Biography

Dmitry Nesterov arrived on the Canadian music scene in 1992 when he became a Laureate in the first Esther Honens Calgary International Piano Competition.

Since settling in Canada with his family in 1994, Mr. Nesterov has impressed audiences, critics and colleagues alike with concert and recital work. He has appeared as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Edmonton, Lethbridge, Red Deer, and Kamloops Symphony Orchestras, as well as with numerous orchestras in Russia.

Mr. Nesterov is a frequent quest at the Banff Arts Festival and the Mozart Festival in Kelowna, BC, and has collaborated with the Alberta Ballet, New Works Calgary, the St. Lawrence String Quartet, flutist Patrick Gallois, pianist Jon Kimura Parker, violinist Katherine Manoukian, conductors Hans Graf, Mario Bernardi, Claude Lapalme, Kirk Muspratt, Jean Larouge, Alex Pauk, Bernard Labadie and can be heard on CBC Radio.

With his wife Olga Kotova, as part of Duo Solista, Mr. Nesterov has been performing recitals in most of Alberta and British Columbia.

Recently Dmitry performed in Millennium Foundation Concert Series, Armenian Sosiety in Montreal, as a guest pianist in Aubade Chamber Ensemble. He is a frequent guest pianist for Czechoslovakian and Hungarian Foundations.

Dmitry Nesterov is a graduate of the Central Music School in Moscow, Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory and the University of Calgary.

Mr. Nesterov is currently a faculty member of the Mount Royal University in Calgary, and busily involved in the Music Academy and Diploma Performance Programs there.