Boyan Vodenitcharov won Third Prize at both the Busoni Competition (1981) and the Queen Elisabeth Competition (1983), while still a student in the State Conservatoire in Sofia where he studied composition and piano. In 1986 and 1987 he was awarded a Fulbright Grant to study under Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Institute in Baltimore. He has been invited to appear in Europe, the United States, Canada and Japan. He has performed in such concert halls as the Centre for Fine Arts in Brussels, Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Palais de la Musique in Strasbourg, Smetana Hall in Prague and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Showing a lively interest in ancient instruments, he has carried out many projects on them with musicians such as Sigiswald Kuijken, Ryo Terakado and Piet Kuijken. He has recorded several CDs with music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and Debussy, among others, and is also active in the field of composition and improvisation, often in collaboration with jazz musicians, choreographers and film-makers. Presently he is a professor of piano, pianoforte and improvisation at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel.