Biograpfy

Nikola Paskalov made his first leap in to the professional concert stage during the time of his musical education at the “High School under the Moscow Conservatory P.I. Tchaikovsky” in Moskow. At the time he was 16th he starts his professional career performing concerts with orchestras and playing recitals.

Studying in the class of prof. B. Romanov in Moscow, and than at the Faculty of Music (FMU) in Skopje - Macedonia in the class of the same professor he graduates in 1995, and after he continues his professional development at the “European Mozart Academy” in Krakow – Poland where he worked with several visiting professors: A. Satz, I. Roman, V. Lobanov, J. Vitenbah, D. Golub, A. Newman.

Nikola Paskalov participated at numerous international master classes and worked with well known pianists and pedagogues: Paul Badura – Skoda, Georg Sebok, Gunter Rainhold and Peter Feuchtwanger.

Experience

Discography and Repertoire

In his rich concert life besides his numerous appearances on the Macedonian concert stage including 8 concert aperients with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra he performs on the international scene: with Sarajevo Philharmonic Orchestra and the Orchestra of the Croatian Radio and Television, solo recitals and chamber music concerts in Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic, at the Festivals in Italy, Austria, “Piano Festival” in Feuchtwangen - Germany; in London - UK and in Zagreb - Croatia. Performs with various ensembles “Rucner”,“Gajdov” and “Kodaly” quartet and collaborates with well known instrumentalists. Recently he performed in London for the concert series called “Pianists of the World” playing solo recital at the prestigious concert hall of “St Martin in the Fields” as well in Zagreb where he performed the concerto for piano and orchestra by N.Glassl with the Orchestra of Croatian Radio and Television in the famous “Lisinski” concert hall in Zagreb-Croatia . On the last jubilee edition of the prestigious Ohrid Summer Festival he performed with the famous “Kodaly” quartet and in 2013 he gave a debut recital at the most prestigious concert hall in the world “Carnegie Hall” in New York. For his concert activities Nikola Paskalov received a reword from the Macedonian Association of Music Artist for outstanding artistic achievement.

Discography and Repertoire

Nikola appears on many recordings for the production of the Macedonian Radio and Television, former Yugoslav Radio and Television, SJF records and Croatian Radio, and produced CD’s under the label of JMM (Jeunesse Musicale Macedonia) in 2007 year and in 2013 CD with recording of N. Glassl piano concerto with the Symphony Orchestra of the Croatian Radio and Television under their label.

Nikola Paskalov’s rich and diverse repertoire includes works, for solo piano as well as for chamber music, from different periods, from baroque to contemporary music.

Reviews

Discography and Repertoire

Reviews

"Frankische Landeszeutung"
Nikola Paskalov gave everything what one piano performance could offer: tranquility, storm, happiness, power, passion, nobility and poetry … Temperamental and elegant virtuosity joint in a magical confidence. Nikola Paskalov in city of Feuchtwangen demonstrated a master performance on the piano …

"Nova Makedonija" daily news paper
Young pianist Nikola Paskalov with a maximal concentration, in a manner of already mature concert artist, confidently brought including all little finesses, the solo part of the second concerto for piano and orchestra in B-major by Johanes Brahms. Paskalov had sense for precision and balance in a classical manner in his playing together with the Macedonian Philharmonic Orchestra, where he dominated with his creative pulls … With that he made big impression at the attendant audience …

"Frankische Landeszeutung"

Paskalov’s playing showed brilliance in expression of polychromatic structures, melody lines and motives illuminated by gentle intensity, less in a Belcanto manner, and more in a manner of instrumental colors which resembled celesta.