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Praised as much for his powerful virtuosity and deeply expressive approach as for his charismatic stage presence, Simon Trpčeski has captivated audiences worldwide for over two decades. Launched onto the international scene as a BBC New Generation Artist, he has collaborated with more than a hundred orchestras across four continents, including the London Symphony and Philharmonia Orchestras, Orchestre National de France, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Royal Stockholm, Oslo and Helsinki Philharmonics, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin and the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra, the Los Angeles and New York Philharmonics, and The Cleveland, Philadelphia, Chicago and San Francisco Symphony Orchestras, as well as the Seoul Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Russian National Orchestra, St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Sydney and New Zealand Symphony Orchestras. Festival highlights include appearances at the Berlioz Festival and the Robeco Series at the Concertgebouw, alongside his role as a jury member for the Enescu Competition. A much sought-after soloist, he has worked with many of today’s most prominent conductors, earning a reputation as one of the most distinctive and compelling pianists of his generation.
Highlights of the 2026–2027 season include season-opening concerts with the Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony under Kazushi Ono, debut appearance with Beijing Symphony Orchestra, and North American appearances with the Minnesota Orchestra, Milwaukee Symphony, San Diego Symphony, and Oregon Symphony. In San Diego and Oregon, the program will feature the regional premieres of Ginastera’s Concerto Argentino and Albéniz’s Rapsodia Española. In Europe, Trpčeski returns to the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Weimar, and Tenerife Symphony and makes his debut with Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Recital highlights include performances at Yamaha Hall in Tokyo, Orange County, Seattle, Washington, Zaragoza, Cordoba, and Bratislava. The season also sees Simon working with a roster of internationally renowned conductors, including Cristian Măcelaru, Kazushi Ono, Jaime Martín, Ivan Repušić, Marcelo Lehninger, Lionel Bringuier, Domingo Hindoyan, Aziz Shokhakimov, Daniel Raiskin, and Delyana Lazarova.
The 2025–2026 season was marked by major orchestral collaborations across North America, Europe, and South-East Asia. He opened the season at Enescu Festival, with National Youth Orchestra of Romania, and appeared with leading North American orchestras including the Seattle Symphony, National Symphony Orchestra, Palm Beach Symphony, Utah Symphony & Opera, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and San Francisco Symphony. In Europe, highlights included performances with Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, and Tonhalle Orchester Zurich, as well as debut appearances with Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Estonian Symphony, and Bilbao Symphony. Further worldwide successes included a return to Hong Kong Philharmonic, Buenos Aires Philharmonic, Singapore Symphony Orchestra and a debut appearance with Israel Philharmonic. In addition, his world music ensemble MAKEDONISSIMO premiered in Hong Kong at the Asia Plus Festival.
Trpčeski’s extensive discography reflects his deep and wide-ranging artistry. His long-standing partnership with Vasily Petrenko has produced major recordings with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra: the complete Rachmaninov concertos for Avie, and the Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev concertos for Onyx Classics. With Cristian Măcelaru, he recorded both Shostakovich concertos for Linn Records, followed by critically acclaimed Brahms concertos with the WDR Sinfonieorchester (2023). During his 2023–24 residency with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, he recorded Saint-Saëns’s Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 5 with Thomas Søndergård. Released in August 2026 to considerable critical acclaim, the album was hailed by ClassiqueNews as an “éblouissante révélation”, while Europadisc praised its vitality as “alive with the appetite and risk of the concert hall.” His affinity with the Russian repertoire is reflected in seven recital albums featuring works by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Tchaikovsky, Scriabin, Mussorgsky, and Rimsky-Korsakov, alongside recordings of Chopin, Brahms, Poulenc, Bach, Liszt, and Debussy. His recent recital album Variations was met with widespread critical praise, receiving CD of the Month in Fono Forum (Germany), Editor’s Choice in Gramophone (UK), Choc de Classica (France), and Amadeus D’oro (Italy).
Beyond the concert stage, Trpčeski is passionately committed to celebrating and sharing the rich musical traditions of his native Macedonia. His chamber music project MAKEDONISSIMO, created with composer Pande Shahov, blends traditional Macedonian folk music with virtuosic, jazz-inflected textures. Since its premiere in 2018, it has toured extensively across Europe, North America, and Asia, appearing in major concert halls including Wigmore Hall, the Concertgebouw, Tonhalle Zurich, and NOSPR Katowice, as well as striking outdoor venues, ranging from the Ancient Theatre in Ohrid and Heraclea in Bitola, Macedonia, to the seafront of the Cazinoul din Constanța, where it was presented as part of the city’s summer cultural programme. In 2023, Concerto Makedonissimo—a new orchestral version—premiered with the Tonkünstler Orchestra and Yutaka Sado at the Musikverein in Vienna. 2027 marks the start of the project’s 10th anniversary, celebrating a decade of bringing Macedonia’s vibrant musical heritage to audiences around the world.
With the support of KulturOp, Macedonia’s cultural and arts organisation, he works closely with young musicians, nurturing the next generation and promoting Macedonian culture internationally. In recognition of his artistic achievements, he received the Presidential Order of Merit for Macedonia in 2009 and in 2011 became the country’s first-ever National Artist. Born in 1979 in Macedonia, Simon Trpčeski studied with Boris Romanov at the Faculty of Music, University of St. Cyril and St. Methodius in Skopje. He was a BBC New Generation Artist from 2001 to 2003 and received the Young Artist Award from the Royal Philharmonic Society in 2003. The 2025–2026 season also marks the 25th anniversary of his career, celebrated with a gala concert at the National Arena in Skopje, featuring the Macedonian Opera and Ballet Orchestra and longtime artistic collaborators.
