Mr. Vasil Vasilev

 Piano teacher

Graduated from Julliard School of Music in 2006 with aMasters in Classical Music.Born in SOFIA, BULGARIA in 1979. He studied piano at the age of three and gave his first public performance at the age of six. He has won many awards all over the world and has performed as piano soloist with several orchestras. He is  pipe organ and the harpsichord. After taking master-classes with prominent European and American organists and harpsichordists such as Julian Gembalski, Orest Koval, and Asako Hirabayashi, BILL performed several of his compositions for organ at the 3^rd International Festival BACH-Fest in Sumy, Ukraine in 1998. In 2001, BILL moved to the USA and was accepted with merit scholarships to the New England Conservatory, Peabody, Mannes, . For the next two years he studied composition with Mark Wilson and piano performance with Santiago Rodriguez at the UMD, while participating in master-classes with renowned performers such as Andre Watts and picking up a few more awards and scholarships, notably the 2002 Homer Ulrich award in solo performance. All of his successes in classical music notwithstanding, BILL started becoming more and more interested in composition. He started by creating a classical trio called SoundProof, which performed in various venues in the Washington DC area, recored a CD, and featured some of BILL original compositions on New Sound, earning “Classical Track of the Week” award.  In 2005, BILL was accepted with a scholarship to the Julliard School of Music and subsequently moved to New York, where he now performs as a leader and sideman in various venues around the city. BILL graduated from the Julliard School in December of 2006 with the degree of Masters of Fine Arts in Jazz and Contemporary Music. 

Exposure to a wide variety of musical influences contributed to BILL VASILEV exceptional versatility as a musician. He is equally comfortable playing his eclectic and complex compositions , performing a thoughtful interpretation of music by Bach or Chopin at a classical recital, or leading a congregation to an inspired rendition of a traditional hymn. Regardless of style and setting, he always strives to create music that comes from the soul and speaks to the heart. From the early age, BILL has been perfecting his ability to improvise in a wide variety of distinct musical styles, from Bach, Mozart and Chopin to jazz and gospel. Improvisation on themes from the audience was a regular feature of his concerts in BERLIN and GERMANY Improvisation is particularly well suited to church music, where since the times of Bach organists inspired the congregation with improvised preludes, interludes, and postludes, often using thematic material from the appropriate hymns. BILL attempts to revive this tradition in his church work.

Vasilev is also a renowned pianist of Jazz and studied with Chick Corea and performed with many great artist. Vasilev travels extensively performing all over the world as a concert artist performing classical as well as jazz. He has settled in the Tampa Bay Area and loves passing his art on to students.