In the artist's words:

Dina Bolshakova was born in Tomsk, Russia. She received her first cello lessons at a music school in 1992 and studied at the St. Petersburg Music College from 2001 to 2005.

Dina continued her studies at the UdK Berlin, first with Prof. Catalin Ilea and since 2008 with Prof. Konstantin Heidrich. In February 2014, she completed her concert exam with distinction.

She has attended masterclasses with Frank Helmerson, Wolfgang Boettcher, David Geringas, Ivan Monighetti, Ralph Kirschbaum, Jens-Peter Maintz and Bernard Greenhouse, among others; has taken part in various music festivals, e.g. at the HARMOS Festival in Porto (2010) and Encuentro Santander (2011), IMS Prussia Cove (2013), ISA 2014, Lucerne Festival Academy (2016) and played chamber music with Zakhar Bron, Ingolf Turban, Wilfried Strehle, Radovan Vlatkovic, Claudio Martinez Mehner, among others.

The cellist has repeatedly won prizes in national and international competitions, both as a soloist and as a chamber musician, including 3rd prize at the Domenico Gabrielli Violoncello Competition in Berlin (2007) and a special prize at the International Bucchi Competition (2011, Rome). Her solo performances include A. Dvorak's Cello Concerto with the Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestra and the Samara Philharmonic Orchestra, Emil Hartmann's Cello Concerto with the Havel Symphony Orchestra (December 2014, Berlin).

During her studies, Dina was a scholarship holder of the Paul Hindemith Society, the Villa Musica Rhineland-Palatinate Foundation and the Ottilie Selbach Redslob Foundation.

The cellist gained orchestral experience in the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra (Finland), where she had a temporary contract as deputy principal cellist, and with the Augsburg Philharmonic Orchestra.

Since December 2022, Dina has been deputy principal cellist with the Munich Symphony Orchestra.

After her studies, Dina founded the duoUNRUH and Ardis Trio. This was followed by concerts in Germany, Austria, Russia, Greece and other countries. The projects are supported by the German Music Council and the Musikfonds Berlin.