Dina Duisen (piano) at 1901 Arts Club, London on Thursday 12th May 2016

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Dina Duisen (piano)

Add to my Calendar 12-05-2016 19:30 12-05-2016 21:30 36 Dina Duisen (piano) Dina Duisen was born into a family of musicians in Almaty, Kazakhstan.  Her father plays the Kazakh national instrument, the Dombra, and her mother is a piano teacher - both parents teach at the Kazakh National Academy of Music in Astana.  At the age of five, Dina started studying piano at Kulyash Bayseitova State Special School for Gifted Children together with her two brothers Ordabek and Ilyas, who are both violinists.  By the age of thirteen she had made her debut with the Symphony Orchestra.  After graduating from school, Dina continued her studies at the Kazakh National Academy of Music, graduating with distinction in 2005, before being awarded a full scholarship on the Artist Diploma programme at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, from which she graduated in 2008.  At the same time, Dina was invited to work as a teacher of music at the Texas Wesleyan University.  In September 2008, Dina started studying for the new Master of Arts Degree in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, under the tutelage of Christopher Elton, Hamish Milne and Kathryn Stott, and graduated with distinction in 2011. A major prize winner at many piano competitions, including the 29th International Piano Competition in Senigallia, Italy, the Shabyt International Competition, the National Competition of Kazakhstan and the International Musician of the 21st Century Competition, Dina has also participated in a number of international music festivals in Europe, the USA and in Asia.  By 1997 she had attended the Meerim Festival, Kyrgyzstan, and the Ainalayn and Zhubanov festivals in Kazakhstan.  More recently she has taken part in the IMS Prussia Cove Master Classes and Open Chamber Music, Rome Music Festival and the Oxford International Piano Festival.  Dina has also taken masterclasses with Marcello Abbado, Pascal Devoyon, Gary Graffman, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Vladimir Krainev, Marios Papadopoulos, Menahem Pressler and Vladimir Viardo.  In 2007 and 2011, Dina was one out of eight pianists selected to participate in Sergei Babayan's International Piano Academy at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Ohio, USA. Along with her brother Ordabek, Dina has been playing chamber music as part of the Duisen Duo in the UK, Italy, USA and at The Presidential Centre of Culture in Kazakhstan.  In October 2009, Dina performed Mozart's Concerto for two pianos alongside Gamal Khamis, accompanied by the London Conservatoires Orchestra.  The Duisen-Khamis duo went on to perform duo recitals and Saint-Saens' 'The Carnival of the Animals' at the All Saints Putney Music Festival 2010 and with the West London Sinfonia in 2014.  Dina is also regularly invited to give solo recitals at venues including the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in Oxford, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’ Piccadilly, King’s Place and Yamaha Music London.  In April, 2011 Dina had a concert as a guest artist at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, USA, and in 2012 Dina performed Prokofiev's 1st Piano Concerto at the Season Opening Concert of Astana Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014, she gave the Asian premiere of 'Mazurkas' by British composer Thomas Adès. Dina released her solo debut album 'Mazurkas from Chopin to Adès' which was recorded at Kings Place with the Grammy-award winning producer Andrew Keener in 2015.  1901 Arts Club, London DD/MM/YYYY

Details

1901 Arts Club
7 Exton Street
Waterloo
London
SE1 8UE
England

Thursday 12th May 2016
7:30 PM

Programme

Nagim Mendygaliev – Legend of the Dombra
Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Joseph Haydn – Piano Sonata in F major, Hob.XVI:23

Performers

Dina Duisen – piano

Programme Note

Dina Duisen was born into a family of musicians in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Her father plays the Kazakh national instrument, the Dombra, and her mother is a piano teacher - both parents teach at the Kazakh National Academy of Music in Astana. At the age of five, Dina started studying piano at Kulyash Bayseitova State Special School for Gifted Children together with her two brothers Ordabek and Ilyas, who are both violinists. By the age of thirteen she had made her debut with the Symphony Orchestra. After graduating from school, Dina continued her studies at the Kazakh National Academy of Music, graduating with distinction in 2005, before being awarded a full scholarship on the Artist Diploma programme at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, from which she graduated in 2008. At the same time, Dina was invited to work as a teacher of music at the Texas Wesleyan University. In September 2008, Dina started studying for the new Master of Arts Degree in Performance at the Royal Academy of Music, under the tutelage of Christopher Elton, Hamish Milne and Kathryn Stott, and graduated with distinction in 2011.

A major prize winner at many piano competitions, including the 29th International Piano Competition in Senigallia, Italy, the Shabyt International Competition, the National Competition of Kazakhstan and the International Musician of the 21st Century Competition, Dina has also participated in a number of international music festivals in Europe, the USA and in Asia. By 1997 she had attended the Meerim Festival, Kyrgyzstan, and the Ainalayn and Zhubanov festivals in Kazakhstan. More recently she has taken part in the IMS Prussia Cove Master Classes and Open Chamber Music, Rome Music Festival and the Oxford International Piano Festival. Dina has also taken masterclasses with Marcello Abbado, Pascal Devoyon, Gary Graffman, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Vladimir Krainev, Marios Papadopoulos, Menahem Pressler and Vladimir Viardo. In 2007 and 2011, Dina was one out of eight pianists selected to participate in Sergei Babayan's International Piano Academy at the Cleveland Institute of Music in Ohio, USA.

Along with her brother Ordabek, Dina has been playing chamber music as part of the Duisen Duo in the UK, Italy, USA and at The Presidential Centre of Culture in Kazakhstan. In October 2009, Dina performed Mozart's Concerto for two pianos alongside Gamal Khamis, accompanied by the London Conservatoires Orchestra. The Duisen-Khamis duo went on to perform duo recitals and Saint-Saens' 'The Carnival of the Animals' at the All Saints Putney Music Festival 2010 and with the West London Sinfonia in 2014. Dina is also regularly invited to give solo recitals at venues including the Jacqueline du Pré Music Building in Oxford, St Martin-in-the-Fields, St James’ Piccadilly, King’s Place and Yamaha Music London. In April, 2011 Dina had a concert as a guest artist at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, USA, and in 2012 Dina performed Prokofiev's 1st Piano Concerto at the Season Opening Concert of Astana Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2014, she gave the Asian premiere of 'Mazurkas' by British composer Thomas Adès.

Dina released her solo debut album 'Mazurkas from Chopin to Adès' which was recorded at Kings Place with the Grammy-award winning producer Andrew Keener in 2015.

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