Nina Berman

Soprano Nina Berman has performed in a variety of settings, from vocal improvisation to opera, with a particular focus on chamber music and art song. She has given numerous premieres, and has done live radio performances on WQXR, WNBC, and WHTZ. Additionally, She has focused on both early music and standard concert repertoire, singing in concert and on the opera stage throughout the US and Canada, and as a chorister with the Bard Festival Chorale, the St. Bartholomew’s Choir, and Bard SummerScape. She is active in New York, having performed as soloist and chamber musician at the city’s major venues, including Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, Alice Tully Hall, B.B. King’s Blues Club, The Iridium, New York City’s Town Hall, Brooklyn’s Roulette, The Cutting Room, and SubCulture, as well as in numerous tri-state area concert series, most often in collaboration with pianist Steve Beck. Berman also sings as a member of Andrew McKenna Lee’s neo-psychedelic ensemble The Knells, whose recordings have been lauded by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the New Yorker. She holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Manhattan School of Music and a doctorate from the CUNY Graduate Center.