Acclaimed as one of the leading pianists of her generation, American born Nina Tichman is at home in repertoire ranging from Frescobaldi to composers writing today, many of whom have entrusted her with world premières of their compositions.
Her discography includes solo recordings of the complete piano works of Copland and the complete piano music of Debussy, with the complete Piano Trios of Beethoven for Naxos [8.557723; 8.557724; 8.570255] as a member of the Xyrion Trio, among others. Nina Tichman has been based in Europe since winning the prestigious Busoni Competition. Other awards include the Mendelssohn Prize of Berlin, first prize of the Casagrande Competition in Italy and the Prize of the Organization of American States.
She has appeared as soloist with orchestra and in recital in the major music centres of the world and has been featured in radio and television portraits on five continents. Her diverse activities as recitalist, chamber musician and pedagogue have led to invitations to perform and teach in festivals such as Marlboro, Tanglewood, Music from Salem, Styriarte, the International Musicians Seminar at Prussia Cove, Frankfurt Feste, Rheingau Musikfestival, Beethoven Festival Bonn and many others, often featuring premières of works dedicated to her.
In 2001 she founded the Xyrion Trio with Ida Bieler and Maria Kliegel, an ensemble that has been praised for its vital, emotional and dramatic musicmaking and is currently recording the complete Beethoven Piano Trios.
Nina Tichman is a graduate of the Juilliard School, where she was awarded the Eduard- Steuermann-Prize for outstanding musical achievement. In 1993 she was appointed Professor of Piano at the Hochschule für Musik in Cologne and she has led master-classes at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, as well as at Amherst College and Princeton University. In 2004 she was invited to perform at Schloss Bellevue for the President of Germany, an honour comparable to playing at the White House. In New York City, Frankfurt and other cities in Europe and the United States, she has held audiences spellbound over three evenings with her traversal of the complete piano works of Debussy. Her recording of this repertoire has met with critical acclaim, praising, in particular, her, ‘exquisite touch’. Recent seasons have included tours of North America, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Mexico, Japan and the Far East.
For more information, please visit Nina Tichman’s website.
