“Awsome”* and “thrilling”** are two of the adjectives used to describe Nina Tichman´s performances of Claude Debussy. In New York City, Frankfurt and other cities in Europe and the United States she held audiences spellbound with her traversal of the complete works in three evenings and CDs with this repertoire have been called "because of her exquisite touch - the most beautiful recording of the complete works".***

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 and many others, often featuring premieres of works dedicated to her.  In 2001 she founded the Xyrion Trio with Ida Bieler and Maria Kliegel, an ensemble that has been prised 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
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***         Darmstädter Echo
****       Neue Musik Zeitung
*****     Saale-Zeitung

05/2005

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