Dmytro Semykras was born in Ukraine in 2001. He is a fourth-year piano student at the Sumy High School of Art and Culture named after D. Bortniansky. He is a scholarship holder of the Liechtenstein International Music Academy and regularly takes part in the intensive weeks and activities of the Academy.

Dmytro took part in many international competitions. Among other things, he won the first prize at the International Piano Competition for Young Pianists Slobozhanska Fantasy in Ukraine in 2011, the first prize at the VIII All-Ukrainian Competition Classical Meridian in Ukraine in 2012 and the first prize at the International Piano Competition Goldene Taste in Germany 2013.

In 2016, he won the third prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Ukraine, in 2018 the third prize at the International Piano Competition for Young Pianists Slobozhanska Fantasy, Ukraine, as well as the Grand Prize of the Vinnitsa Jazz Competition & Festival, Ukraine. In 2019, he won the second prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz, Ukraine, and the first prize at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of S. Richter, also Ukraine.

In 2021, he won the second prize at the International Piano Competition Merci, Maestro! in Belgium and the first prize at the 14th International Volodymyr Krainev Competition for Young Pianists (online). In 2022, he won the second prize and the audience prize at the International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Enschede, the first prize at the International Summer Academy of Music ISAM and the third prize at the International Piano Competition Ettlingen.

Dmytro took part in several international festivals, including the 23rd Kaunas International Festival of Young Musicians in Lithuania, the XXXIII International Festival Virtuosi in Ukraine, the International Piano Festival Torre de Canyamel VIII Edition in Spain, the International Piano Festival Talent Music Master Courses in Italy 2019, the Blackmore International Music Academy Berlin and the International Music Festival Rethinking Europe III in Sweden.