctorate in Collaborative Piano from the University of Minnesota. She is a graduate of the National School of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her principal teachers include Emma Tahmizian, Lydia Artymiw, and Timothy Lovelace.