Dias Karimov was born in Ufa, Russia. He belongs to a professional music family; at the young age of six he had already taken his first musical “steps.” In his musical development, Dias’s father, composer and pianist Airat Karimov, has played a most central role. It was directly under his tutelage that Dias first advanced his classical and piano-improvising education. Graduate concert artist in the direction of instrumental performance, Stage artist of chamber music ensemble, Concertmaster, Teacher (Russia, 2005) Postgraduate course in the specialty of the Piano (Russia, 2007) Graduate Musician in the specialty of „Jazz Piano“ in Higher School of Music Franz Liszt Weimar in the class of prof. Leonid Chizhik and David Gazarov (Germany, 2013) Prize winner at numerous state competitions and festivals in Bulgaria, USA, France, Turkey, Russia and Germany. Solo and ensemble performances with programs of Jazz, own Compositions and Paraphrases of classical works in the "Crossover" style. Currently lives and works in Germany Owner of www.store-dias.com Website: www.dias-karimov.com