• Studied with Abraham Yampolsky, Julius Eidlin and
	David Oistrakh.
• Gold Medal at the Enescu International Competition.
• Grand Prix at the Long -Thibaud International
	Competition.
• Bronze Medal at the Tchaikovsky International
	Competition.
• Gold Medal in Vercelli, Italy as Musician of the Year in
	1983. (Shares this honor with Renata Tebaldi, Arturo
	Benedetti Michelangeli, and Igor Stravinsky.)
• Currently professor at the Mannes College of Music in
	New York City, and instructor of annual master classes
	in Italy.
• Artistic Director, BACHANALIA TAIWAN
	Chamber Orchestra.

In addition to her responsibilities and appearances with Bachanalia, Nina Beilina has appeared recently as an acclaimed soloist on stages in Germany, Austria, Italy, Taiwan, and Russia.

Nina's latest recordings include the Shostakovich Sonata, and Bach Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord with the composer and pianist Boris Tischenko, a favorite student of Shostakovich's; and the Brahms Violin Concerto and Mozart Sinfonia Concertante, with Viktor Danchenko, viola, and the St. Petersburg Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Vladimir Lande.

NINA BEILINA in the Press:

“Moscow is the Motherland of the world-famous Russian School which has produced three generations of violinists - Heifetz and Ellman, then Oistrakh and Kogan, and now Beilina…”
- Henryk Szeryng, Soviet Culture

“Russia’s loss is our gain”
- The New York Times

“A violin technique equal to all demands, the phrasing exact yet free as the flight of a bird.”
- London Times

“The hands are on fire”
- Das Orchestra

“Nina Beilina is a violinist, so passionate and exuberant, who at her wish could set fire to the world.”
- Il Tempo

“Music making of such nobility and distinction is rare.”
- Boris Schwarz, Great Masters of the Violin

“Sheer talent must be the main explanation.”
- Patrick Sullivan, Strings