Vice-Rector for Research and Creative Work, Head of Doctoral School, Associate Professor, Piano Department

Having obtained a master’s degree at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music with Prof. Juris Kalnciems, in 2014 Diana Zandberga completed her studies for PhD with Prof. Dr. art. Jeļena Ļebedeva and Prof. Dr. art. Sergejs Osokins (thesis title: Historical and Stylistic Development of Piano Texture and its Manifestation in Latvian Music).

Between 2000 and 2004, she studied with the legendary pianist Lazar Berman at the European Academy of Music in Erba (Italy), and for the next four years she improved her performance with the world famous Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha at the Granados Marshall Academy in Barcelona.

Since 1996 Diana Zandberga has won acclaim for a succession of recitals in European countries, USA and Brazil, has premiered piano works by dozens of different composers, recorded seven piano music albums, including works by Latvian composers – Dace Aperāne Sounds and Echoes (Skani, 2015) and Imants Zemzaris Eine andere Wandererfantasie (Skani, 2021), Latvian Piano Landscapes (Skani, 2022).

Since 2015 Diana Zandberga is a member of the Piano Department at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and a board member of the Latvian Piano Teachers Association, as well as an active participant of various scientific conferences and seminars. In 2021, the author of the monograph The Piano Department of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (1919-2019) published by Musica Baltica, was elected at the JVLMA Scientific Research Centre as a researcher and became a Director of Joint Professional Doctoral Programme in Arts.