Praised for expressing "ultra-sensitive and highly refined pianism" (Quinte Society for Chamber Music), pianist Petya Stavreva holds a Doctorate degree in Musical Arts from Western University. Prior to arriving at Western, she finished her Master's degree at the University of Texas at Austin, receiving full scholarship and grant support from Canada Arts Council.
Dr. Stavreva recently relocated to Alberta and is now based in St. Albert. She is the incoming President of the St. Albert Piano Teachers' Association, and is also certified by ARMTA. Petya maintains an independent teaching studio in-person and online, and her students continuously succeed in festivals and competitions. Most recently, two of her students were awarded 1st place for levels 5 and 10 of the RCM's "Music Lights the Way" festival. Petya is in demand as an educator and has been an adjudicator for the Kiwanis Festival in Toronto, the Pickering GTA Music Festival, the Brant Music Festival, the Kiwanis Festival in Ottawa as well as the Ontario Music Festival Association in Hamilton, among many others. In 2024, she is adjudicating the British Columbia's Provincial Festival. She also collaborated with violinist Marie Berard (from the Canadian Opera Company) in recordings for the RCM's 2022 Celebration Series.
Petya has been a prize winner of numerous competitions in Canada and Europe, and has played concerts throughout Canada but also internationally, including in the US, France, Italy and Bulgaria.
She obtained an Artist Diploma at the Glenn Gould School on full scholarship, and a Bachelor's degree at the University of Toronto. Shortly after moving to Canada in 2002, Petya also attended the Taylor Performance Academy in Toronto with full scholarship. She has been very fortunate to study with a variety of teachers including Leslie Kinton, Anton Nel, James Anagnoson, Jamie Parker, Marietta Orlov and Arshalouis Nersessian.
St. Christopher's Anglican Church
662 Guelph Line
Burlington, On L7R 3M8
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:9:30 AM | Name:Goldy Yan | Titles: Solfeggio in C Minor by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach The Little Shepherd by Claude Debussy | Home Festival:Guelph |
Time:9:40 AM | Name:Jonathan Lo | Titles: Waltz in A Flat Major, op. 69, no. 1 (L'adieu) by Frédéric Chopin Seven Good-humored Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 4 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:9:50 AM | Name:Titus Lam | Titles: Sonata in D Major, Hob. XVI:4, 1st mvt. by Franz Joseph Haydn Seven Good-humoured Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 4 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:Unionville |
Time:10:00 AM | Name:Jiayu Xu | Titles: Sonata in B flat major, C 27 by Domenico Cimarosa Star Gazing by Alexina Louie | Home Festival:Windsor-Essex |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Cara Huang | Titles: Waltz in B Minor, op. posth. 69, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Seven Good-humoured Variations on a Ukrainian Folk Song, op. 51, no. 4 by Dmitri Kabalevsky | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Ethan Michael Funnell | Titles: Sonata in A Major, op. 59, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau The Spruce, op. 75, no. 5 by Jean Sibelius | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Freddy Getgood | Titles: Sonata in C major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The Spruce, op. 75, no. 5 by Jean Sibelius | Home Festival:London |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Gary Xu | Titles: Sonata in G Major, op. 49, no.2, 1st mvt. by Ludwig Van Beethoven Milonga del ángel by Astor Piazzolla | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:10:50 AM | Name:Liko Li | Titles: Solfeggio in C Minor by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Shooting Stars in Summer by Naoko Ikeda | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Joyce Qiu | Titles: Sonatina in A Major, op. 59, no. 1, 2nd mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau Tango Callejero by Mike Springer | Home Festival:Ottawa Piano |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Katherine Shang | Titles: Gigue in D Major by Johann Ludwig Krebs Poetic Tone Pictures, op. 3, no. 1 by Edvard Grieg | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:11:20 AM | Name:Jessie Gong | Titles: Mazurka in G Minor, op. posth. 67, no. 2 by Frédéric Chopin Sonatina in G Major, op. 55, no. 2, 3rd mvt. by Friedrich Kuhlau | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:11:30 AM | Name:Olivia Zhao | Titles: Invention No.14 in B flat Major, BWV 785 by J.S. Bach Shooting Stars in Summer by Naoko Ikeda | Home Festival:North York Live |
Time:1:00 PM | Name:Allison Lees | Titles: Sonata in C sharp Minor, op. 27, no. 2 "Moonlight", 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven New Years Waltz for Ferdinand Eckhardt by Jack Behrens | Home Festival:Sault Ste. Marie |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Matthew Cheng | Titles: Sonata in G Minor, op. 49, no. 1, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven Polonaise in C Major, op. 1, no. 2 by Clara Schumann | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:1:20 PM | Name:Yael Tulbovich | Titles: Sonata in G major, op. 49, no. 2, 1st mvt. by Ludwig van Beethoven Incognito by Jason Sifford | Home Festival:Yip's |
Time:1:30 PM | Name:Kaydence Tam | Titles: Fantasia in D Minor, TWV 33:2 by George Philipp Telemann Sonata in C Major, K 545, 1st mvt. by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Take the Stage |
Time:1:40 PM | Name:Desmond Avalos | Titles: Chanson Triste by Vasili Sergeievich Kalinnikov Solfeggio in C Minor by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach | Home Festival:Lambton County |
Time:1:50 PM | Name:Karen Bui | Titles: The Storm, op. 109, no. 13 by Johann Fredrich Burgmuller Mysterious Summer's Night by Larysa Kuzmenko | Home Festival:St. Thomas |
Time:2:00 PM | Name:Gioia Bonifacio-Proietto | Titles: Prelude in B Minor, op. 28, no. 6 by Frederic Chopin Sonatina in E Flat Major, op. 19/20, no. 6, 1st mvt. by Jan Ladislav Dussek | Home Festival:Niagara |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:30 pm until 4:00 pm.
Announcement of the winners and top two competitors chosen to go to the Playoffs will happen at the end of the workshop.
The Level 8 Piano Playoffs will be held at Pineland Baptist Church - 5100 New Street - from 4:30 pm to approximately 6:00 pm.
Playoff competitor will have to travel to Pineland Baptist Church.