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Diana Cusano

Epidemiologist & Mom

Louisville, Kentucky

ABOUT diana

Diana began playing piano at age five and pursued serious classical training through her teens, including a televised solo recital for the Young Steinway Concert Series and a PianoArts competition prize featuring a concerto performance with orchestra. She then earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Chicago and an M.P.H. from Yale School of Public Health, followed by a decade in healthcare analytics — years during which music receded into the background. In 2023, while raising three young children with her husband Giancarlo, she returned to serious piano study. She now works with Anna Petrova (UT Austin), following earlier training with Lyn Bronson, Emilio del Rosario, and Stephen Perry. Since her return, she has been a finalist in the 2025 Oberlin International Adult Amateur Piano Competition and the 2026 Boston International Piano Competition, where she won the prize for Best Classical Performance.

PROGRAM

CHAMINADE  Pieces Humoristiques Op. 87 no. 4 'Autrefois'

DEBUSSY  Prelude Book 1. L117:11 'La Danse de Puck'

CHOPIN  Scherzo no. 1, Op. 20 in B minor

KENJI BUNCH  Monica's Notebook Etude no. 2

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Intermission
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RAUTAVAARA  Pelimannit (Fiddlers) Op. 1 III. Klockar Samuel Dickstrom

SCARLATTI  Sonatas K101 and K98

CHOPIN  Polonaise in G# minor, posthumous

BEETHOVEN  Sonata Op. 27 no. 1 'Sonata quasi una Fantasia' in E-flat major 

I.  Andante - Allegro - Andante

II.  Allegro molto e vivace

III.  Adagio con espressione

IV.  Allegro vivace

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