Background
Prizes
Dinara Klinton studied with Valery Piassetski at the Moscow Central Music School, before joining the class of Eliso Virsaladze at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. She subsequently earned her Master’s degree and Artist Diploma at the Royal College of Music in London, studying piano under Dina Parakhina.
Currently, Dinara is an Assistant Professor of Piano at the Royal College of Music.Her orchestral engagements have included the Philharmonia in London, the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra and the St Petersburg Philharmonic.
She has performed at the Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonie, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie, Leipzig Gewandhaus, New York’s 92nd Street Y, and in Cleveland’s Severance Hall. Festival appearances have included Lugano’s Progetto Martha Argerich, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh Proms and France’s La Roque d’Anthéron.
An experienced recording artist, Dinara has released Chopin: Works on contemporary instruments (2017), the complete Études d’exécution transcendante by Liszt in 2016 (voted BBC Music Magazine’s Recording of the Month) and Music of Chopin and Liszt in 2007. In March 2021, she released her latest album of Prokofiev’s nine piano sonatas.
Gallery
2021 Competition Performances
2021 Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
Preliminary Round
I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten Empfindung. Allegretto ma non troppo
II. Lebhaft, Marschmäßig. Vivace alla marcia
III. Langsam und sehnsuchtsvoll. Adagio, ma non troppo, con affetto
IV. Geschwind, doch nicht zu sehr, und mit Entschlossenheit. Allegro
Semi Final Round
Semi Final Round
Prelude and Fugue in C# minor BWV 849
Final Round
Final Round
I. Adagio cantabile – Allegro ma non troppo
II. Allegro vivace
I. Preludio
II. Molto vivace
III. Paysage
IV. Mazeppa
V. Feux follets
VI. Vision
VII. Eroica
VIII. Wilde Jagd
IX. Ricordanza
X. Allegro agitato molto
XI. Harmonies du soir
XII. Chasse-neige
I. Elégie
III. Oh lieb, so lang du lieben kannst