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Dr. Averill Summer, Associate Professor of PianoDr. Averill Summer, Associate Professor of Piano
Applied Piano and Keyboard Literature
email: asummer@arts.usf.edu
Averill Summer is a graduate of Indiana University in Bloomington, where she received the master and doctor of music degrees in Piano Performance with high distinction, and the University of South Florida, where she received the bachelor of arts in music. Her teachers have included Sidney Foster, Rosina Lhevinne, and Menahem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio. She has taught piano at Bucknell and Susquehanna Universities in Pennsylvania, and at Indiana University as a graduate fellow. In addition to teaching applied piano and keyboard literature at USF, Dr. Summer maintains a career as a piano soloist, chamber player, adjudicator, and lecturer. She has led study-tours and performed in Scandinavia and Eastern Europe as well as in the United States, and has appeared as soloist with many area orchestras.


Dr. Svetozar Ivanov, Associate Professor of Piano
Applied Piano and Chamber Music
email: svetozar@att.net, website: svetozarivanov.com
Pianist Svetozar Ivanov has made numerous appearances as recitalist and orchestra soloist in Europe and North America. All Music Guide praised his two recent solo CD’s; the CD “Naked Tango” was called “superbly original, quite moving, personal and musically absorbing” while his CD “Vers la flamme” was celebrated for performances which were “played with aplomb, panache and complete conviction” and interpretation “filled with sensual longing, anguished yearning, anxious dread and provocative energy”. Svetozar Ivanov recent performance venues include the Seiler Piano Festival in Crete, Association Philomuses in Paris, “Salon des Arts” and “Sofia Music Weeks” in Bulgaria, Royal Irish Academy of Music, North Netherlands Conservatory, Zurich Conservatory in Switzerland, Vicenza Conservatory in Italy, Robert Helps International Competition and Festival at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City, Fox River Chamber Music Festival in Wisconsin, Chautauqua Music Festival in New York, Sequoia Concerts in San Francisco, The Steinway Series and the Encore Series in Florida and numerous concert series at universities throughout the US. Svetozar Ivanov is Associate Professor of Piano at University of South Florida, serves as Artist Faculty at Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont, and is the Artistic Director of the Steinway Piano Series at USF. He has served on juries for the Konzerteum International Piano Competition in Greece, the Seiler International Piano Competitions in Crete, the International Youth Music Festival and Competition in Bulgaria, and the Chautauqua Music Festival Piano Competition. Svetozar Ivanov holds degrees from the Bulgarian National Conservatory and University of Michigan (DMA).

 

Miroslava Panayotova, Adjunct Faculty

Applied Piano, Chamber Music, Class Piano Coordinator

email: panayotova@arts.usf.edu

Bulgarian pianist Miroslava Panayotova has made numerous appearances as recitalist and concerto soloist in the United States, Canada, Bulgaria, Russia, Slovakia, Romania, and Mexico. Ms. Panayotova has appeared at many music festivals including the Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival in Vermont, XXI Festival Dr. Alfonso Ortiz Tirado 2005 in Mexico, and the Orford Festival in Canada. In 2006, she toured the southwest as soloist with University of Arizona Pianists on Tour. Her numerous awards include the first prize at the Green Valley Piano Competition in 2007, the Silver Medal at the Svetoslav Obretenov National Piano Competition in Bulgaria, and  a semifinalist at the 2002 Missouri Southern International Piano Competition. As a winner of the 2006-2007 President’s Concerto Competition, Ms. Panayotova appeared with The Arizona Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Panayotova holds performance degrees from the State Academy of Music in Sofia, Bulgaria where she studied with Daniela Andonova. At the University of South Florida she graduated with a M.M. Degree as a student of Svetozar Ivanov.  Presently, Ms. Panayotova is pursuing a doctoral degree in piano performance with a minor concentration in musicology at the University of Arizona, where she studies with Tannis Gibson. Currently, Ms. Panayotova is Adjunct Piano Faculty at the University of South Florida where she teaches applied piano, class piano, chamber music, and continues her long-lasting association with choral ensembles as an accompanist.

 

 

 

Dharshini Tambiah, Teaching Assistant

Applied Piano, Chamber Music, Piano Ensemble

email: dctambiah@hotmail.com

 

 

 

 

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