About Nini Rubiano
Nini Rubiano is an active orchestral musician, chamber musician and educator, currently based in the DFW metroplex. She is a regular performer with Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra, Irving Symphony Orchestra, Plano Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, San Angelo Symphony Orchestra.
As an orchestral musician, her professional career has taken her across the United States as well
as internationally. In 2012 and 2013, she held the position of Principal Cello with the Asian
Youth Orchestra, where she was awarded a scholarship by the Bright Future Charitable
Foundation. In 2014 and 2015, she held the position of Principal Cello with the Duquesne
Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, Mrs. Rubiano appeared as the Cello Fellowship recipient at The
James Collier Orchestral Fellowship program in Jacksonville, Oregon with the Britt Symphony
Orchestra. She has shared the stage with some of the world’s most prestigious musicians; To
name a few: British cellist Steven Isserlis, David Kim (concertmaster Philadelphia Orchestra),
Noah Bendix-Balgley (concertmaster Berlin Philharmonic), 2CELLOS, Michael Bublè and Josh
Groban. Mrs. Rubiano has performed concerts in well-known venues such as Carnegie Hall, The
Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Bass Hall, and Tokyo Opera City. Globally, She has
participated in international tours to many places including: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Vietnam,
China, Singapore, Japan, and the U.S.
Mrs. Rubiano has also performed as a soloist. In 2014, she won the Duquesne concerto competition and performed Variations on a Rococo Theme by Tchaikovsky with the Duquesne Symphony Orchestra. Most recently, she performed “Swan” by Camille Saint-Saens with the San Angelo Symphony Orchestra and “Memory” for solo cello and orchestra by Joe Hisaishi with the Tarrant County Community College Chamber Orchestra.
On top of her performing career, Mrs. Rubiano has a great passion for teaching. She currently serves as an adjunct faculty at Texas Wesleyan University and Tarrant County Community College, Northwest campus, in Fort Worth. She is a dedicated cello instructor in her private studio. Her students were recognized and honored both in their programs and throughout the region/state level, and they have won All-region Auditions as well as FWYO auditions every year. Her desire is to help her students excel in whatever they choose in life.
Born in Changsha, China, Mrs. Rubiano began studying cello with her father and continued with her baccalaureate studies at Ren Min University in Beijing. She furthered her musical education receiving a Master’s Degree from Carnegie Mellon University as a full scholarship recipient, and was also awarded the Mary and George Wilkins Scholarship for Graduate Cellists. On top of these studies she also hold an Artist Diploma in Cello Performance from Texas Christian University. Mrs. Rubiano’s primary teachers include David Premo, Jesus Castro-Balbi, Martha Gerschefski and Adam Liu.