Danae Kara
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Portrait of Danae Kara (2014)
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| Native name | Δανάη Καρά |
| Born |
July 27, 1953 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Nationality | Hellenic |
| Education |
Istanbul Municipal Conservatory Athens Conservatoire Juilliard School |
| Alma mater | Juilliard School |
| Known for | Piano concerts |
| Style | Classical music |
| Awards | Recording Award 2000 The Union of Greek Theater & Music Critics Hellenic Music Award 2003 National Council of Music/member of UNESCO |
Danae Kara (Greek: Δανάη Καρά; born on July 27, 1953) is a Greek classical concert pianist,recording artist, and educator, best known for her interpretations of 20th century Greek modernist composers.
Danae Kara was born on July 27, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey. She began music lessons at the age of five, in 1958, at the Istanbul Municipal Conservatory with Ferdi Statzer (né Friedrich von Statzer, pupil of Emil von Sauer and Friedrich Wührer). Having immigrated to Greece in 1966, she continued at the Athens Conservatory with the pianist Maria Cherogeorge-Sigara (Greek: Μαρία Χαιρογιώργου-Σιγάρα, pupil of Alfredo Casella and Marguerite Long) and composer Konstantinos Kydoniatis (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κυδωνιάτης) for theory, earning both her "Piano Soloist’s Diploma" and "Advanced Theory Diploma" with the distinction of "First Prize" and "Gold Medal of Iph. & A. Syggrou" in 1972.
As a scholarship student, she graduated from the Juilliard School of Music (New York City) in 1978, New York with the Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Music (1978). It was at Juilliard where her artistic identity was honed by her principal teacher, Jacob Lateiner, and by composer David Diamond as well. In addition to receiving the Isabelle Vengerova legacy from Lateiner, she has been coached by Ivan Moravec, and Nina Svetlanova, student of Heinrich Neuhaus.
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