NINA SCHUMANN

Following her first appearance with orchestra at the age of 15, Nina Schumann 's talent quickly captured the public's attention and she rapidly established herself as one of South Africa 's foremost pianists, receiving piano tuition from Lamar Crowson, Vitaly Margulis and Vladimir Viardo.

Nina Schumann has won every major South African music competition and scholarship/prize, including the Oude Meester Music Prize, ATKV Forte Competition, Oude Meester National Chamber Music Competition, Wooltru Scholarship, Adcock-Ingram Music Prize, SAMRO Overseas Scholarship, Jules Kramer and Harry Crossley Overseas Bursaries, as well as the SABC Music Prize. In addition, she has also participated in several international competitions, including the Morocco International and UNISA/Transnet International Piano Competition, during which she reached the semi-final round and was awarded three special prizes, one of which was as the Most Promising South African Pianist.

Besides having more than 140 concerto performances with orchestras in South Africa, Europe and the USA to her credit (and some 35 concertos in her repertoire), she is also a very active chamber musician and soloist and regularly appears in concert with her husband, pianist Luis Magalhães. Nina Schumann is an Universal Music recording artist. She is currently appointed as Associate Professor and Head of Piano at the Department of Music, Stellenbosch University (South Africa).