Ukrainian British cellist Nina Kiva is currently studying at the Royal College of Music towards an Artist Diploma Degree, with Melissa Phelps. She is supported by a Jag & Linda Arora Scholarship and the Tillett Trust, including a generous legacy from the Bill Barclay fund, and the Colin Keer Trust.
Nina is a passionate orchestral musician, and has performed with the London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bath Festival Orchestra, English National Opera and the Royal Opera House. She is a current trialist with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. With the European Union Youth Orchestra, she has been regularly performing throughout Europe since 2018, and was principal cellist in 2021. Recently, Nina was selected for the apprenticeship scheme with the Budapest Festival Orchestra by Ivan Fischer.
She is an experienced chamber musician, and has performed in many venues across the UK, including the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Champs Hill and Conway Hall. Internationally, Nina performed in Washington, Delhi and Beijing in 2018 as part of a collaboration between the RCM and Jaguar Land Rover.
Nina has performed alongside great artists such as Steven Isserlis and Maxim Vengerov and has received masterclasses from Pinchas Zukermann, Bruno Delepelaire, Nicola Benedetti, Guy Johnston, Johannes Goritzki, Zuill Bailey and Torleif Thedeen.