Historical style
Diana Lizura won 1st prize in the Artistic Competition of the Society for Music Theory
Diana Lizura, a Master's student in music theory in the classes of Marcus Aydintan and Prof. Jörn Arnecke, achieved a great success: she won first prize in the "Historical Style" category of the 12th Artistic Competition of the Society for Music Theory (GMTH). The task of the competition was to complete a fragment from the 19th or 20th century.
In her piece "Damit man nie zurück könnte" for cello and piano, Diana Lizura took a fragment by Czech composer Leoš Janáček as her model. The work was premiered by members of the Ensemble Aventure on September 22 at the GMTH annual congress in Freiburg. "I am delighted about the prize because it shows special recognition of my achievements," says Diana Lizura. "It was a great honor for me to experience the world premiere of my piece live at the GMTH congress."
Her main subject teacher Marcus Aydintan adds: "Diana Lizura has thoroughly studied Janáček's works, conscientiously studied the composer's musical language and thus created a style-bound composition that was able to convince the competition jury. This prize is a very nice and important success - for Diana Lizura and for Weimar music theory."
Diana Lizura, born in Tomsk in 1997, began her career as a musician at the specialized music school in Novosibirsk. In 2016, she continued her studies as a pianist at the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar. Since 2021 she has been studying music theory with Prof. Jörn Arnecke and Marcus Aydintan in Weimar. In the winter semester 2022/23 she studied with Prof. Dr. Juliane Brandes at the Mozarteum University Salzburg.
She is interested in both the pedagogical and artistic fields. In addition to her studies, she works as a piano teacher at the "J.S. Bach" music school in Eisenach. She has also taught several preparatory courses in music theory and aural training. Diana regularly performs at concerts as a composer and interpreter. Her research interests include Eastern European music, especially Slavic and Russian composers.
[8 November 2023]