Rumen Traykov was born in 1985 in Pleven, Bulgaria. He graduated with honours from the "Panayot Pipkov" National School of Music, Pleven, in the piano class of Mariana Nacheva.
He earned his master's degree from the "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" National Academy of Music (Sofia) under prof. Prof. Stella Dimitrova - Maystorova.
He has participated in prestigious international festivals such as "Holland music sessions" in Bergen (the Netherlands), Vienna International Summer Academy ( as part of piano quartet )," Apolonia" (Sozopol), "ppIANISSIMO" International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music (Sofia).
He has been awarded two third prizes from the"Svetoslav Obretenov" National Piano Competition (Provadia, 1994 and 1998), second prize from the "Vesselin Stoyanov" National Piano Competition
(Sofia, 2003), first prize and "Todoroff" scholarship from the Academy Piano Competition (Sofia, 2004), second prize from the "Franz Schubert" International Piano Competition (Rousse, 2005), first prize from the National Competition for Russian Music, dedicated to Sergei Prokofiev (Pleven), first prize from the "Albert Roussel" International Piano Competition (Sofia, 2012).
Rumen Traykov has performed as a soloist with Philharmonic Orchestras in Schumen, Pleven and Plovdiv, the Sofia Soloist Chamber Orchestra and New Symphony Orchestra - Sofia.
He earned his master's degree from the "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov" National Academy of Music (Sofia) under prof. Prof. Stella Dimitrova - Maystorova.
He has participated in prestigious international festivals such as "Holland music sessions" in Bergen (the Netherlands), Vienna International Summer Academy ( as part of piano quartet )," Apolonia" (Sozopol), "ppIANISSIMO" International Festival of Contemporary Piano Music (Sofia).
He has been awarded two third prizes from the"Svetoslav Obretenov" National Piano Competition (Provadia, 1994 and 1998), second prize from the "Vesselin Stoyanov" National Piano Competition
(Sofia, 2003), first prize and "Todoroff" scholarship from the Academy Piano Competition (Sofia, 2004), second prize from the "Franz Schubert" International Piano Competition (Rousse, 2005), first prize from the National Competition for Russian Music, dedicated to Sergei Prokofiev (Pleven), first prize from the "Albert Roussel" International Piano Competition (Sofia, 2012).
Rumen Traykov has performed as a soloist with Philharmonic Orchestras in Schumen, Pleven and Plovdiv, the Sofia Soloist Chamber Orchestra and New Symphony Orchestra - Sofia.
