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Bulgarian pianist
Maria Prinz was born in Sofia, and began her music education with her father, conductor and composer Konstantin Iliev.
Prinz attended the Hanns Eisler University of Music in Berlin, where she studied piano with Rudolf Dunckel, and continued her work with
Jörg Demus in Vienna and
Yvonne Lefébure in Paris. She has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras, including the
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the
Sofia Symphony Orchestra, and the
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and performed with conductors
Riccardo Muti,
Seiji Ozawa, and
Neville Marriner.
Prinz has been a frequent guest artist at music festivals, including the Salzburg Festival, the Pacific Music Festival, the Danube Festival, and the March Music Days in Ruse, Bulgaria. Some of her partners in recitals are flutists Dieter Flury,
Wolfgang Schulz, and
Patrick Gallois; clarinetists
Alfred Prinz, Philippe Cuper,
Andrew Marriner, and
Peter Schmidl; and soprano
Krassimira Stoyanova. In addition to playing concerts,
Prinz has also taught at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna since 1987. She has recorded for Gega and Naxos.