Dina Yoffe, Internationally-Renowned Pianist April 10, 2007

A top prize winner at the Schumann and Chopin International Piano Competitions, acclaimed pianist Dina Yoffe will perform a premiere recital at Yamaha’s midtown Piano Salon on Tuesday, April 10, followed by a series of master classes from April 11–13. Ms. Yoffe’s recital program will include:

 Mozart: Variation on Theme of Duport
 Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op. 13
 Chopin: Sonata B minor Op. 58

Dina Yoffe, a native of Riga, Latvia, is a graduate of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow. Ms. Yoffe’s concert performances are renowned throughout Europe, Israel, Japan, and The United States. She has performed with the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, the Japanese Radio Orchestra NHK (under Neville Marriner), the Moscow Philharmonic (under Valery Gergiev and Dmitri Kitayenko), and the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra (under James DePriest). Beyond her successful solo and orchestral career, Ms. Yoffe is also an active participant in international chamber music festivals.

A guest professor at the Summit Music Festival in New York since 2000, Ms. Yoffe conducts Master Classes in Germany and at the Royal Academy of Music in London. She served as a professor at the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel-Aviv University and a visiting professor at Japan’s Aichi University. She is a frequent guest professor for Yamaha Master Classes in Paris, Hamburg and Tokyo and frequently adjudicates international piano competitions. Ms. Yoffe is currently a Professor at the Anton Rubinstein International Academy in Düsseldorf, Germany.

$25 for adults; $15 for students and seniors

For further recital information, contact (212) 339-9995, x 0 or [email protected].
For further master class information, contact Magdalena Baczewska at (212) 339-9995 x 227