Diana Tishchenko

Diana Tishchenko (Ukrainian: Діана Тищенко; born 1990)[1] is a German classical violinist of Ukrainian descent and the winner of the International Long Thibaud Crespin Competition in Paris 2018. Named "Rising Star" by the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) in 2020, she has performed at the leading concert halls of Europe.

Diana Tishchenko
Діана Тищенко
Tishchenko at the Philharmonie de Paris
Born1990 (age 32–33)
Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine
Education
Occupation
  • Classical violinist
Awards
Websitedianatishchenko.com

Career

Born in Simferopol on the Crimean Peninsula, Tishchenko started playing the violin with her aunt at the age of 6, making her debut performance with the Crimean Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alexey Gulianitzky at the age of 8, playing a violin concerto by Charles Beriot. She studied further at the Lysenko Specialized Music School in Kyiv with Tamara Mukhina.[2] She played in the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra from age 18, later serving as the orchestra's youngest concertmaster,[1] until 2013, collaborating with conductors such as Colin Davis, Franz Welser-Möst, Herbert Blomstedt, Antonio Pappano and Daniele Gatti. She achieved her MA and concert diploma from the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin, where she studied with Ulf Wallin. She also studied with Boris Kuschnir at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.[2]

Tishchenko was a laureate at the ARD International Music Competition in Munich in 2013. She won the Lyon International Chamber Music Competition in the violin and piano duo category in 2014, and the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Music Academy Berlin Competition in 2017. She was awarded the Grand Prix Jacques Thibaud at the Long Thibaud Crespin Competition in Paris.[2]

In 2018, she participated in the festival of the Kronberg Academy, playing chamber music with Gidon Kremer, Steven Isserlis and Christian Tetzlaff, among others.[2] She released her first solo album in 2019, Strangers in PARadISe.[1]

Tishchenko was a Rising Star of the European Concert Hall Organisation (ECHO) in 2020/21.[1] She was soloist in a series of concerts given by the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra touring Germany in April and May 2022, conducted by Luigi Gaggero.[3][4] She played Chausson's Poème and Skoryk's Melody in A minor (1982)[3][4] at the Berliner Philharmonie,[5] the Gewandhaus in Leipzig[6] and the Kulturpalast in Dresden.[3]

RMF Venetian Night 2023, Vivaldi's Violin Concerto in A minor, RV 522

In 2023, she played Baroque violin concertos in a concert with the Berliner Barock Solisten at Eberbach Abbey for the Rheingau Musik Festival.

Tishchenko lives in Berlin.

References
  1. "Rising Stars: Diana Tishchenko". Elbphilharmonie. 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. "Diana Tishchenko / violin". Kronberg Academy. 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  3. "Sonderkonzert / Das Kyiv Symphony Orchestra" (PDF) (in German). Dresden Philharmonic. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2022. Retrieved 25 April 2022.
  4. "Ukrainian Kyiv Symphony Orchestra performed in Germany on the stages of the Berlin and Elbe Philharmonic and Gewandhaus". mailbd.net. May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  5. "Ukrainische Musik in Zeiten des Krieges / Das Kyiv Symphony Orchestra gastiert in der Philharmonie Berlin" (in German). Berliner Philharmoniker. 2022. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. "Solidaritätskonzert – Kyiv Symphony Orchestra" (in German). Gewandhausorchester. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
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