Danae Kara
- January 5, 2024
- Composer
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Danae Kara Biography
| Name | Danae Kara |
| Birthday | Jul 27 |
| Birth Year | 1953 |
| Place Of Birth | Istanbul |
| Birth Country | Turkey |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Danae Kara is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on July 27, 1953 in Istanbul, Turkey. Danae Kara was born on July 27, 1953, in Istanbul, Turkey. She began her music studies at the age of five in 1958, at Istanbul Municipal Conservatory with Ferdi Statzer (ne Friedrich von Statzer, student of Emil von Sauer and Friedrich Wuhrer). Having immigrated to Greece in 1966, she continued at the Athens Conservatory with the pianist Maria Cherogeorge-Sigara (Greek: Maria Khairogiorgou-Sigara, pupil of Alfredo Casella and Marguerite Long) and composer Konstantinos Kydoniatis (Greek: Konstantinos Kudoniates) 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.
Kara has toured extensively during the years 1979 to 2009 performing as a soloist and recitalist in festivals and concert halls with numerous orchestras such as the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra, the Athens State Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the Bangkok Symphony, the Budapest Camerata, the Cervantino Festival Orchestra, the Hellenic Radio Symphony Orchestra, the London Festival Orchestra, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre national de Montpellier Languedoc-Roussillon, the Moscow Virtuosi, the Sofia Philharmonic, the Salzburg-Mozarteum Orchestra, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, among many others.
Her discography with Naxos Records, Universal/Decca Records, Agorá Musica, Philips/PolyGram, Millenium Archives, EMI Classics and Lyra Records was met by the international press with great critical attention and acclaim. More specifically, she won accolades for her unusual premieres of diverse styles such as the recordings of Mendelssohn’s “Three Piano Concerti”, Sicilianos’s “Piano Concerto”, Nikos Skalkottas’s “Piano Concerti”, Cimarosa’s “62 Sonatas”, Brahms’s “Opus 116, Seven Fantasias, for piano”, “Op. 117, Three Intermezzi, for piano”, Op. 118, Six Pieces, for piano & Op. 119, Four Pieces, for piano, Dimitri Mitropoulos’s “Piano Works”, Manos Hatzidakis’s “Piano Works” and other of her albums. She was the recipient of the “Recording Award 2000”, by “The Union of Greek Theater & Music Critics”.
For her enduring commitment and determination in giving premières of works outside the standard repertory, such as the monumental “Third Piano Concerto” by Nikos Skalkottas in 2003 in Paris, France, Danae Kara received the “Hellenic Music Award” of the “National Council of Music/member of UNESCO”.
As a scholar she was able to graduate from her school, the Juilliard School of Music (New York City) in the year 1978. New York with the Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Music (1978). The school was Juilliard where her distinctive artistic voice was refined by her main instructor, Jacob Lateiner, and by composer David Diamond as well. Apart from being awarded an Isabelle Vengerova legacy from Lateiner and Diamond, she has also been taught with Ivan Moravec, and Nina Svetlanova one of the students from Heinrich Neuhaus.
Danae Kara Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Composer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Danae Kara is one of the richest Composer from Turkey. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Danae Kara 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Danae Kara (Greek: Danae Kara born on 27 July 1953) is an Greek traditional concert pianist and recording artist and teacher, most well-known by her renditions of the 20th century Greek contemporary composers.
Since her first recital at the age of 16 (1969) from Athens, Greece, she has performed across the globe at important concert halls throughout European cities, Latin America, throughout Russia and in the ex- Soviet Republics.
As Artist-in-residence, she taught at the American College of Greece from 1987 to 2012.
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