Kiveli Dörken’s temperament, passion and dedication to music can be felt in every moment of her concerts. Her infectious enthusiasm and engaging charisma give her a close rapport with her audience. She likes to talk to them before she sits down at the piano and explore the boundaries of sound possibilities and artistic expression. Her musical path began as a 7-year-old pupil of the renowned piano teacher Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, by whom she was taught for ten years. She then continued her training with Lars Vogt, with whom Kiveli Dörken still studies in Hanover.
Dörken’s concert activities have already taken her to many renowned concert halls and to most countries in Europe, China and the USA. She has performed at the Kissinger Sommer, the ‘Spannungen’ festival in Heimbach, the Gezeitenkonzerte, the Schwetzinger Festspiele, the ‘Sommets musicaux’ in Gstaad and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. Highlights included performances for the Dalai Lama in 2007 and in 2009 for the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Washington D.C. In 2015, together with her sister Danae, Kiveli Dörken founded the Molyvos International Music Festival on the Greek island of Lesbos and of which she is Artistic Director. Between the financial crisis and the refugee drama, the festival not only brings the tradition of classical music to Lesbos but has become a beacon of hope for the region.