Nina Scolnik

     Pianist Nina Scolnik has concertized in the United States and abroad as a soloist, chamber musician and accompanist. She collaborates regularly with cellist Nathaniel Rosen, Tchaikovsky Gold Medalist, and has also performed with distinguished German cellist Gerhard Mantel. She has been guest soloist with the American, Angeles, and Lydian String Quartets, and has appeared in numerous festivals such as Aspen, New York, Amherst, and the International Kodaly Festival in Kecksimet, Hungary. Widely recognized for her masterclasses, lectures, and work with injured pianists, Ms. Scolnik is a leading exponent of the work of
Dorothy Taubman. She serves on the piano faculties of the University of California, Irvine and the Taubman Institute of Piano at Williams College, Massachusetts, positions she has held since 1979.
     Born in Lewiston, Maine, Ms. Scolnik is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory and the Juilliard School of Music. She has studied with Dorothy Taubman and with Edna Golandsky who has mentored her for over two decades.
     In August, Ms. Scolnik will give masterclasses and lectures on the
Taubman Approach at Piano Fest Austria in Bad Aussee.