Nicole Ma

NICOLE MA is 18 years old and both an accomplished pianist and violinist. She has been playing piano since she was 5 and previously studied with Jun Li before switching to her current teacher, Aster Lai. Nicole has also been playing violin for 9 years and currently studies with Daniel Yoo and Barbara Annette Vogel. Nicole’s chamber group achieved first place at the Kiwanis Music Festival and won the “Toronto Kiwanis Festival Kingsway Humber Award” as well as a scholarship. Nicole’s piano trio won the gold award at the International Music Festival and Competition in Markham. In September, Nicole will begin her second year studying Kinesiology at the University of Western.