She started her musical journey at the age of nine and currently studies with prominent pedagogue Prof. Nino Merabishvili. 

Nina combines her piano playing with harpsichord and organ studies under harpsichordist Jillon Stoppels-Dupree and Dr. Wyatt Smith.

Nina is also a student of the Seattle Chamber Music Academy (SCMA) and has performed numerous times with the SCMA’s chamber music program at Benaroya hall, Seattle. 

Nina studied at SCMA under the guidance of a Seattle’s Symphony concertmaster Noah Geller, Dr. Craig Sheppard, pianist Sasha Starcevich, violinists James Ehnes and Rachel Lee Priday, cellists Efe Baltacigil, Meeka Quan di Lorenzo and Michael Kannen, violist Susan Gulkis-Assadi. 

Nina had her debut with a Sempre Musick Orchestra under baton of Mark Latham in Boston at the age of 13 and played Chopin Piano Concerto N.2 in F minor. She also performed Mozart Concerto n. 22 in E Major with Europa Musica Orchestra in Perugia, Italy, under baton of Marius Stravinsky; Sammamish Symphony Orchestra, under baton of Adam Stern.

Nina has also taken masterclasses with many acclaimed pianists, such as Robert Shannon, Orion Weiss, Stanislav Ioudenitch, Alvin Chow, Steven Spooner, Natalia Trull, Anne-Marie McDermott, Ilana Vered, Joseph Rackers, Marina Lomazov, Eleonora Karpukhova, Paige Roberts Molloy, Marta Aznavoorian, Jean-David Coen, Alexandre Moutouzhkine, Andrew Armstrong, Le Ho Hai, Andreas Frolich, Philip Raskin, John Weems, Tatiana Ioudenitch, Sergei Artsibashev.

Nina is also a harpsichord student and continuo player at the Early Music Youth Academy (Seattle), which is part of the Seattle Historical Arts for Kids Society. As a harpsichordist, Nina took lessons with acclaimed harpsichordists and fortepianists such as David Breitman and Mark Edwards (Oberlin Conservatory of Music). 

Nina is also a young composer and writes classical solos and duets for different instruments. Her works are used by local piano teachers for intermediate students. In 2023, Nina won first place with her musical composition at the Reflections PTA Art Competition.  In 2025 Nina was selected to the Merimann-Ross Young Composers Workshop. Her composition will be performed with the Seattle Symphony musicians, during current season.

As an addition to her music studies, Nina is an active member of several musical non-profit organizations. She is a regional co-director at Back to Bach International Music Society, Director of Education at two PNW student based musical non-profits: ConChord Music and Project CliKK.

Nina is giving free recitals and lectures about classical music at local schools, senior homes, and fundraising events. 

Nina is a gifted musician with a deep sense of music and won many awards at regional and international competitions.

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