NINA SINIAKOVA
contemporary classical composer & pianist
The Cello Museum
Spotlight on New Music.
Presented in collaboration with New York Women-Composers featuring "Athena" for cello solo
PRESS
The Flute Examiner - February 2025
“Landscapes of Sorrow and Grace” Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (flute solo, orchestra: 2,2,2,2; 4,3,3,1; timpani, percussion, harp; strings) by Nina Siniakova
“Landscapes of Sorrow and Grace”, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra ( 2024) is an exploration of the human soul—its journey through life, emotions, growth, soaring flights, and inevitable drops.
It is written for and dedicated to an exceptional musician, celebrated Belgian flutist Berten D’Hollander. Inspired by his extraordinary virtuosity, profound musicality, and incomparably distinctive sound, recognizable from the first note, the concerto highlights all the possibilities of flute playing from virtuosic brilliance to expressive cantilena. I was particularly struck by his low register, which has remarkable warmth and projection.
The Cello Museum
Spotlight on New Music.
Presented in collaboration with New York Women-Composers featuring "Athena" for cello solo
The Flute View - August 2023
Berten D'Hollander and Nina Siniakova Interview about their new release, "Three Wishes"
1. Where did you get your Inspiration?
NS: Really in each other I think. Berten has an astounding, unique personality. In combination with his unbelievable humor and phenomenal musicality it is hard not to be influenced! His energy is contagious, I think he claims mine to be the same way.
BDH: Absolutely. Nina and I met in March 2023, about a half a year ago. I was invited to perform and give masterclasses in Atlantic City. It was clear right away, from the moment of Nina’s appearance, that she was more than just a collaborative pianist, but rather an exceptionally talented musician.
The Cello Museum
Spotlight on New Music.
Presented in collaboration with New York Women-Composers featuring "Athena" for cello solo
The Cello Museum - February 2020
Spotlight on New Music.
Presented in collaboration with New York Women-Composers featuring "Athena" for cello solo
The Flute Examiner - August 2022
In 2014 my dear friend, a wonderful musician, now a very-well known professor of St. Petersburg State Conservatory Vladimir Orlov asked me to write a piece for his younger students of Rimsky-Korsakov Music College. After numerous discussions we decided that it had to be a suite. It was not simple to understand what kind of suite might be appealing for teenagers nowadays.
Queens Tribune - Musicians of Queens. October 2015
If she weren’t a pianist and composer, Nina Siniakova might have been a philosopher. Her music, which is largely in the contemporary classical genre, explores the boundaries of life and love,
theology and narrative read more
Times Ledger, New York - October 2015
After arriving in New York from Minsk, Belarus, by way of Cologne, Germany, classically trained pianist Nina Siniakova toiled as a human jukebox on a grand piano.
Granted she wasn’t working for tips in a bar. Instead Siniakova spent her days as a class musician for the New York City Ballet. read more,
NY 1 TV Channel Interview
featuring composers' residence at Flushing Town Hall
