Soprano Nina Guo is interested in the sounds of recent and ongoing times, and her performance practice includes interpreting notated music, improvising, and collaborating on interdisciplinary projects. She is interested in the sounds and music of recent and ongoing times. Her performance practice includes interpreting notated music, improvising, and collaborating on interdisciplinary projects.
As a concert soloist, she has made appearances with the London Sinfonietta, ICTUS, Contrechamps, Ensemble Modern, Decoder, and others. She recently made her Symphony Hall debut, performing Aventures & Nouvelles Aventures (Ligeti). She specializes in experimental opera, working with groups such as Neuköllner Oper, Guerilla Opera, ECCE, and Opera Lab Berlin.
Her upcoming projects include releasing a new recording of Morton Feldman’s Three Voices and performing the music of experimental composers Robert Ashley and Jennifer Walshe. Her personal ensemble is Departure Duo, a soprano & double bass duo with Edward Kass. Together, they commission, perform, and research repertoire for their high and low combination. Nina hosts, writes, and performs a live radio show, The Entertainment, on Cashmere Radio (Berlin). The Entertainment is a comedy variety show presenting experimental and contemporary music.
"The soprano possesses a bright, flitting instrument... lending her a tone of avian delicacy that transcends stylistic classification." - Operawire
