Biography
Early recognition positioned violist Dana Zemtsov among the instrument’s most distinguished practitioners soon after she entered professional ranks. Engagements quickly followed with leading European and international orchestras together with prominent chamber musicians.
Mexico City was the site of her birth in 1992. Violists Mikhail Zemtsov and Julia Dinerstein, her parents, guided her earliest steps, and a grandmother also supplied instruction. Additional training came from Michael Kugel. Competition successes accumulated in Italy, Austria, Germany, and elsewhere, moving her beyond student status; the Netherlands named her Young Musician of the Year at the 2010 Evening of the Young Musician contest. She subsequently represented the country at the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition in Vienna. Participation in Germany’s “Stars of Tomorrow” tour alongside other emerging artists hastened her ascent. Appearances have included the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, and several Mexican ensembles.
Her chamber-music partnerships extend to violinist Janine Jansen, pianist Boris Berezovsky, and clarinetist Martin Fröst. Solo recitals have taken place at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and separate tours have reached Denmark, Peru, and the United States. Festival appearances across Europe encompass the Grachten Festival, the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, and Finland’s Kuhmo Festival, among many others.
An exclusive contract with the Dutch label Channel Classics was signed in 2012. The first release, Enigma: Works for solo viola, appeared in 2014; later albums on the same imprint comprise Romantic Metamorphoses (2015), Essentia (2018), and Silhouettes (2020).
Mexico City was the site of her birth in 1992. Violists Mikhail Zemtsov and Julia Dinerstein, her parents, guided her earliest steps, and a grandmother also supplied instruction. Additional training came from Michael Kugel. Competition successes accumulated in Italy, Austria, Germany, and elsewhere, moving her beyond student status; the Netherlands named her Young Musician of the Year at the 2010 Evening of the Young Musician contest. She subsequently represented the country at the Eurovision Young Musicians Competition in Vienna. Participation in Germany’s “Stars of Tomorrow” tour alongside other emerging artists hastened her ascent. Appearances have included the Ukrainian National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic, the Stuttgart Philharmonic, and several Mexican ensembles.
Her chamber-music partnerships extend to violinist Janine Jansen, pianist Boris Berezovsky, and clarinetist Martin Fröst. Solo recitals have taken place at New York’s Carnegie Hall, and separate tours have reached Denmark, Peru, and the United States. Festival appearances across Europe encompass the Grachten Festival, the International Chamber Music Festival Utrecht, and Finland’s Kuhmo Festival, among many others.
An exclusive contract with the Dutch label Channel Classics was signed in 2012. The first release, Enigma: Works for solo viola, appeared in 2014; later albums on the same imprint comprise Romantic Metamorphoses (2015), Essentia (2018), and Silhouettes (2020).
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