# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ventsislav-yankov
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:20:27.236Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ventsislav-yankov"
name: "Ventsislav Yankov"
slug: "ventsislav-yankov"
description: "Ventsislav Yankov was a Bulgarian pianist and pedagogue. He was born in Sofia on 24 March 1926. Trained in Berlin, he settled in France in 1946; three years later he won ex-aequo with Aldo Ciccolini the III Concours Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud's Grand Prize. An intercontinental concert career ensued. Yankov was a professor emeritus at the Conservatoire of Paris, where he held a professorship (1977–1991). As of 2005, he was still active as a concert pianist in France. He was a recognized interpreter of the music of Frédéric Chopin. Yankov died in Paris on 8 January 2022, at the age of 95."
tagline: "Bulgarian pianist (1926–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ventsislav_Yankov.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1926-03-24"
deathDate: "2022-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.75
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.803708
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1958113"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%81_%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فينتيسلاف يانكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2"
    title: "Венцеслав Янков"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenzislaw_Jankow"
    title: "Wenzislaw Jankow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventsislav_Yankov"
    title: "Ventsislav Yankov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventsislav_Yankoff"
    title: "Ventsislav Yankoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%86%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2"
    title: "Янков, Венцеслав"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4060ae01-2dc5-4c7d-9dfe-f5ce6db2abb1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3555633"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump