Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp

Lauded for her “high-profile skills” (The Frankfurter Neue Presse), her “clarity of touch … stylistic sense… [and] breathtaking suppleness” (Pforzheimer Zeitung), Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp has been declared “an impeccable soloist” by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Viktorias extraordinary artistry has been recognized with national and international prizes and enthusiastic praise. She has performed with orchestras and in various chamber music formations in Austria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the USA, and Uzbekistan. She received her early training in the Soviet Union before at age 11 beginning her studies at the University of Music in Karlsruhe (Germany) with Sontraud Speidel (a student of Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen) and at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts with Irina Edelstein (a student of Jacob Milstein) and Joachim Volkmann (a student of Wilhelm Kempff). In Canada, she was the first and only performer to be awarded the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship for her doctoral research with Jacques Després at the University of Alberta. Besides her performance career, Viktoria has a deep commitment to music education. She teaches piano performance, piano literature, chamber music, and piano pedagogy at the University of Alberta, and frequently shares her experiences in lectures and masterclasses, and as a festival adjudicator. She contributes to the Edmonton music community as a board member of the Anne Burrows Music Foundation and as faculty advisor for ARMTA’s collegiate chapter at the UofA.