Konstantin Bashikov was born on 12.05.2008 in Sofia. Started studying piano at the age of six.He has been studying at the National Music School "Lyubomir Pipkov" in Sofia in the class of Aleksandar Botusharov.
He is the winner of a number of international competitions, including:
- III prize - V-th International piano competition de Bach au Jazz ,July 2023.
- I prize - XI - th International piano competition for youth Gevgelia ,June 2023
- I prize - XXXIII-rd International young musicians competition "" Citta di Barletta""- Italy ,May 2023
- I prize - III -rdGreat piano masters competition - My 2023
- I prize - III-rd Memorijal sanja Pavlovic - Aleksinac ( Serbia ) , March 2023
- III prize - Mimas music festival - June 2023
- II prize - XXXI-st Concours Flame ,Paris ,July 2022
- I prize - V-th International competition for young musicians "" Nouveles etoiles"" ,January 2022
- III prize - VII -th "" Stela Oslekova "" National competition - Plovdiv ( Bulgaria ) 2021
- II prize - VI -th ODIN International Music competition ,August ,2021
- Laureat of the VI th International Music festival Stage4kids - May 2021
- I prize - International Moscow Music competition - December 2020
- II prize- XIV Internatonal competition for pianists" Albert Roussel" - Sofia,october 2020
- II prize - V- th Krystian Tkaczewski International piano competition Busko- zdroj,Poland ,( category "Piano Talents") - special online edition ,september 2020. He was invited to perform at winners concert in Paderewski Music School and in Sanatorium marconi Concert Hall in Poland
- I prize - V-th ODIN International Music Online Competition 2020 ,august 2020 .
- I prize - XXVIII International competition for instrumentalists and composers " Music and earth" ,Sofia ,July 2020
- I prize - International Music Competition Paris " Grand prize Virtuozo" - April ,2020
- II prize of the VII International Competition for Young Pianists and Teachers "Bartolomeo Christofoli" - St. Petersburg, May 2019.
- III prize - 5th “Stella Oslekova” National Competition - Plovdiv, December 2019. The main organizer of the competition is the "eNikMa" Cultural Association, consisting of members of the Vienna Philharmonic, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, the "eNikMa" ensemble, as well as of the students Stella Oslekova, who are in the jury.
- I prize (Prelude and Fugue Section) - XII International Competition J.S. Bach - Kurume, Japan, December 2018. In addition, Konstantin received a special award in the name of Yuko Yamaoka.
- II prize (Debussy section) - XII International competition J.S.Bach - Kurume, Japan, December 2018.
- I prize - 5th National Academic Competition "J.S .Bach and his Contemporaries" (appeared in category A - 5-7 class, although he is in 4th grade) - Plovdiv, December 2019.
- I prize - International Internet Music Competition "IMKA" Sarajevo, August 2018.
- II prize - 5th ENKOR International Music Competition, July 2018.
- I prize (highest score in the group /96.33/ born 2008) - IX International Internet Competition, Belgrade, March 2018.
- I prize (Junior Category) - III International competition “Music and Earth” - Paris, December 2017.
- Winner - XVII Munchner Klavierpodium - Munich (Germany), July 2017; In addition, Konstantin received two special awards, including participation in a festival and master classes at the Steinway House in Munich in May 2018.
- II Prize - eMuse 2017 International Music Competition, Athens, May 2017.
He has many first prizes from national and several online competitions.
At the invitation of Prof. Chantal Stiliani (piano, Philomuses Association), Konstantin participated in a concert at the Municipality of Paris in January 2019.
In October 2019, Konstantin participated in a chamber concert at the National Art Gallery Sofia "Children's Room - children Play for children", where he plays pieces of four and six hands. He made his debut as an accompanist with the famous soprano Ina Kancheva.
On November 1, 2019, Konstantin made his debut as a soloist, performing a Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D major by Haydn with the Sofia Symphony Orchestra conducted by Svilen Simeonov.
On June 8, 2019, at the invitation of Prof. Minko Balkanski, Konstantin participated in a concert at the annual meeting of the Committee for the Development of Culture, Science and Art in Bulgaria, held in Paris. Two days earlier, he gave a concert at the Bulgarian Embassy in Paris.
In September 2019, he participated in the XIV edition of the Days of Russian Music in Burgas with famous pianists such as Rada Chomakova, Krasimira Chervenkova and Dimitar Kanchev, where he performed plays by Shostakovich.
In June 2019, after a preliminary exam, Konstantine was invited to study at one of the most prestigious music schools with a very rich history - Schola Cantorum in Paris (France). It is one of the most respected and oldest private music institutions in the world. Among the graduates of the educational institution are the famous composers, conductors and performers such as Olivier Messian, Darius Miyo, Isaac Albenitz, Albert Roussel, etc. And by the Bulgarian composers - Lyubomir Pipkov and Marin Goleminov.
He has attended master classes with Prof.Paskal Nemirovsky ( Royal Birmingham Conservatory) ,Prof.Borislava Taneva ( NMA "P.Vladigerov " ),Prof. Jenny Zaharieva (National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov", Prof. Lyudmil Angelov (NBU, Sofia) Assoc. Prof. Ivan Donchev - pianist (Italy / Bulgaria), Prof. Krasimir Taskov (National Academy of Music "Prof. Pancho Vladigerov) ") ,Sergey Redkin (Russia /Belgium) and Victoria Vassilenko ( Bulgaria /Belgium).
