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Dina Yoffe
*18 XII 1952 Ryga
Dina Yoffe Originally from Riga [Latvia], Dina Yoffe start her musical education at distinguished E. Darsin’s Special School of Music in her hometown and continue at Central Music School in Moscow. Graduated from the Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music in Moscow, under the tutelage of Prof. Vera Gornostayeva, one of the most important proponents of the legendary Heinrich Neuhaus school. The concert activities of Dina Yoffe are well known through out many continents in countries such as France, Germany, England, Russia, Israel, Japan, USA, Finland and Poland. Among the high points of her international career – concerts with outstanding orchestras, such as the Israel Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, the Japanese Radio Orchestra NHK under Neville Marriner, the Moscow Philharmonic under Valery Gergiev and Dmitri Kitayenko, the Tokyo Metropolitan Orchestra under James De Priest, Orchestra ‘Kremerata Baltica’ under Gidon Kremer, ‘Moscow Soloists’ under Yuri Bashmet, Orchestra Sinfonia Varsovia under Jacek Kaspszyk.
Also recitals in very famous events , such as – Fryderyk Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdroj, Eurolesia Festival-Wroclaw in Poland, Fryderyk Chopin Festival in Geneva, Basel [Switzerland] Music-Festival in Bayreuth – Germany, concert tours in Japan, as well as numerous festivals such as Elba Music Festival [Italy], Summit Music Festival [USA], Concerts in New York [Bargemusic Concerts]. Festival ‘Virtuose in Lember’, opening season with Odessa Filharmonie Orchestra in Ukraine, Festival ‘Chopin and his Europe’ in Warsaw, ‘Serate Musicali’ in Milano, Sala Verdi, ‘Sala Rossini’ in Pesaro.
Together with the wide solo and orchestral career, Dina Yoffe is also an active participant in Chamber Music Festivals, where she played together with many internationally renowned musicians, such as G. Kremer, Y. Bashmet, V. Tretiakov, V. Repin, M. Vaiman, M. Brunello, and others. Dina Yoffe gave piano recitals with all Fryderyk Chopin works in Tokyo, Osaka ,Yokohama. The concerts series was filmed and broadcasted by Japanese National Television, NHK. Dina Yoffe giving numerous Master Classes in France, Germany, at the Royal Academy of Music in London, since 2000 she is Guest Professor at the Summit Music Festival in New York. Guest Professor at the Yamaha Master Classes in Paris, New York, Hamburg and Tokyo. Jury member of international piano competitions, Cleveland [USA], Kiev [Horowitz competition], Odessa [Gilels competition], Takamatsu, [Japan], Gdansk, [Poland], Bangkok [Thailand], PTNA Piano competition [Japan], Chopin competition [Warsaw], Liszt competition [Weimar]. Dina Yoffe has numerous Radio, TV and commercial recordings. Among her record releases are Chopin’s 24 Preludes, The Fantasy in F minor and 19 Waltzes, Schumann - Symphony Etudes, Op. 13 and ‘Kreisleriana’ Op. 16.
DVD live recordings with works of A. Scriabin, S. Rachmaninov for NHK, as well as works by F. Chopin, F. Schubert, R. Schumann, S. Prokofiev. Currently, she is Professor at the Anton Rubinstein International Academy, [Germany].






