Dina Parakhina was born and educated in Russia. She graduated from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatoire and became one of the youngest ever teachers of its Central Music School.
She has always combined teaching with a busy performing career, touring as a soloist and collaborating with many outstanding instrumentalists, singers, conductors and major orchestras. She has given recitals as well as TV and radio broadcasts at the most prestigious venues in Russia, Europe and the Far East. In 1988, Dina became a solo pianist of the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra.
After moving to the UK in 1996, Dina’s engagements have included regular appearances with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at the Proms, performances of Stravinsky’s Petrushka with the LSO at the Barbican, Prokofiev’s Second Piano Concerto at St John Smith’s Square, Rachmaninoff’s Third with the Worthing Symphony Orchestra, and a solo recital at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. She has made a number of recordings and live broadcasts with BBC Radio 3. Dina currently teaches at London’s Royal College of Music, as well as Manchester’s Royal Northern College of Music and Chetham’s School of Music.
Tuesday, 4 October 2016, 2pm - 4pm
Frédéric Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
I. Allegro maestoso
Chen Yue, piano
Frédéric Chopin: Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Evelyn Handrisanto, piano
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E, Op. 109
I. Vivace ma non troppo. Adagio espressivo
II. Prestissimo
Cindy Photina, piano
Wednesday, 5 October 2016, 10am - 12.30pm
Maurice Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
I. Allegramente
Chricelyn Jitas Putri, piano
Claude Debussy: Reflets dan l’eau (No. 1 from Images, Book 1)
Song Yuexuan, piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto in F, K. 459
I. Allegro
Celyn Chua, piano
Franz Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 2 in A
Chia Li Ting, piano