A pianist of remarkable intelligence and elegance, Victoria Nava is a brilliant storyteller with a charismatic stage presence. Her interpretations demonstrate a rich palette of colours and a sensitive and profound understanding of the music she performs.
-La Nueva Crónica, León, Spain
Victoria Nava is recognized for her compelling stage presence and expressive clarity. Her powerful playing and refined sensitivity have led her to perform at prestigious festivals and on renowned stages such as the Robert Schumann Saal in Düsseldorf, Bozar Brussels, the Auditorio Ciudad de León in Spain, and the Italian Cultural Institute in Brussels.
She has been featured multiple times in live broadcasts on WDR3’s Campus Concert series and has appeared at the Schumannfest Düsseldorf, at international festivals such as Nei Suoni Dei Luoghi, Bologna Festival and the Euregio-Rhein-Waal Festival. Orchestral engagements as a Soloist include Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Gershwin, and Schumann.
Victoria is also a very active Chamber Musician. In collaboration with her duo partner, Albanian cellist Klaudio Zoto, she has performed in the WDR3 Radio Campus concert series and was invited to play at the inaugural concert of the Schumann House Düsseldorf at Palais Wittgenstein and at the Heinrich Heine Institute Düsseldorf in December 2023. She also performs regularly with violinist Annika Franke and cellist Klaudio Zoto under the name Trio Capriccio. In February 2024, the trio was selected as one of only three ensembles to take part in a masterclass led by Maestro Alfred Brendel. The trio was also invited for a live radio broadcast on WDR3 and was nominated by the Carl Dörken Foundation as one of the “Best of NRW” emerging ensembles for the 2025/2026 season. As part of this program, they will perform in the most prestigious concert halls across North Rhine-Westphalia.
Born in Belgium to Italian and Russian parents, Victoria began her musical education at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels. She is now based in Düsseldorf, Germany where she completed her studies at the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf. Her teachers include Paolo Giacometti, Sandra Brune, and Sergey Leschenko.
Victoria is a prizewinner at several international competitions, including Orbetello International Piano Competition, Gustav Mahler Institute Competition, Florence International Piano Competition “AGiMus Firenze”, and Concours Flamme Paris. In 2023 and 2024, she received support from the Italian foundation Associazione Progetto Musica and is a scholarship recipient of the Deutschlandstipendium, Yehudi Menuhin Live Music Now Rhein-Ruhr, the Promos international mobility grant from the Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf, as well as from private foundations including TONALi Artepreneurship and Musiker:innen Beflügeln.