My “On Air” experience on BBC Radio 3 “In Tune” program, 22/03/2016

I became overexcited when Ruth Knight from Rebecca Driver Media Relations rang me up last week to tell that I had been invited for an interview and performance on BBC Radio 3 as a part of their wonderful “In Tune” program.

Dinara at BBC R3

Having previously heard a number of great artists talking and playing on that occasion, I find the idea of this program very interesting, lively and fresh, and am extremely honoured that now I have been a part of it. My appearance was scheduled around 6’o’clock news, so I played Liszt’s “Paysage” just before the news, then “Feux follets” and Etude No. 10 after, with an interview between them, conducted by Sarah Walker. Frankly talking, the importance of the moment had made me feel a bit anxious, as it was my first time talking “On Air” in English to an English audience. Also, to me personally, being live-broadcast while playing on a concert and competition feels same as a usual performance, but doing something for a sole purpose of live-transmission was slightly different. I utterly enjoyed this new brilliant experience, and have to say that it wouldn’t have happened unless I was blessed to have had a great support. The Philip Loubser Foundation awarded me with the prestigious Benjamin Britten Fellowship for my Artist Diploma in Performance course at the RCM and made it possible to realise a project of my dream, which was the Transcendental Etudes’ recording. The City Music Foundation, an artist of which I have been since 2014, has been providing me with the tools and knowledge that are necessary for a musician today – whether it was networking, financial and legal knowledge, etc.. The CMF has also been helping me to promote the CD, to build up my online profile – as a result I’m now lucky to have this new smart chic version of my website; the pictures for it were taken by Benjamin Ealovega on the photo-shoot, which was also supported by the CMF. I cannot thank everybody enough for their assistance and faith in me, which keeps me happy and inspired!

The podcast is available to listen until the 20th of April. Listen here

Building Bridges – András Schiff Presents Young Pianists

Building Bridges – András Schiff Presents Young Pianists: Dinara will play recitals in Berlin, Frankfurt, Zurich and New York.

The noble idea of Sir Andras Schiff’s concert series is to support new talents in building their careers. Each year Maestro Schiff selects three young pianists for this project and invites them to perform on European and North-American stage. Dinara was one of the “chosen three” for the 2016/2017 concert season and will play in Berlin KD211:Musique on 9 November, 2016, 20:00, Frankfurt Holzhausenschlösschen on 10 November, 20:00, Zurich Tonhalle on 11 November, 2016, 17:00 and New York 92Y on 1 March, 2017, 20:30.

Dinara’s album is released on 4 March, 2016

Dinara’s album “Études d’exécution transcendante” is released on 4 March, 2016.

The recording took place at the Mendelssohn Saal Leipzig Gewandhaus with GENUIN between 2-4 June, 2015. Being very passionate about Liszt’s music, Dinara had performed the Études in concerts a number of times and then chose to record them as her project for the Benjamin Britten Fellowship, generously supported by the Philip Loubser Foundation. She became the first recipient of this prestigious fellowship, launched at the Royal College of Music in 2014.

The CD is now available to order from the GENUIN’s website, as well as on Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and in record shops all over the world. The launch concerts will take place in Berlin Piano Salon Christophori on 7 April, 2016, 20:30, Leipzig Schumann-Haus on 8 April, 2016, 19:30, and there will be a special evening in London on 28 April, 2016, 18:00, Royal Over-Seas League, Princess Alexandra Hall (please inquire by email to attend).

Click here to watch the promo.

XVII International Chopin Competition in Warsaw

XVII International Chopin Competition in Warsaw: Dinara receives the first Alink-Argerich Foundation award for the best pianist who did not qualify in to the final.

The competition took place between October 2nd – 20th, 2015. Out of 455 pianists who applied, 78 were selected to take part in the main competition, which consisted of four rounds, and Klinton reached the semi-finals. Based on the voting of seventeen jury members, ten pianists were admitted to the final round – and it was officially announced that Dinara was ranked 11th and thus became the very first recipient of the AAF Award. As a result of winning the prize, and the favorable opinion of Martha on Dinara’s playing, Klinton has been invited to give a recital at the “Progetto Martha Argerich” Festival in Lugano, Switzerland, on 22 June, 2016.

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