Biography
Kazakh-British pianist Dina Duisen was born into a family of musicians in Almaty, Kazakhstan. 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 before being awarded a full scholarship on the Artist Diploma programme at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, from which she graduated in 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. Dina took part in Rome Music Festival, Oxford International Piano Festival, Sergei Babayan’s International Piano Academy in Cleveland Institute of Music, Vibrate Festival and George Enescu Festival.
She has been the resident class pianist at IMS Prussia Cove, Casalmaggiore International Music Festival, New Virtuosi International Masterclasses, Jiafeng Chen International International Music Sunmer Course, currently working at the Royal Academy of Music and Royal College of Music. Dina has performed at the Holywell Music Room, Jacqueline du Pre Music Building, Royal Concert Hall in Nottingham, Milton Court, Elgar Room at the Royal Albert Hall and Cadogan Hall. She regularly works with Nicola Benedetti, Martin James Bartlett and Robert Cohen. She performed in Asia, Canada, Europe, USA. She made her debut at Cadogan Hall in a dramatised concert ‘Byron: Angel & Outcast’ with actors Simon Russell Beale and Rob Heaps, the same concert was given in Astana, Kazakhstan. She started her annual mini-festival of chamber music ‘Dina & Friends’ last year. 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 giving the Asian premiere of ‘Mazurkas’ by British composer.
