Ilia Radoslavov: Photo, UAF
The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports that University of Alaska Fairbanks music professor Ilia Radoslavov received the top prize in the Seattle International Piano Festival in October, winning a recording contract with Emergence Records to create his first full-length solo album.

Radoslavov, a native of Bulgaria, earned his doctoral degree in piano performance and was a distinguished graduate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

To win, Radoslavov went through two rounds of judging by internationally acclaimed pianists from four continents. The three-day festival showcased some of the country’s most accomplished pianists from age 8 to master-level performers.