Marietta Petkova was born in 1968 in Rousse, Bulgaria. After a period of seven years at the local conservatory (graduating in 1986 with the school's Gold Medal) she spent a year at the Music Academy Sofia,

Marietta Petkova studied for two years at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna with Paul Badura-Skoda, who wrote about her: "Rarely have I had a student in whom intelligence, feeling and technical ability

Marietta Petkova press reviews Jan Wijn (in an interview in 'Pianowereld'): "Marietta Petkova is a natural born talent. When I heard her play for the first time, I thought that, in a previous life, she

Marietta Petkova recordings / discography When it comes to CD recordings, Marietta Petkova dissociates herself from the ubiquitous 'cutting and pasting' in studios. The recording of the complete Etudes-Tableaux