Elitsa Desseva

Pianist

"In the fast-paced world we live in, we need to find a way to remain human and cultivate the beauty around and within us. Making music is the most honest way to achieve this—it comes from the heart and goes to the heart!"

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Upcoming events

01.02

2026
7:00 pm
Renitenztheater, Stuttgart

"Der Tod, das muss ein Wiener sein" with Hagar Sharvit and Mikhail Timoshenko

05.02

2026
10:00 am
Biser Saal, Heidelberg, Study Director, Coach & Pianist

Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie - Modul II [05. - 08.02.2025]

14.04

2026
10:00 am
Kongresszentrum, Heidelberg, Study Director, Coach & Pianist

Heidelberger Frühling Liedakademie - Modul III [14.04 - 19.04.2025]

Highlights

''This was my first attempt at composing — something small, personal, and honest. I never planned to write it; it emerged as a way to say something that words alone could not express.''
Gift (2024) - Elitsa Desseva, piano & David Kennedy, baritone

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Wigmore Hall  ''Journey 100''
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June 29, 2025

Wigmore Hall ''Journey 100''

What a relief to shelter from the sweltering heat and spend an hour with music of such radiance and beauty from a husband and wife dream team . A moving mixture of Schubert ‘Winterreise’ and Vaughan Williams ‘Songs of Travel’ [...]

“Der Tod, das muss ein Wiener sein!” returns to Stuttgart
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June 20, 2025

“Der Tod, das muss ein Wiener sein!” returns to Stuttgart

Songs by Schubert, Mahler, Wolf, Poulenc, Eggert, Kreisler, and others. What began as an experiment quickly turned into love at first sight. In *Der Tod, das muss ein Wiener sein*, art song meets cabaret, Wolf encounters Kreisler, and Mahler meets Leopoldi. Hagar Sharvit, Elitsa Desseva, and Mikhail Timoshenko form a captivating trio on stage [...]

„Winterreise“ at the Spring Lied Festival
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May 25, 2025

„Winterreise“ at the Spring Lied Festival

Outside, meteorological spring has just taken its leave; inside, in the Aula of Heidelberg’s Old University, it is cold anyway: Schubert’s „Winterreise“[...]

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