{"id":2227,"date":"2023-03-04T15:01:11","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T13:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/ventsislav-yankoff\/"},"modified":"2023-03-28T19:20:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-28T17:20:31","slug":"ventsislav-yankoff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Ventsislav Yankoff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2227\" class=\"elementor elementor-2227 elementor-1628\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2326e032 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2326e032\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4d91df9a\" data-id=\"4d91df9a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71e72534 elementor-align-left vy-local-header vy-header-bottom-bg-focus elementor-widget elementor-widget-pages-banner\" data-id=\"71e72534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"pages-banner.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"banner-header section-padding valign bg-img bg-fixed\" data-overlay-dark=\"4\" data-background=\"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ventsislav-yankoff-with-orchestra.jpg\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12 caption mt-90\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>\/24.03.1926 \u2013 08.01.2022\/<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1>Ventsislav Yankoff<\/h1>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7872cfaa elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-home-about\" data-id=\"7872cfaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"home-about.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<section class=\"about section-padding\">\r\n\t\t\t<h2 style=\"display: none!important;\">The Cappa<\/h2>\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-6 mb-30 animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"star-rating\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"star-rating\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"star-rating\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"star-rating\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<i class=\"star-rating\"><\/i>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-title\">The Poet &amp; Philosopher of The Piano<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The pianist Ventsislav Yankoff was born into a family of musicians. His father - <strong>Prof. Yanko Yankoff<\/strong>, is a respected flute teacher and performer. His brother - <strong>Lyubomir Yankoff<\/strong> - was a distinguished violinist and professor at a music school in France.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prof. Panka Peliszek<\/strong> was the first piano teacher of Ventsislav Yankoff when he was at the age of three. His first public performance was at the age of six, when his obvious talent captivated the audience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- call -->\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-md-3 animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ventsislav-yankoff-portrait.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"mt-90 mb-30\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-md-3 animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/ventsislav-yankoff-paris.jpg\" alt=\"\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-35fa0f9 elementor-section-full_width container elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"35fa0f9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5535c82\" data-id=\"5535c82\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd27fd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd27fd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 18-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>In 1936, Ventsislav Yankoff completed his general education and at the same time finished his second degree at the Sofia Conservatory.<\/p><p>In 1937, he and his brother Lyubomir received a scholarship from the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture and continued their studies at the Berlin Conservatory. There, under the guidance of <strong>prof. Karl-Adolf Martinsen<\/strong>, Ventsislav Yankoff graduated with honors in 1942 and later specialized with <strong>Wilhelm Kempff, Edwin Fischer and Marguerite Long<\/strong>.<\/p><p>From 1947 until the end of his life Ventsislav Yankoff lived in Paris. For him, France became a second homeland, where he was warmly welcomed and honored by the audiences at his numerous concerts and by institutions such as the Paris Commune, the Conservatoire National de Paris and the French Ministry of Culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a451cf elementor-section-full_width container elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5a451cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f79d92\" data-id=\"4f79d92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b677b49 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b677b49\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>In 1949, Ventsislav Yankoff won first prize at The Long-Thibaud International Competition<\/strong> together with Aldo Ciccolini. This distinction opened the doors for him to the world&#8217;s great stages and marked the beginning of a brilliant career. He played in almost all European countries, Japan and also in countries in the Americas and North Africa. He did a nine-month world tour and played in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. He has worked with conductors Hans Knappertsbusch, Ernest Ansermet, Rafael Kubel\u00edk, Andr\u00e9 Cluytens and others. He has performed over 2500 concerts worldwide in his lifetime.<\/p>\n<p>From 1977 to 1999 Ventsislav Yankoff was a professor at the Conservatoire National de Paris.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3022244 elementor-section-full_width container elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3022244\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-be2227e\" data-id=\"be2227e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232cb9b elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-home-services\" data-id=\"232cb9b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"home-services.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<section class=\"facilties section-padding\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"section-subtitle\">Awards<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-facility animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Order of Stara Planina<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>1st degree \u2013 2002<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"facility-shape\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-facility animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Zlatna lira (Golden Lyra)<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>special award from the Union of Bulgarian Musicians and Dancers<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"facility-shape\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-facility animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Ville D\u2019Epinal<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>badge of honour - 1981<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"facility-shape\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-facility animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Ville De Paris<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>honorary plaque - 2001<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"facility-shape\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-facility animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>Ville De Canohes  (Semaine Bleue)<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>honorary plaque \u2013 2011<\/p>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"facility-shape\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"ti-medall-alt\"><\/span> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-4\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-facility animate-box\" data-animate-effect=\"fadeInUp\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5>others...<\/h5>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/section>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\/24.03.1926 \u2013 08.01.2022\/ Ventsislav Yankoff The Cappa The Poet &amp; Philosopher of The Piano The pianist Ventsislav Yankoff was born into a family of musicians. His father &#8211; Prof. Yanko Yankoff, is a respected flute teacher and performer. His brother &#8211; Lyubomir Yankoff &#8211; was a distinguished violinist and professor at a music school in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/home-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2234,"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2227\/revisions\/2234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vyankoff.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}