BIOGRAPHY
A prize winner of both national and international competitions, British pianist Nina Savicevic is the recipient of the prestigious Wright Scholarship at the Royal Northern College of Music. She began her studies under Dr Galina Kulish at St Petersburg's Rimsky Korsakov Conservatoire, Russia, and later on with Dr Caroline Diffley. She gave her very first concert after three months. In 2013 Nina was awarded a full scholarship to study under Hilary Coates at Wells Cathedral School, one of the UK’s specialist music schools.
During her time at Wells, Nina gained success in various competitions, most notably winning first place at the Birmingham Piano Competition, first place in the piano category at Taunton Young Musician, and third place and Audience Prize at the Windsor International Piano Competition. She has competed in BBC Young Musician and was a finalist at the Scottish International Youth Competition. Nina was also awarded the Robert Lewin Scholarship from Awards for Young Musicians which enabled her to work alongside the BBC Symphony Orchestra at Maida Vale Studios.
Born in Exeter 2001 of Croatian-Serbian descent, Nina often performs across the UK and abroad, actively promoting Serbo-Croatian classical music. Her overseas engagements include concerts in Croatia, Serbia, France, Germany and Hungary. She gave her most recent UK recitals in Manchester and Scotland, and has been invited to perform at the Fowey Festival, Salterton Music Festival and Tavistock Festival.
She has performed on BBC Radio South West with David Fitzgerald, and BBC Spotlight with Victoria Graham and Justin Leigh. Nina is a keen chamber musician and she takes an interest in British music, and performed Finzi’s Eclogue for Piano and Strings with the Exeter Symphony Orchestra. She also recently became part of the European Piano Teachers' Association (EPTA).
Nina has worked alongside, performed for and received masterclasses from an array of eminent pianists, including Barry Douglas, Stephen Hough, Vovka Ashkenazy, Steven Osborne, Joanna Macgregor and Christopher Elton, as well as working overseas with professors from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Zagreb’s Academy of Music. She studied at the Royal Northern College under the tutelage of Helen Krizos.
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Nina performs across the UK, most notably at the 1901 Arts Club in London, St Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, at the Cheltenham Music Festival, the Pittville Pump Room and Girton College, Cambridge. She is looking forward to perform Beethoven's Second Piano Concerto with the St John's Festival Orchestra in June 2025. She has also given talks for the English Speaking Union about her life as a musician.
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Nina also teaches piano and has built up quite a number of pupils. In September 2024, she was appointed as cathedral piano tutor for the Diocese of Leeds; the UK's leading choral education programme. Nina is also a mentor for Young Sounds UK, supporting young musicians who are on the Furthering Talent scheme.
Nina is keen to promote music in the community and founded the Topsham Music Festival, which launched in April 2023. The aim is to support young, talented musicians who are developing their careers by providing performance opportunities as well as bringing people together from the local community and beyond. For more information, please visit https://topshammusicfestival.co.uk/
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