Biography

Daria Kameneva was born in Moscow, Russia. She started her piano studies at the age of five. At six she entered the Music School № 1 of Reutov. While still a student, she won several youth competitions and was consequently accepted to study at the Moscow Music College with Natalia Suslova. In 2006 she joined the class of Stanislav Igolinsky at Tchaikovsky Conservatory Moscow. Gradually she began to play concerts in Moscow and Russia; she appears today regularly in solo and chamber performances. Daria Kameneva is laureate of the Vladimir Spivakov Foundation and a scholarship recipient of the “New Names” Foundation, Cultural Foundation and a scholarship by the President of Russia.

Internationally Daria began to make herself known by winning high awards in competitions. 2008 she won 2^nd prize and Chamber Music Prize at the IV International Piano Competition in Almaty (Kazakhstan) and in 2010 she was selected by Tchaikovsky Conservatory to represent Russia in the Kyoto International Music Festival in Japan. Her biggest success so far was 2011 the 1^st prize at the European Piano Competition in France, which led eventually to the production of CD.

Daria’s repertoire includes works ranging from Bach until music of the 21^st century, including solo works as well as a great range of chamber music and concertos with orchestra. Daria Kameneva constantly has recitals in the important halls of Moscow like the Bolshoi, Rachmaninoff and Maliy Halls of Tchaikovsky Conservatory, Moscow International Performing Arts Center and other cities and countries: so far she performed solo and chamber music programs in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Belarus, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine.