As a soloist and chamber musician, Maxim Tzekov has been a guest at international concert halls and festivals such as the Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the Victoria Hall Geneva, the Bregenz Festival, the Sofia Music Weeks, and the Cello Biennale Amsterdam. He has performed with the Südwestdeutsche Philharmonie Konstanz, the Concertino Ensemble Augsburg, the Camerata UNAB in Chile, and the Classic FM Radio Orchestra Sofia, among others.

Maxim Tzekov is the winner of the International Violin Competition "Kloster Schöntal" 2019, as well as the Stephanie Hohl Competition 2021 in Vienna and first prize winner of the International Violin Competition Alberto Lysy 2020.

Since 2023 he has been part of Ulf Wallin's violin class at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" Berlin. Previously, he studied with Lieke te Winkel in Vienna (mdw) since 2015. Further studies led him to Gerhard Schulz and Tanja Becker-Bender. He attended master classes at the Kronberg Academy and the Keshet Eilon String Mastercourse with Chaim Taub, Benjamin Schmid, Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider, Stephan Picard, Ingolf Turban, and Mihaela Martin, among others. In 2023 & 2024 he was an Academist of the Seiji Ozawa International Academy Switzerland.

First Round

• W. A. Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 KV 218, 1. Allegro
• J. S. Bach: Fuga from the Sonata No. 2 A minor BWV 1003
• N. Paganini: Caprices for solo violin op. 1, No. 10 in G minor
• C. Debussy: Sonata G minor L 140, 1. Allegro vivo

Second Round

• P. I. Tschaikowsky: Valse-Scherzo op. 34 in C Major for Violin and Piano (arr. Bezekirsky) (7')
• P. R. Flys: Sonata for solo Violin (6')
  • 1. Lento capriccioso - Vivo
  • 2. Largo - Allegretto
• E. Ysaÿe: Violin Sonata op. 27 No. 3 in D minor "Ballade" (7')
• L. Boulanger: Nocturne for Violin and Piano (1911) (3')
• R. Strauss: Violin Sonata in E flat major op. 18 (28')
  • 1. Allegro, ma non troppo
  • 2. Improvisation: Andante cantabile
  • 3. Finale: Andante - Allegro

Piano: UdK accompanist

Finale

• S. Prokofjew: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major