Diana Chubak, Piano

Diana Chubak is a Ukrainian pianist currently based in Cincinnati. Since 2021, she has been pursuing her doctoral degree with full funding at the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music under the guidance of Awadagin Pratt.

Diana was born in Ternopil, Ukraine and graduated from Mykola Lysenko Lviv Music Academy in 2018, where she studied with Oksana Rapita. In the ensuing years, she has studied with numerous pianists throughout Europe and the United States, including as Andrzej Yasinskyi, Martin Lysholm Jepsen, Matti Raekallio, Lily Dorfman, Philippe Giusiano, Kevin Kenner, Daniel Shapiro, Dror Biran, and Awadagin Pratt.

As a soloist, she has performed in seven countries and has played concerti with the National Presidential Orchestra of Ukraine, Academia Dell’Arco Chamber Orchestra in Poland, Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Lviv Festival Orchestra, and the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Philharmonia. She is a winner of many international competitions, including first place in the Cincinnati College-Conservatory Concerto Competition, the Golden Parnassus Award from the XII International Piano Forum “Bieszczady without Borders,” and second prizes in the 2016 Myroslav Skoryk Competition, the VIII International Siegfried-Weishaupt-Klavierwettbewerb Competition, and the Tuesday Musical Scholarship Competition.

Diana’s work has also been rewarded with several financial considerations. Since 2017, Diana has been a recipient of the Vere Music Fund Grant. She received a scholarship from Richard Wagner Society for participation at the 2019 Bayreuth Festival and was awarded the Graduate Incentive Full Scholarship by the University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music.