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The pianist who has fire in her fingers – Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia

Diāna Zandberga is a pianist specialising in Artistic Research. After a master’s degree in piano performance, she completed her PhD in Musicology at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. Diāna has studied with Lazar Berman at the European Academy of Music in Erba, Italy, and improved her performance with Alicia de Larrocha at the Granados Marshall Academy in Barcelona.

After winning the Grand Prix at the Concours Musical de France (Paris, 1995) Diāna Zandberga has won acclaim for a succession of recitals in European countries, Russia and the USA. She has performed with Orquestra simfónica del Vallés (conductor Uwe Mund) in Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona), Shoumen Symphony Orchestra (Bulgaria, conductor Stanislav Ushev), Orchestra Filarmonica di Bacau (Romania) with Francesco Attardi in Milan Teatro dal Verme in a prestigious concert cycle Serate Musicali, Saint-Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra KLASSIKA (Maestro Alexander Kantorov), Latvian chamber orchestra Sinfonia Concertante, Orquestra Sinfônica Chiquinha Gonzaga in Rio de Janeiro Sala Cecilia Meireles (maestro Anderson Alves) etc.

Diāna Zandberga has premiered piano works by dozens of different composers, recorded eight piano music albums, including works by Latvian composers – Dace Aperāne Sounds and Echoes (SKANi, 2015) and Imants Zemzaris Eine andere Wandererfantasie (SKANi, 2021) and Landscapes of Latvian Piano Music (SKANi, 2022).

She is a Vice-Rector for Research and Creative Work, Director of Doctoral Department and associate professor of the Piano Department at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.

Great sensibility and excellent capability of interpretation. - Alicia de Larrocha

Talented musician with a deep artistic temperament and great possibilities of interpretation of works by different composers and styles. - Lazar Berman

Great sensibility and excellent capability of interpretation. - Alicia de Larrocha

Talented musician with a deep artistic temperament and great possibilities of interpretation of works by different composers and styles. - Lazar Berman

The pianist who has fire in her fingers! – Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia Talented musician with a deep artistic temperament and great possibilities of interpretation of works by different composers and styles. – Lazar Berman Great sensibility and excellent capability of interpretation. – Alicia de Larrocha Having obtained a master’s…

Latest Albums

Lūcija Garūta: Prelude in E major, Prelude in D flat major – Diāna Zandberga (piano)

Dace Aperāne: Water Patterns – Diāna Zandberga (piano)

Lepo Sumera “Pardon, Fryderyk” Diana Zandberga (piano and dance)

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