Dina Ugorskaja
Pianist Dina Ugorskaja began performing at a young age, following in the footsteps of her father, Anatol Ugorski. She performed throughout Europe as a soloist and chamber musician, made several well-received recordings, and was an educator.
Ugorskaja was born on August 26, 1973, in Leningrad, U.S.S.R. (now St. Petersburg, Russia). She was born into a musical family: her father, Anatol, was an already established concert pianist and her mother, Maja Elik, a musicologist and artist. Her first piano lessons were with her father, and she began her performing career at age seven with a performance at the Leningrad Philharmonic Hall. Following her debut, she studied piano and composition at the Leningrad Conservatory. Her piano teacher was Maria Mekler (while also continuing lessons with her father), and she studied composition with Evgenij Irschai. In 1988, she made her concerto debut with Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 in Leningrad. The next year, her string quartet was performed for the first time, marking her debut as a composer. Ugorskaja's family fled the Soviet Union in 1990, following a series of anti-Semitic threats to the family. They relocated to East Berlin, where she attended the Hanns Eisler Hochschule für Musik from 1990-1992, studying with Galina Iwanzowa. She then attended the Hochschule für Musik Detmold and studied with Nerine Barrett.
After earning her degree in 2001, Ugorskaja began performing throughout Europe. She appeared as a soloist in concert halls and festivals. She was a frequent guest with the MDR Leipzig Radio Symphony and North West German Philharmonic orchestras, among others, and worked with well-known conductors, including Vladimir Jurowski and Peter Gülke. She also regularly performed as a chamber musician, collaborating with Tanja Tetzlaff, Michael Gurevich, and the Auryn Quartet, among others. From 2002-2007, she was an associate piano professor at Detmold, and in 2016, she joined the piano faculty at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien. Ugorskaja died in her Munich home on September 17, 2019, following a long battle with cancer.
Ugorskaja's solo recording career was on the CAvi Music label, which included releases of music by Bach, Handel, and Schumann, among others. She partnered with her father for a 2005 album of double concertos on EBS, and she joined Gülke and the Brandenburger Symphoniker for a 2019 MDG release of Brahms' first piano concerto. Her final album, containing solo Schubert works, was issued posthumously in 2019.
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Discography
16 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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The Well-Tempered Clavier, Vol. II
Classical - Released by CAvi-music on 16 Sep 2016
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Bach, J.S.: The Welltempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 16 Sep 2016
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Schubert: Sonata, Moments musicaux, & 3 Klavierstücke
Classical - Released by CAvi-music on 4 Oct 2019
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J.S. Bach: 15 Inventiones, BWV 772-786 / Chopin: 24 Préludes, Op. 28
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 16 Oct 2020
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Handel: 8 Great Suites Nos. 2-6
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 4 Nov 2009
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J.S. Bach: Inventions Nos. 1-15
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 12 Nov 2015
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Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 15 - Intermezzi, Op. 117
Brandenburger Symphoniker, Peter Gülke, Dina Ugorskaja
Miscellaneous - Released by Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm on 1 Mar 2019
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J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 16 Sep 2016
5 de Diapason24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Schumann: Gesänge der Frühe, Op. 133; 7 Fughetten, Op. 126; Kreisleriana; Op. 16; Geister-Variationen, WoO 24
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 18 Nov 2010
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Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80 / Shostakovich: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 134
Natalia Prishepenko, Dina Ugorskaja
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 28 Aug 2020
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Weber, Sains-Saëns, Klughardt & Krein: Chamber Music
Andrea Lieberknecht, Maximilian Hornung, Dina Ugorskaja
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 29 Jul 2016
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 90, 101, 109 & 110
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 3 Feb 2014
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Beethoven: Piano Sonatas No. 29, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" & No. 32, Op. 111
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 15 Aug 2012
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J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 16 Sep 2016
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Prokofiev: Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80 / Shostakovich: Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 134
Natalia Prishepenko, Dina Ugorskaja
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 28 Aug 2020
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Weber, Sains-Saëns, Klughardt & Krein: Chamber Music
Andrea Lieberknecht, Maximilian Hornung, Dina Ugorskaja
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin on 29 Jul 2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo