Nina Kümin - Improvising Violinist

Nina Kümin is a baroque violinist and researcher specialising in
improvisation. After studying at the Birmingham Junior Conservatoire,
she completed her first-class honours undergraduate degree in music
from Durham University in 2019 as a Vice-Chancellor’s scholar of music,
her MPhil in musicology with performance from Cambridge University in
2020 and is currently studying for a PhD in music performance at York
University as a Sir Jack Lyons scholar. Her research centres around
baroque improvisation, its history, philosophy and application into
current performance. Past work includes improvised baroque cadenzas,
dances and fantasias as well as freer fusion improvisations. She also
enjoys combining media in performance such as dance, art and
architecture with her improvisations. Recent highlights include funded presence at the
International Summer School of Improvisation in Verona, Italy (2018) and giving an illustrated paper
at Newcastle's Aesthetics of Imperfection conference (2019).