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Dinara Klinton(born on 6 July 1989) is a Russian concert pianist, laureate of international piano competitions.

Biography
Klinton was born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and started playing piano at the age of 5. In 1998 Dinara won the 1st prize on the Vladimir Krainev International Piano Competition for young musicians and became the youngest prize-winner in the history of competition.

Dinara has performed around the globe in Europe, Japan, Malaysia, USA and Brazil, including performances at the Royal Festival Hall, Cadogan Hall, Royal Albert Hall Elgar Room in London, Konzerthaus Berlin,Louvre in Paris, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Moscow Philharmonic Society Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow International House of Music, Stadtcasino Basel,Gewandhaus in Leipzig, Warsaw Philharmonic, Sumida Triphony Hall in Tokyo.

Dinara's first album "Music of Chopin and Liszt" was recorded at the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory in 2006 and released under the label of Delos.

Awards on international competitions

 * 2014 — 3rd Prize BNDES International Piano Competition, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 * 2013 — 2nd Prize Paderewski International Piano Competition, Bydgoszcz, Poland
 * 2010 — Grand Prix, International Competition “Interlaken Classic”, Bern, Switzerland
 * 2009 — 2nd Prize, Tbilisi International Piano Competition, Georgia
 * 2007 — 2nd Prize, [Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition]], Bolzano, Italy
 * 2006 — Diploma of Outstanding Merit, Hamamatsu International Piano Competition, Japan
 * 2006 — Grand Prix, Vladimir Krainev International Competition, Kharkiv, Ukraine
 * 2004 — 3rd Prize, Eurovision Young Musicians 2004, Lucerne, Switzerland
 * 2004 — 2nd Prize, International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, Japan
 * 2003 — 1st Prize, Seiler International Piano Competition, Kitzingen, Germany
 * 1998 — 1st Prize, Vladimir Krainev International Competition, Kharkiv, Ukraine
 * 1997 — 1st Prize, Virtuosi per musica del pianoforte, Czech Republic