Born in Buenos Aires, Marcelo Nisinman is one of the most renowned bandoneon soloists of our time. He is also a prolific composer and arranger, with a wide-ranging body of work that spans from solo pieces to compositions for symphony orchestra.
He studied bandoneon with Julio Pane and composition with Guillermo Graetzer in Buenos Aires, and later with Detlev Müller-Siemens at the Academy of Music in Basel, Switzerland. During his studies in his hometown, he had the unique opportunity to engage closely with Ástor Piazzolla, developing a singular mentor-student relationship.
Recognized as one of today’s leading bandoneon soloists, Marcelo Nisinman has performed with distinguished artists such as Martha Argerich, Gidon Kremer, Gary Burton, Fernando Suárez Paz, and the Assad Brothers, as well as with orchestras including the Philadelphia Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, WDR Big Band, and the Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.
He has served as Composer-in-Residence at several music festivals, such as the Oxford Chamber Music Festival, and has been invited both as a composer and performer at festivals including Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival (Finland), Boswil Festival (Switzerland), Stift Festival (Netherlands), Obertöne Chamber Music Festival (Austria), Festival du Jura (Switzerland), Zeitkunst Festival (Berlin and Paris), and the Sonoro Festival (Romania).
Nisinman has composed several orchestral works featuring the bandoneon, including the piece "Dark Blue Tango" (published by Ricordi), which premiered in its chamber version with the Orchestra Musiques des Lumières and in its symphonic version with the Argentine National Symphony Orchestra, both under the baton of Facundo Agudín.
He frequently collaborates, both as composer and performer, on a variety of musical projects and recordings with artists such as Daniel Rowland, Filipe Pinto-Ribeiro, Diana Ketler, Alberto Mesirca, Julia Schröder, Anna Fedorova, Natacha Kudritskaya, Chen Halevi, Maja Bogdanovic, Felix Froschhammer, Gareth Lubbe, Philippe Graffin, Helena Winkelman, Rui Lopes, Zoran Markovic, Alfredo Perl, and the Baltic Neopolis Orchestra, among others.
