Ruzha Semova was born on March 29, 1977 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her grandmother discovered early her grand-daughter’s interest in music, especially the piano. When she was 3½ years old, her grandmother introduced her to her first piano teacher Violeta Kabadova.

She pursued her studies at the National Academy of Music in Sofia in the piano class of Anton Dikov and graduated in year 2000 with distinction.

In 2007 she completed her master’s degree in music with distinction, at the University of Music in Vienna, where she studied with prof.Stefan Vladar.

Beside her studies, she has participated in the master classes of several renowned artists, such as Marko Tezza, Germaine Mounier, Dmitry Bashkirov and Anders Ljungar-Chapelon.

Mrs. Semova has performed with most Bulgarian symphony orchestras and has recorded for the Bulgarian National Television, Bulgarian National Radio and the private radio station “Classic FM”. Professional activity outside of Bulgaria includes concerts in Austria, Germany, France and Israel. Furthermore, she has been invited to participate in many international festivals such as: the Chopin Festival in Paris, the Varna Summer, Nedyalka Simeonova, Apollonia (Bulgaria) and the Klavierfestival Ruhr (Germany).

Mrs. Semova lives presently in Vienna with her family and has, on the merits of her numerous distinctions and awards at international piano competitions, recently obtained Austrian citizenship.