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Diana Cooper has won multiple on the international stages, including first prizes at the Samson François International Competition (France, 2025), the Halina Czerny-Stefańska Competition in Poznań (Poland, 2022), the Vigo International Piano Competition (Spain, 2022), and at the Chopin Competition in Brest (France, 2017). Diana Cooper was among the 84 pianists from 642 applicants selected to participate in the 19th International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in October 2025.

She has been invited to perform at numerous prestigious festivals and venues — including the Chopin Festival in Nohant and Paris (Bagatelle), Salle Cortot, the Colmar and Menton International Festivals, the Ysaye Festival (Belgium), Kings Place (London), Teatro Filarmónica in Oviedo (Spain), Teatro Jovellanos (Gijón), Filharmonia in Kielce (Poland), the Chopin manor houses in Duszniki and Żelazowa Wola, and Hrvatski dom Split (Croatia). In 2023 and 2024 she was selected for Un Été en France avec Gautier Capuçon and performed both as a soloist and in chamber music across various regions of France, including Grand Est, Hauts-de-France, and Corsica.

Her performances have also led to critical acclaim by press and media such as France Musique (Générations Jeunes Interprètes, 2018), France 5 (Fauteuils d’orchestre, 2023), as well as a BBC-filmed masterclass with Yuja Wang (2024). Supported by the Banque Populaire Foundation, the Safran Foundation, and the Kirckman Concert Society (UK), she collaborated with several orchestras, notably performing Chopin’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with the Orkiestra Symfoniczna Filharmonii Kaliskiej. In 2023, Diana released her first album, dedicated to Haydn, Chopin, and Ravel, following her First Prize win at the Young Artists Support Competition organized by the Festival du Vexin.

Born in Tarbes to a Franco-Spanish mother and a British father, Diana Cooper is a graduate from the CNSMDP (the Paris Conservatoire), the École Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot, and the Royal College of Music in London. Her main professors over the years include Jean-François Heisser, Marie-Josèphe Jude, Rena Shereshevskaya, Norma Fisher and Philippe Giusiano. She also honed her skills with Cédric Tiberghien at the Philippe Jaroussky Academy (2022–2023).

Flügel Shigeru Kawai, Hamamatsu 2019

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Sonate C-Dur op. 2/3

I. Allegro con brio

II. Adagio

III. Scherzo: Allegro

IV. Allegro assai



Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809–1847)

Variations sérieuses d-Moll op. 54


Enrique Granados (1867–1916)

Allegro de Concierto op. 46



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Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Barcarolle Fis-Dur op. 60

Sonate h-Moll op. 58/3

I. Allegro maestoso

II. Scherzo: Molto vivace

III. Largo

IV. Finale: Presto non tanto