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Dina Yoffe

Originally from Riga(Latvia), Dina Yoffe graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow under the tutelage of Professor Vera Gornostayeva, one of the most important proponents of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus school.

Top prize winner at the R. Schumann and F. Chopin International Piano Competitions, she enjoys a successful solo and orchestral career, highlighted by concerts with the Israel Philharmonic under Z. Mehta, NHK orchestra under N. Marriner, Moscow Philharmonic with D. Kitayenko, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra with J. De Priest, Kremerata Baltica under Gidon Kremer, and Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia under J. Kaspszyk.

Dina Yoffe performed in the most prestigious halls: the Barbican Center in London, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Sala Verdi in Milano, Musikverein and Konzerthaus in Vienna, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Salle Playel in Paris, at the Royal Palace in the Hague for her Majesty Queen Beatrice. She also is an active participant in music festivals, where she played together with many internationally renowned musicians. Dina Yoffe has numerous Radio, TV and commercial recordings.

She was appointed a jury member of international piano competition such as Cleveland (USA), Chopin (Warsaw), Arthur Rubinstein (Tel-Aviv), Liszt (Weimar), Maria Canals (Barcelona), Hamamtsu (Japan) and many others.

Yoffe regularly conducts master classes in Europe, Japan, USA and is an honorary member of Japan Piano Teachers Association and the Chopin Society in Warsaw. She also is an honorary professor at Beijing Central conservatory. Her students are winners of national and international piano competitions.