Internationally-Renowned Pianist Dina Yoffe Performs at Yamaha Artist Services, Inc.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A top prize winner at the Schumann and Chopin International Piano Competitions, acclaimed pianist Dina Yoffe performed 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: Variations on a Theme of Dupont; Schumann: Symphonic Etudes Op. 13; and Chopin: Sonata B minor Op. 58.

Dina Yoffe
Lauded pianist and educator Dina Yoffe
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.

For more information, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Piano Division, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622, telephone (714) 522-9011, or e-mail infostation@yamaha.com.