Nina Ferrigno

Nina Ferrigno, described by the St. Louis Post Dispatch as "a magnificent pianist," is a collaborative artist at home in a multitude of diverse musical settings. Her playing is said to be, “...always precise with superb accentuation and warmth of feeling...”. Nina is a founding member of the Boston-based Calyx Piano Trio and has appeared in major concert venues throughout North America. She has appeared as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), the Boston Pops, and the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra. Her collaborative large ensemble appearances include those as principal keyboardist with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Boston Pops, Chicago Symphony and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP).

Ms. Ferrigno is a graduate of New England Conservatory of Music, where she received degrees with distinction in performance as a student of Wha Kyung Byun. Nina is committed to bringing classical music to new audiences and expanding the repertoire through commissioning, and working with living composers to perform new works in a variety of settings. Her discography includes chamber music of Lansing McLoskey on Albany Records, Bernard Rands “Canti Triology” on Arsis Audio and a recent release on Bridge Records of “This is Not a Story” by Christopher Stark which garnered “...special mention to pianist Nina Ferrigno who can jazz it up or summon a pianissimo of the quietist order” [JWR]. Her 2010 recording of Elliott Schwartz’s Chamber Concerto III: Another View for the BMOP Sound label was described as “wonderfully musical” by Fanfare magazine. Nina is Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Keyboard Studies at Webster University. She is also Director of Chamber Music at Webster and is on the teaching faculty at Washington University in St. Louis. She lives in St. Louis with her two musical children, Ava and Zach and is the founder/director of the Missouri Chamber Music Festival now in its 15th year.