Boston-based pianist Dina Vainshtein is known for her sensitive and virtuosic collaborations with some of the most promising musicians of recent years. Dina, a longtime Faculty Pianist for the Heifetz Institute and studied with Boris Berlin at the prestigious Gnessin Academy in Moscow where she received the Special Prize for the Best Collaborative Pianist at the 1998 Tchaikovsky International Competition. She came to the United States in 2000 to attend the Cleveland Institute of Music. Vainshtein’s talents led to numerous performing opportunities—from Tully Hall and Weill Recital Hall to the Caramoor Festival and the Ravinia Festival—as well as tours of Japan, China, Europe and Russia. For nearly a decade, she has been affiliated with the New England Conservatory and the Walnut Hill School in Natick, Massachusetts.