Acclaimed as "one of the leading pianists of her generation"****, she is at home in repertoire ranging from Frescobaldi to composers writing today, many of whom have entrusted her with world premieres of their compositions. Her discography includes music by Copland (Complete Works for Piano), Chopin, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Penderecki, Bartok and Reger.
American born, 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
centers 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, International Musicians
Seminar at Prussia Cove, Frankfurt Feste, Rheingau Musikfestival, Beethoven
Festival Bonn. In 2001 she founded the Xyrion Trio, 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 honor comparable to playing at the White House. Recent seasons have included tours of North America, New Zealand, Germany, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Mexico, Japan and the Far East.
* New York Times
** Chelseas News
*** Darmstädter Echo
**** Neue Musik Zeitung
***** Saale-Zeitung