Mariana Gurkova

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Mariana Dimitrova Gurkova-Franco (Bulgarian: Марияна Димитрова Гуркова-Франко) is a Bulgarian pianist, born in Sofia. Gurkova, who nowadays is a naturalised Spanish citizen, settled in Madrid in 1988. A former head professor at Badajoz's Conservatory, she is a teacher at Madrid's Real Conservatorio Superior.

Record of piano prizes, incomplete

Year	Competition	Prize	1st prize winner	Ex-aequo with...
1985	VI Ettore Pozzoli, Seregno	0000 2nd prize	Klára Würtz
1989	I Jacinto e Inocencio Guerrero	0000 1st prize
1989	XXXII Premio de Jaén	0000 2nd prize	Martin Zehn
1990	X Paloma O'Shea, Santander	Semifinalist diploma	1st prize void
1992	XI Paloma O'Shea, Santander	000Finalist prize	Eldar Nebolsin
1992	VIII José Iturbi, Valencia	0000 3rd prize	1st prize void.

• Review of a performance of Vladiguerov's 3rd Piano Concerto - El País, May 3, 1999
• Profile at the Fundación Juan March

• Personal webpage

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