Laureate of numerous national and international competitions, Teodora Adzharova’s career has taken her to multiple performance venues in the United States, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Macedonia and the Czech Republic. Currently based in Baltimore, MD, she has established herself as one of the most sought-after chamber musicians in the Baltimore, MD-Washington, D.C. region, frequently collaborating with musicians from both the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Some of Dr. Adzharova’s recent performances include appearances at Montpelier Arts Center, Washington College, Towson University, University of Maryland, and Silo Hill. On many occasions, Dr. Adzharova’s recordings have been broadcast on American Public Media’s Performance Today.

Dr. Adzharova’s 2023–2024 season will feature the release of her debut solo album dedicated to the music of Dmitri Shostakovich. The CD will include the composer’s Preludes, Op. 34 and Piano Sonata, Op. 61. One of the few pianists who performs both of Shostakovich’s sonatas in a single program, Dr. Adzharova will present lecture-recitals of the repertoire at the World Piano Conference (Serbia, June 2023) and the DiMenna Center in New York this Fall. Her interest in the legacy of Shostakovich has gained the recognition of Alan Mercer, editor-in-chief of the DSCH Journal, who extended an invitation to Teodora to review pianist Eugenio Catone’s recordings of the Complete Piano Works by Shostakovich. Additionally, in collaboration with Mercer, Dr. Adzharova plans to publish several papers on the sonatas and present lecture-recitals of Shostakovich’s piano works throughout Europe.

In 2019, Dr. Adzharova’s dedication to chamber music and community engagement led her to become the Co-founder and Co-Artistic Director of the Annunciation Cathedral Concert Series. Each season, the series provides inventive and accessible classical music programming to the Baltimore community and promotes high-caliber artists from the region.

As a passionate educator, Dr. Adzharova currently holds faculty positions at the Peabody Institute, where she teaches in both the Conservatory and the Preparatory division. She also teaches at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and the Community College of Baltimore County. Dr. Adzharova is a board member of GBMTA and has served as an adjudicator for NVMTA, GBMTA, HCPTA, WIPAC competitions, as well as Peabody Preparatory recitals. Her love for passing on all knowledge to the next generation has also led to her to recently accepting the position of Director of the Young Artist Program at the Fleisher Academy.

Dr. Adzharova holds piano performance degrees from the Peabody Institute (DMA, 2020; Performance Diploma, 2013; MM, 2011) where she studied with Ellen Mack.