DINO

Dino Kartsonakis was born and raised in New York City. At three years of age, Dino came home from church and began picking out the classic hymn, “At the Cross”, on an old upright piano. At age seven, Dino accepted Christ as his Savior, a decision he says was “simple, yet changed everything.”

Dino’s musical talent flourished through years of performing at Glad Tidings Tabernacle, in New York City. Dino received a music degree from the Kings College and then studied at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music, as well as conservatories in Paris, France and Munich, Germany.

For the last 16 years Dino has entertained Branson, Missouri audiences. “Thousands of people attend my shows each year, and no one can say they haven’t heard the Gospel. I could never separate my Christianity from the show. That’s who I am, that’s my life,” he adds.

Dino and his wife Cheryl continue to co-host a highly rated, weekly television show on the TBN network that has aired for the past 15 years.

Dino’s numerous recordings have received many accolades including a Grammy nomination for “Chariots of Fire”, seven Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, a Telly Award for “The Miracles” project filmed in Israel, and a Grammy nomination for his involvement on the soundtrack of the movie The Apostle, starring Robert Duvall.

Dino’s latest accomplishment was the realization of a lifelong dream: a headline performance at Carnegie Hall, with the Manhattan Pops Orchestra and Chorale. Dino recalls, “As a young boy I would leave school and stand outside of Carnegie Hall dreaming about someday performing there. God has been so faithful to allow this dream to be fulfilled in my life!”

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