Pianist Mia Vassilev, originally from northeast Kansas, has concertized in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Texas, Ohio, Florida and Shanghai, China, as well as playing for productions and accompanying singers and instrumentalists in Italy and Austria. In Bulgaria, she has been broadcast on the Classical Radio Network. Most recently, she has played on the Bass Museum of Art (Miami) Summer Concert Series, at the Steinway Gallery of Miami, on The Internationals concert series in West Palm Beach and Boynton Beach, on The Platinum Piano Concert Series (Miami) and the BMI Steinway Concert Series. Winner of the Presser Scholar Award, the Melba C. Budge Fellowship, the Outstanding Performer Award and the University Concerto Competition, she completed her undergraduate studies in piano performance from Kansas State University, where she studied with Dr. Robert Edwards. After graduating, she was invited back multiple times on their guest artist series, once as soloist for a performance of the Prokofiev Piano Concerto #1. She graduated with a master’s degree in piano performance from the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music in 2001 as a University Graduate Scholar recipient both years where she studied with Richard Fields and Michael Chertock. She also performed in the Grandin Chamber Music Festival in Cincinnati, and has been a pianist for tours, outreach programs, and production rehearsals with: Glimmerglass Opera in New York, Florida Grand Opera, Cincinnati Opera, and the Hispanic-American Lyric Theatre of Miami, Florida, as well as serving as a staff pianist in the OTMFL (Opera Theatre and Music Festival of Lucca), Italy, and the AIMS (American Institute of Musical Studies) Festival in Graz, Austria. Besides concertizing, Mia works as a staff pianist at Florida International University in Miami, Florida. Please visit www.miavassilev.com for complete details and events.