Zlata Chochieva has been appointed Professor of Piano at the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), beginning in September 2025.

Zlata signs with World Master Pianists for Representation in Benelux.

Read ‘Music of my Life’ on International Piano Magazine featuring the selection of Zlata’s most favorite recordings

In the 2023/24 season, Zlata Chochieva will make her New York debut performing recitals at Rockefeller University Wednesday Caspary Auditorium Series and at New York’s legendary Town Hall presented by People’s Symphony.

Zlata’s new CD “Im Freien” has been selected as Gramophone Editor’s choice and included in 10 Classical Albums of the month (June) on Apple Music. Here are some excerpts from the recent reviews:

“A virtuoso a reminiscent of Sergei Rachmaninoff <…> the music world is taking notice of this extraordinary artist, who combines the power of Martha Argerich with the tonal sensibility of Mikhail Pletnev – the latter was also her teacher …

Following her return to Aarhus Symphony Orchestra last week, Zlata Chochieva joins the Hamburg Camerata this Wednesday 26 April at the Elbphilharmonie.

“Just witness the last forte chord of Mozart’s Duport Variations in D, the short silence, and the little turn that begins the first of Scriabin’s Preludes, op. 15.”

“<…> a truly spectacular showcase of pianism and musicianship.<…> I am of course mindful of Sir Andras Schiff’s recent pair of masterful recitals, but with performances such as we had from Kholodenko and Chochieva’s, we are reminded that the future of great music is indeed in very good hands.”

“This release continues her well-thought-out and fascinating recordings as well as her world-class piano playing.”
– James Harrington, American Record Guide

Within a month ‘Chiaroscuro’ album reached 2M streams, being selected for Apple Music’s “10 Classical Albums” as well as getting new reviews:

This week Zlata Chochieva makes her Taiwan debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan. Under the baton of conductor Mei-Ann Chen, Chochieva performs Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in Taipei's National Concert Hall and National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts - Weiwuying.
In the lead-up to the performances, Chochieva sits down with Chen and the host of the NSO's podcast Music Lab to share her thoughts on Chopin. Listen here:
Apple: https://reurl.cc/O0DdYg 
Spotify: https://reurl.cc/Q9DKvp 

“Listening to the album, it becomes clear after a few bars that Chochieva’s Mozart can stand comparison with the best and does not have to hide from greats like Maria João Pires or Mitsuko Uchida. <…>

“I conclude this personal account of the signal event by observing that few pianists of recent generations come close to playing as considerate of composers’ intentions and as masterly of their demands as Zlata Chochieva.”‍— Frank Cooper, Lecturer in Residence Miami International Piano Festival

In the lead-up to the release of her first album on the naïve label, Chochieva returns to the US for the first time since the pandemic. She performs at the Miami International Piano Festival on 1 May and the Frederic Chopin Society in Minneapolis on 8 May, culminating in further recitals in Duluth on 9 May, Sun Valley on 13 May, and San Diego on 15 May, with a spectacular programme featuring C.P.E. Bach, Schumann, Grieg, Brahms, and Strauss. The following August sees Chochieva return to the US to the International Keyboard Odyssiad & Festival in Colorado and the Bard Festival in New York.

“… 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘣𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘞𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘡𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘢? 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘷 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝟹𝟼-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘙𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘊𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘧ê𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 “𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦” 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘐 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘪𝘯-𝘢-𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵.

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Tune in Deutschlandfunk Kultur and listen to the live stream from Zlata Chochieva’s recital at the festival “Rarities of Piano Music”. Available for 30 days: https://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de

Zlata Chochieva has been nominated for “Best Instrumentalist of the Year” and best “Solo Recording-Instrument” at Opus Klassik for her album “(re)creations”!
The recording has received unanimous praise from American Record Guide, Gramophone (an editor’s choice) and International Piano (a rave review and critic’s choice from Bryce Morrison).

Despite cancellation of Berliner Klavier Festival in the Konzerthaus Berlin this year, Zlata Chochieva and Severin von Eckardstein continue to make music within digital edition of the Festival, starting from today till May 12th:
https://berliner-klavierfestival.de

“Right from the first note, you realise Chochieva has not just drifted into the studio on a whim or simply to fulfil a contract. This is music-making of real purpose and conviction.”
https://www.gramophone.co.uk/features/article/gramophone-editor-s-choice-april-2021

Watch Online Release Concert and Interview with Barnaby Weiler about the New Album “(re)creations" on Foyer Crescendo:
https://foyer.de

Zlata Chochieva joins the Artist roster of the newly announced James Brown Management for General Management.
https://www.jamesbrownmanagement.com/

Zlata Chochieva is the Pianist magazine cover star. Get your copy here to read her full-length interview:
https://www.pianistmagazine.com/store/back-issues/pianist/pianist-114-jun20-issue-146-1

«I can think of few finer piano recitals than this. Chochieva never attempts to endow the music with extra drama or interpretation: she just reveals her personal struggle to expose the music as it is. Her probing honesty and imagination place the listener in a multi-layered emotional world which is both evolving and immediate, and one simply feels impelled to follow her». Read more: https://seenandheard-international.com/2019/11/zlata-chochievas-unique-chopin-and-rachmaninoff-arrive-in-vancouver/

This role sees her play in five concerts under the baton of Christopher Ward.
The programme includes Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 4, Liszt “Malediction”
and Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Nicolas Dautricourt and Per Nyström.