is recognized globally as a premiere collaborative pianist. Known for her wit and style on and off stage, she exudes an energy and an excitement that is both irresistible and endearing. She has performed with a "who's who" of international artists, including Joel Quarrington, Francois Rabbath, Paula Robison, Froydis reWekre, and many others. According to Branford Marsalis, "Dianne is one bad-ass pianistll".
A resident of New York City for only a few months, Dianne has performed in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, Juilliard's Paul Hall, and Avery Fisher Hall. In March 2008 she stood in for pianist Claude Frank as an adjudicator of the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition.
Dianne is a principal pianist for the National Flute Association, International Society of Bassists, and World Bass Festival in Poland, and she has performed at the International Hornists Society and International Trumpet Guild conventions. The ISB gave Dianne its highest recommendation and praise: "She has become indispensable to the success of our events... gives a hundred percent... puts her collaborators at ease."
Dianne holds two performance degrees and studied with Canadian pianist George Haddad of The Ohio State University. She was a two-time Fischoff finalist, and for many years enjoyed the two-piano repertoire with her duo, the Cross-Meidar Duo.
Dianne has enjoyed a multi-faceted career as an adjunct college professor, symphony pianist, opera repetiteur, adjudicator, church organist, and solo pianist, but herfavorite roles remain those of mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, aunt, niece, and friend.