Born on December 25, 1994 in Ryazan a Russia, Dina Ivanova (website link) at the age of four started taking piano lessons from her mother. When she was 6 years old, she participated in a concert accompanied by the Ryazan Gubernatorial Symphonic Orchestra. Dina trained and graduated from the Central School of Music in Moscow and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Alexander Mndoyants before studying with Grigory Gruzman at the Weimar Liszt Hochschule für Musik. He attended masterclasses by Dmitri Bashkirov, Leslie Howard, Jerome Rose, Leon Fleisher, Awadagin Pratt, Pavel Gililov. On 21 October 2017 Dina won the Third Prize at the 11th International Liszt Competition in Utrecht. She is also a recipient of the Capgemini Audience Award. He received both awards in the main hall of TivoliVredenburg after a performance with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Markus Stenz. He immediately embarked on a tour of the Netherlands. As part of the career growth program offered by the Liszt Competition, he can look forward to many future engagements, including appearances as a soloist with the Korean Symphony Orchestra at the Seoul Arts Center. As well as recitals around the world, including Brazil, Ecuador, the United States, Russia, South Africa, Lithuania, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands. The pianist has given concerts in Germany, Hungary, Cuba, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway, Poland, the United States and Russia. Highlights include concerts with the Thüringer Philharmonie, the Israel Symphony Orchestra, and the Goldmund Quartet, as well as performances at the Liszt House in Weimar and Schillingsfürst Castle. Dina Ivanova has won numerous awards. These include the 2nd Prize at the International Franz Liszt Piano Competition in Weimar (2015), the 1st Prize at the Tel Hai Competition in Israel (2016), the Second Prize at the Ricard Viñes International Piano Competition (link) in Lleida in Catalonia-Spain, the Honorable Mention Award at the International Paderewski Piano Competition (link) in Poland, the Artist Recognition Award at the International Keyboard Festival 2017 in New York, USA. The pianist also participated in the recording of the work signed by the composer Sergei Lyapunov for the multi-year CD project Anthology of Russian Music and 2 CDs, "Symbiosis" and "The Boulanger legacy", with the Dutch violinist Merel Vercammen.