Dina Parakhina is a Russian pianist and teacher.

Biography

Born in Russia, Dina Parakhina studied at the Moscow Central School of Music with Tamara Bobovich and later at the

Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

with

Yevgeny Malinin Yevgeny Malinin (8 November 19306 April 2001), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian pianist. Biography Malinin was born in Moscow. A disciple of Heinrich Neuhaus, he began his career while a student at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1949 he won (ex-a ...

. (She graduated at the top of the class, among the class were

Mikhail Pletnev Mikhail Vasilievich Pletnev (russian: Михаи́л Васи́льевич Плетнёв, ''Mikha'il Vas'ilevič Plet'nëv''; born 14 April 1957) is a Russian pianist, conductor and composer. Life and career Pletnev was born into a musical fa ...

and Natalia Trull). Following her graduation, she became Professor of Piano at the Central Music School-

Moscow Conservatoire The Moscow Conservatory, also officially Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory (russian: Московская государственная консерватория им. П. И. Чайковского, link=no) is a musical educational inst ...

, and was the chair of the department for fifteen years. Since moving to the United Kingdom and the appointment of BBC pianist in the early 1990s, Dina Parakhina has always combined teaching with an active performing career and has appeared frequently as a recitalist and soloist with major Russian and British orchestras at prestigious venues across the world, including the Bolshoi National Theatre Orchestra, the

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in the Royal Albert Hall at the

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, the

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at the

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, and extensive recital tours in France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Singapore, China and Thailand. As a chamber musician, she has collaborated with Yuri Torchinsky, Lyobov Kazarnovskaya, Gegem Grogoriam, Nikita Storojev and Valentin Feigin, with whom, she gave a German radio premiere of the Rubinstein Cello Sonata at the 125th

Festival in Germany. Parakhina is currently a Professor of Piano at the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music is a music school, conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the Undergraduate education, undergraduate to the Doctorate, doctoral level in a ...

in London,

Royal Northern College of Music The Royal Northern College of Music (RNCM) is a conservatoire located in Manchester, England. It is one of four conservatoires associated with the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. In addition to being a centre of music education ...

as well as the

Chetham's School of Music Chetham's School of Music () is an independent co-educational music school in Manchester, England. Chetham's educates students between the ages of 8 and 18, all of whom enter via musical auditions. Students receive a full academic education alon ...

in Manchester.

Discography

Parakhina's commercial recordings have received critical attention, including the Mendelssohn's Double Concerto with the

BBC Philharmonic The BBC Philharmonic is a national British broadcasting symphony orchestra and is one of five radio orchestras maintained by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The Philharmonic is a department of the BBC North Group division based at MediaC ...

, Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Russian Bolshoi Theatre National Orchestra as well as Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 2. She has also made a number of live broadcasts on the BBC radio 3.

Selected solo recordings

* Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 28, op. 101/ Diabelli Variation op. 120 * Bach/Liszt - Fantasy and Fugue in G minor BWV 542 Bach/Liszt Fantasy and Fuge
/ref> * Brahms - Handel Variations op. 24 * Scriabin - Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, op. 23 * Prokofiev - Sonata No. 7 in B flat, op. 87 * Rachmaninoff - Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, op. 36 (Original Version)/ Corelli Variations op. 42/ Melodie in E major, op. 3 no. 3 * Medtner - Piano Sonata, Op.25 no.1/ Piano Sonata, Op.25 no.2/ 6 Fairy Tales, op.51

References

External links

Royal College of Music, London

Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

Chetham's School of Music, Manchester

{{DEFAULTSORT:Parakhina, Dina Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Russian classical pianists Russian women pianists Moscow Conservatory alumni Academic staff of Moscow Conservatory Piano pedagogues 21st-century classical pianists Russian music educators Russian women music educators Women classical pianists 21st-century women pianists