It was one of the most beautiful performances of Schubert Impromptus I have ever heard. The four impromptus, each with distinctive elements and characters, were performed with such precision and care. Pianist Dinara Klinton had an inner voice which came from deep within.  The moment the first powerful G octaves of the Impromptu No. 1 were played, her stories and hidden emotions unfolded and overflowed. From then, for the next half hour, I was captured by its beauty and sensitivity. The No. 2 Impromptu brought a complete mood change, and I really loved how sweetly and dreamily the opening melody was played. These triplets were absolutely even, and the subtle keyboard touch producing amazing clarity - very pleasing! The third Impromptu, in G flat major, was outstandingly lyrical. The long melodic lines were voiced flawlessly with the broken triad accompaniment. In the final Impromptu the repeated theme of cascading arpeggios was played each time slightly differently and thoughtfully developed. Throughout, she kept good tempos and showed great command of control.

Two pieces by Mendelssohn followed. Rondo Capriccioso started off with a slow, sentimental movement that invoked an atmosphere fairly like singing. Then quickly, the piece developed into a quick section; there were plenty of dialogues conversing and the mood was fresh, joyful and really lovely. Only lasting six minutes, it was brilliantly presented and showed Dinara’s excellent interpreting ability. 

Then Wedding March went down a storm. This piece was transcribed by Liszt and then arranged by Horowitz and is notoriously technically demanding. Dinara not only impressed the audience with her dazzling technical ability, but never forgot the voicing and phrasing that tends to be hidden and overpowered by these powerful passages. 

Two encores – Tchaikovsky’s Nocturne and Chopin’s Mazurka – were magical. 

I first met Dinara at St James Church in Piccadilly in February this year when she performed Chopin Etudes Op 25. These revolutionary pieces are challenging and evocative, and cannot be described as merely ‘studies’. All are technical, some more lyrical and poetic, but one needs to satisfy every aspect of technical and artistic forms to perform them well. I felt Dinara had met both criteria; she had control, stamina, power, and was so artistic. Hence, I engaged her to perform at Breinton. And I was right. She brought and executed the programme everyone loved, and was excellently received by our audience.

Both the Chopin and Schubert works played this evening were perfect with our piano and could not be better in our intimate environment. Several people complimented on the piano, which has just been fully serviced by piano technician Clive Ackroyd.

Programme:

  • Chopin Etudes Op. 25
  • Schubert Impromptus, D 899, Op. 90
  • Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14
  • Mendelssohn Wedding March (arranged by Liszt and Horowitz

Dinara Klinton

Born on 6th July 1989 in Ukraine, Dinara started her piano lessons in the age of five. Since 1996 she was studying in Kharkov Special Secondary Music School and the first landmark on her way was the 1st prize of  Usty-nad-Laba competition in Czech Republic she won already in the age of eight, as well as 1st prize of prestigious V.Krainev International competition (Ukraine).

Then, in 2001 she moved to Moscow to study with V.Pyasetsky in Central Music School of Moscow State P.I.Tchaikovsky conservatory. In 2007  Dinara to Moscow State conservatory in the class of professor Eliso Virsaladze, has graduated with Diploma of Honors and currently supported by ABRSM scholarship and the Guzik Foundation for her studies  at the Royal College of Music in London with Dina Parakhina. 

In the period of 2003-2006 Dinara had become a laureate of numerous well-known competitions of young musicians, among them are: 1st prize of St.Seiler International piano competition, (Germany,2003); 2nd prize of P.I. Tchaikovsky International competition, (Japan,2004); 3rd prize of “Eurovision” (Switzerland, 2004); Grand-Prix of V. Krainev International piano competition, (Ukraine, 2006). 

Dinara is the winner of Diploma of Outstanding Merit of prestigious Hamamatsu International Piano competition (Japan, 2006). In 2007 Dinara had become 2nd prize winner of International F. Busoni competition (Bolzano, Italy)?and in 2009 she gets 2nd prize of Tbilisi International Piano Competition. In 2010 Dinara won Grand-Prix in International piano competition "Interlaken Classics" in Bern, Switzerland.

She has participated in such prestigious festivals as: “Rheingau Musikfestival” (Germany, 2002); International F. Chopin Festival (Poland,2003); International Piano festival “La Roque d’Antheron” (France,2004); Ravello Festival (Italy,2007).

Dinara has given concerts in numerous cities of Italy such as Bolzano, Rapallo, Asolo, Ravello, Trento, Bergamo, Roma (Parco della Musica), and also in Russia, Ukraine, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Slovenia, Israel, Denmark, Japan, Malaysia, USA, etc.

She has played with many orchestras including Orchestra di Roma e del Lazio, conductor Moshe Atzmon; “Virtuosi of Moscow”, conductor V. Spivakov; “Musica Viva”, conductor A.R?udin; RTV Slovenia orchestra, conductor En Shao; Kharkov philharmonic orchestra; Kiev philharmonic orchestra; Kazan philharmonic orchestra; chamber orchestra “Kremlin”; Pacific chamber orchestra, etc.

Dinara has recorded CD “Music of Chopin and Liszt” for the label “Delos”.