Mariana Dimitrova Gurkova-Franco ( bg, Марияна Димитрова Гуркова-Франко) is a

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n pianist, born in

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. Gurkova, who nowadays is a naturalised Spanish citizen, settled in

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in 1988. A former head professor at

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's Conservatory, she is a teacher at Madrid's Real Conservatorio Superior.

References

Review of a performance of Vladiguerov's 3rd Piano Concerto
- El País, May 3, 1999
Profile at the Fundación Juan March

External links

Personal webpage
Living people Musicians from Sofia Bulgarian classical pianists Spanish women pianists Bulgarian expatriates in Spain Spanish classical pianists Spanish people of Bulgarian descent Academics of the Madrid Royal Conservatory José Iturbi International Piano Competition prize-winners International Ettore Pozzoli Piano Competition prize-winners 21st-century classical pianists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century women pianists {{classical-pianist-stub