JULY 2026 NEW ON NAXOS
About Dmytro Semykras, Piano Born in Sumy, Ukraine, Dmytro Semykras graduated from the city’s music college before continuing his education at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz with Milana Chernyavska. He has refined his artistry in masterclasses with Claudio Martínez Mehner, Lily Dorfman, Vanessa Latarche and Alexei Grynyuk. Semykras has won prizes at the Santa Cecília, Île-de-France, Samson François, Ettlingen, Vladimir Krainev, Vladimir Horowitz, Young Musicians (Enschede) and Siegfried Weishaupt international piano competitions, and is also a recipient of the Yamaha Scholarship Programme.
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JUN 2026
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