2025 Student Concerto Winner, Junior Division
Dianna Kerze is 11 years old, she started playing piano at the age of four, learning from her mother. Currently Dianna is a student of professor Irina Nikolaeva. Dianna has participated in a few piano competitions and festivals. Dianna is a first prize winner at the Aurora Young Artist Competition 2024 and OhioMTA Buckeye District Competition 2024. She also got an honorable mention in the OhioMTA Buckeye State Competition 2024 and participated in the Lang Lang 101 Pianists concert. Over the past summer Dianna had performed series of solo piano recitals in various Cleveland area venues as part of Pianos In The City project that was organized as a way to commemorate the Cleveland International Piano Competition’s 50th anniversary.
Apart from music Dianna enjoys cooking with her sister and playing with her younger brother. She loves reading, ballet, art and decorating.