Cipa Dichter was born in Brazil of Polish-Russian parents and had her first piano lessons at the age of six.  She made her professional debut at 16 with the Symphony Orchestra of Brazil and came to the United States to study at The Juilliard School shortly thereafter.  She is very much involved in the S.L.E. Foundation’s Women’s Leadership Council, a women’s health initiative whose mission is to advocate for increased research to unravel the mysteries of lupus.

   Ms. Dichter lives with her husband Mish in New York City.   They have two sons and two grandsons.