NADIA OKRUSKO
PIANIST

Nadia Okrusko is a Copenhagen-based classical pianist. She is active on local music scene as a performer, concert organizer, collaborative pianist, and co-creator of various performance projects.

Her music education took shape in Lithuania, Russia, and Denmark, combining classical training with a growing interest in contemporary and cross-disciplinary work.
Nadia's piano studies began at the Čiurlionis National School of Arts in Vilnius in 1997. In 2005, she had her first solo with orchestra performance with Kaunas Chamber Orchestra in Lithuania. In 2008, Nadia won first prize at the Rosalyn Tureck J.S. Bach Piano Competition in New York and received an honorary diploma from Lithuania's president Valdas Adamkus.  

After graduating the arts school, in 2009 she was admitted to piano masters studies at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. During these study years, she has toured with solo and chamber music concerts in Mexico and Germany. 

In 2015, she moved to Copenhagen for her second masters degree at the Royal Danish Academy of Music with prof. Niklas Sivelöv, graduating in 2018. During her studies in Copenhagen, Nadia became a recipient of Tove Birthe legat and Arthur Anderssons legat study scholarships. She performed as soloist with the Percurama Percussion and Wind Orchestra at Radiohuset Hall in Copenhagen, and won a second prize at RDAM piano competition.

Since 2016, Nadia has been a member of Damkapellet, a Copenhagen-based international musician collective dedicated to new and experimental music and music by female composers. Damkapellet received the Carl Nielsen Talent Prize in 2020 and released an album with Dacapo records in 2022.

Nadia has performed in Scandinavia, France, Spain, Germany, USA, Mexico, Ecuador, and China, as well as at various music festivals in Denmark: Copenhagen Opera Festival, Klang, Spot, Vinterjazz, Sommerjazz, Jødisk kulturfestival, Sommerklassisk Tivoli, among others.

Nadia also explores working with visual art and multidisciplinary projects. Her  installation was exhibited at Vækst Festival in Musikhuset København, 2024, and her artworks were exhibited at Tilgang Udstillingsrum in Aalborg in 2025. Currently, Nadia is working on solo concert projects and developing projects connecting music performance and visual art.