Dina was born in Tomsk in 1986. She began to learn to play cello at the Ippolitov-Ivanov Children's Music School in the town of Gatchina, Leningrad Region, with teacher Vera Sogyayne. In 2005 she graduated with honours from the St. Petersburg Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music (teachers Konstantin Kucherov and Vadim Messerman). In 2005 she entered the Berlin University of Arts (teachers Professor Catalin Ilea, Professor Konstantin Heidrich). Since 2010, she has been a postgraduate student at Berlin University of Arts (class of Konstantin Heidrich).
Laureate of international competitions:
2001 - the 2nd prize at the International Competition of Chamber Ensembles in Murcia (Spain),
2003 - the 3rd Prize at the Russian National Open Chamber Music Competition (St. Petersburg),
2007 - the 3rd Prize in the Domenico Gabrielli competition,
2007 - the 1st prize at the Artlaender Musikpreis competition (Berlin),
2007-2009 - the 2nd and the 1st prize at the Hanns Eisler Competition in the interpretation category.
She's perfected her skills with teachers such as Frans Helmerson, Jens-Peter Maintz, Troels Svane, Wolfgang Boettcher, Bernard Greenhouse.
Dina was awarded the “Prometheus Star” (2000) award for her outstanding achievements in science and culture in St. Petersburg. Since 2008, she receives a Hindemith Society Fellowship. Since 2010, she is a scholar of Villa Musica.
She began her concert activity in St Petersburg, playing, among others, at the Shostakovich Philharmonic's Great and Small Halls. At present, there are concerts in Germany, Switzerland and Portugal. Dina is a festival participant: “Festival jungen Kunstler Bayreuth” in 2004, “Harmos festival” in 2011.
