Diana Ringo is a film director, pianist and composer.
She was born on 8 of March 1992 in the family of Finnish scientific researcher Reijo Mononen and artist Elena Ringo. Her great-grandfathers are inventor Josef Ringo and mathematician Sergei Nikolsky. Diana grew up in Helsinki, Finland and has been interested in music from early childhood. At the age of five the her first music teacher, pianist Dmitry Soloviev, discovered that Diana has perfect pitch.
She studied piano with famous pianists such as Janne Mertanen, prize winner of the Chopin competition, Risto Lauriala, prize winner of the Beethoven competition. Reference letter from Risto Lauriala for Diana Ringo – highlighting exceptional musical talent, strong pitch, and early performance of demanding repertoire including Beethoven and Chopin. Ringo has attended master classes by the Hollywood composer Lalo Schifrin, directors Paul Verhoeven and David Lynch.
Diana Ringo produces evocative compositions which mix classical and electronica influences. Her compositions have been featured on BBC Radio 3.
Her original music is featured in the 2018 film "Million Loves in Me" directed by Sampson Yuen (Hong Kong Golden Globes entry). Her music for "Million Loves in Me", won the award for best original score at LAFA (Los Angeles Film Awards) in 2020. In the same year she also composed the score to the short film "Hinge" by Lisa Mayo (supervisor Salvador Carrasco).
In 2020 she has posed for Playboy Spain, April issue. She was the first Finnish woman to appear in the magazine.
In 2021 Diana Ringo directed the feature film "KARAntin" starring Anatoliy Beliy ("Metro", "The Brothers Karamazov", "Chagall - Malevich"). The film is an official non-English language Golden Globes 2022 entry. In the same year she also filmed "Power of the Incomprehensible" with Erik Sabri.
Diana Ringo with Anatoliy Beliy
In 2022 Diana Ringo directed the feature film "1984" based on the novel of the same name by George Orwell. The film was released on 15 November 2023. The film stars Aleksandr Obmanov.
Her film, "The Curse of Modigliani", starring Edward Pishiyski, was released on 7 December 2025.
Diana Ringo is also a singer. Her post-punk/darkwave album CYBERWOLF was released on 17 October 2025.
Diana lived in Vienna, Austria from 2009 until 2020. She is a Finnish citizen, residing now in Helsinki, Finland.
Diana speaks English, Finnish, Russian and German.
So thoughtful, one feels as if you are thinking through a story line on the piano. Each piece has a sense of urgency about it, but punctuated by reflective pauses and silences, and in places inducing the feeling of dream.
Director and producer Herb Golder about the music of Diana Ringo