The Russian-born German soprano Diana Schnürpel took piano and singing lessons at the Children's Music School in Lipetsk before completing her studies at the Technical School for Music and Art with a degree in piano with honors in 2001.
From 2001 to 2005 she studied with a bachelor's degree in singing at the Choral Art Academy in Moscow with Prof. Nina Rautio.
She gave solo piano concerts at the Choral Art Academy. In 2004 and 2005 she was a vocal accompanist at the Choral Art Academy in Moscow.
From 2006 she studied singing at the University of Music and Theater in Leipzig under Prof. Regina Werner-Dietrich. She completed her studies in October 2010 with her diploma. In the same and the following year she was a finalist in the Lortzing Competition, Leipzig. She received 3rd prize at the VII National and II International Jószef Simándy Singing Competition 2011 in Szeged, Hungary. In 2012 she was a finalist in the Grandi Voci opera singing competition, Salzburg.
She took lessons with the Wagner tenor Manfred Jung before making her debut with solo concerts of Paul Hindemith's "Das Marienleben" in Berlin and Bavaria as well as Frankfurt am Main. She gained her first experiences as a guest in the MDR radio choir and at the German National Theater and sang the role of the bride in Les Noces by Igor Stravinsky at the Ruhr Piano Festival in July 2013.
Since 2013 she has sung the role of Queen of the Night in WA Mozart's Magic Flute at the Braunschweig State Theater. Since 2014 she has been singing the role of the Queen of the Night at the Landestheater Detmold, the Stadttheater Klagenfurt, the Landestheater Salzburg and the Graz Opera with much recognition and since 2015 also at the German National Theater Weimar as well as the role of the Snow Queen in Die Schneekönigin by GA Albrecht.
Diana Schnürpel also works as a song and concert singer. Her concert repertoire includes works by JS Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Handel, Mozart and Antonio Salieri. She began her concert career in Bavaria in 2012 with Das Marienleben by Paul Hindemith and church concerts in Ludwigsburg with the setting of Antonín Dvořák's Stabat mater. She also sang in a chamber music matinee of the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra with nursery rhymes in the first version by Leoš Janáček and songs by Richard Strauss and Othmar Schoeck. She also sang the final concert “Beauty of Farewell” of the “Music Summer on Lake Zurich” festival under the direction of Manuel Bärtsch 2020.
Diana Schnürpel was at the Theater Lucerne from August 2016 to June 2021. There she sings, among others, the role of the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, the roles of Venus and Gepopo in Le Grande Macabre by G. Ligeti, Euredice in Orfeo ed Euridice by CW Gluck, the role of Maria Stuarda in Maria Stuarda by G. Donizetti and the role of Little Vixen Clever in The Cunning Little Vixen by LEOŠ Janáček and the role of Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia by G. Rossini. She has had German citizenship since April 2021 and is a scholarship holder of the Thuringia Cultural Foundation.
In 2021, Diana Schnürpel was winner of the Quebec Music Competition, Voice, Piano, Clarinet (Trio) and Grand Champion 2021 Quebec Music Competition (Voice), Canada. She won 2nd prize in the ensemble of the King's Peak International Music Competition and 1st prize at the MAP International Music Competition (Voice & Chamber Duo), USA.
Awards 2022: Absolute 1st Prize Canadian International Music Competition (Voice & Piano), Canada and Absolute Platinum as well as Grand Champion 2022 Quebec Music Competition (Voice), Canada, Platinum as Duo DiaMar with Margarita Gritskova 2022. She also received Platinum for "Erlkönig " by Franz Schubert at the Global International Music Competition (Voice & Piano).