Born in 1996, Dobromir Tsenov is a second year PhD student at the RNCM, exploring the complete piano music by L’ubomir Pipkov. His project is supervised by Dr Adam Swayne and Dr Annika Forkert and is kindly supported by the RNCM Studentship, a full stipend for undertaking full-time PhD research. In 2024, Dobromir has presented Pipkov’s music on several recitals across the UK. He completed his postgraduate diploma with Distinction in 2021 at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, where he studied with Prof. Julian Jacobson and Prof. Daniel Browell. Tsenov also received the Marjorie Hazlehurst Project Award given by the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for graduating with the highest result. His latest albums with works by the lesser-known Bulgarian composer L’ubomir Pipkov, received excellent reviews by the Gramophone magazine as well as the Music Web International and Classics Today, and it was described as ‘a truly great set of interpretations which fully comply with the huge demands on the pianist to accurately reflect all the nuances within this brilliant music.’ A prizewinner of many national and international competitions, he has also taken part in master-classes with such musicians as Nelly Akopian-Tamarina, Ludmil Angelov, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Peter Donohoe, Matthew Schellhorn and Rostislav Yovchev.