Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp, DMus

About

Lauded for her "superb skills" (The Frankfurter Neue Presse) and praised for a "clarity of touch" and "breathtaking suppleness" (Pforzheimer Zeitung), Viktoria Reiswich-Dapp has established herself as a pianist of distinct versatility and depth. Her extraordinary artistry has been recognized with national and international prizes and enthusiastic praise. Born in Uzbekistan, Dr. Reiswich-Dapp was trained in the tradition of the Russian piano school. At age 13, she entered the pre-college program at the University of Music in Karlsruhe, studying with Sontraud Speidel following the musical lineage of Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen, Branka Musulin, and Géza Anda. She continued her training at the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts under Irina Edelstein in the Jacob Milstein tradition, and Joachim Volkmann (a student of Wilhelm Kempff), earning degrees in both Piano Performance and Pedagogy.

Upon relocating to Canada for her doctoral studies at the University of Alberta, Dr. Reiswich-Dapp became the first performer in the award's history to be awarded the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. 

Dr. Reiswich-Dapp has performed in Austria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Gran Canaria, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Turkey, the USA, and Uzbekistan. In her performances, Dr. Reiswich-Dapp has a predilection for intermedial performance strategies that combine music with various media, explore the tension between the live and the mediatized, and reveal the socio-cultural context of both work and performance.

Dr. Reiswich-Dapp constantly pushes her boundaries as an artist; in 2024, she received the Pamela Farmer Scholarship and, in 2025, the Harry Farmer Scholarship from the Royal Canadian College of Organists to continue organ studies with organist Marnie Giesbrecht. In 2025, Dr. Reiswich-Dapp made her debut on the Davis organ at the Winspear Centre.

A recipient of two Steinway & Sons Top Piano Teacher awards, Dr. Reiswich-Dapp also has a deep commitment to music education. She serves on the piano faculty at the University of Alberta, where she teaches piano performance, piano literature, chamber music, and piano pedagogy. She is also a sought-after festival adjudicator and clinician, and regularly supports professional piano teachers by consulting on practical piano pedagogy issues. Additionally, Dr. Reiswich-Dapp contributes to the Edmonton music community as a board member of the Anne Burrows Music Foundation and as a faculty advisor for ARMTA’s collegiate chapter at the UofA

Research

Dr. Reiswich-Dapp has a predilection for intermedial performance strategies that combine music with various media, explore the tension between the live and the mediatized, and reveal the socio-cultural context of both work and performance.

Teaching

Piano

Piano Literature

Piano Pedagogy

Chamber Music

MUSIC 304 - Piano Pedagogy II

Prerequisite: MUSIC 303.

MUSIC 604 - Piano Pedagogy

Prerequisite: MUSIC 304 or consent of Department.

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