Iordanka Kissiova | Piano Instructor

Iordanka Kissiova is a Grammy nominated violinist and active orchestral, chamber, and solo musician with over 40 years of teaching experience. A native from Bulgaria, she studied at the National Academy of Music – Sofia with Prof. G. Bliznev and George Monov, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree and a Master of Music & Teaching: Performance and pedagogue. Iordanka has a combined 10 years of piano study at the Bulgarian national music school and the National Conservatory alongside violin.

Before moving to the United States in 1993, Iordanka was a member of Bulgaria’s National Music Theater Orchestra and performed in Italy, Spain, France and Germany with the Lady’s Chamber Orchestra, Sofia. She was also a string instructor and co-founder of New Youth Philharmonic and taught violin and viola at Little Music School in Sofia, Bulgaria.

In the United States, Iordanka has played regularly in regional orchestras throughout the Midwest. Among them are Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra of Lake Forest, Illinois Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Classical Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Master Singers, St. John Cantius Orchestra, Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra, Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Folks Operetta, and New Budapest Orpheum Society.

Iordanka appeared as a soloist with NSO, Chicago Businessmen Orchestra and Chicago Virtuosi Orchestra. She has been an active teacher in the Chicago area since 1996, teaching piano, violin, viola, and beginning cello. For over 40 years she has been passing her passion and love for music to her students using traditional, Suzuki, and other appropriate and innovative methods for every individual student. She teaches students of any age and level from 3-year olds to adults.