Irina Nuzova is a native of Moscow, Russia, where she studied at the Gnessin School and the Gnessin Academy of Music with the renowned Alexander Satz. She moved to the U.S. to continue her education at the Manhattan School of Music and Juilliard under Lev Natochenny, Jerome Lowenthal, and Oxana Yablonskaya. She earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT. As a soloist and chamber musician she has performed across the U.S. and Europe including the Phillips Collection in Washington DC, Gardner Museum in Boston, Weill and Merkin recital Halls in New York, at the Schubert Club in St. Paul, Rhode Island Chamber Concert Series, Isabella Gardner Museum in Boston, as well as in Italy, Brazil, Czech Republic, Germany. In collaboration with cellist Wendy Warner, the duo released their debut recording, Russian Music for Cello & Piano. It has been featured on more than 100 radio stations and was nominated for best chamber music recording by ICMS.

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Irina Nuzova has performed and given Master Classes at the University of North Dakota, Music Institute of Chicago, Ball State University  in Indiana; Amory University, UGA, and the Schwob School of Music in Georgia.

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Her collaborations include Aviv and Attacca string quartets, Calefax reed quintet ( Netherlands), violinists Sirus Forough and Dmitri Berlinsky; violists Yuri Gandelsman and Marc Sabah, cellists Ani Aznavoorian, Sofie Shao, Suren Bagratuni, Julie Albers, and Wendy Warner.

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She was an adjunct professor at the Hartt School at the University of Hartford, and currently is on the faculty of the Special Music School at the Kaufman Center in New York.

Together with violinist Dmitri Berlinsky, Ms. Nuzova is a founder of Juventus Pro Musica - chamber music organization focusing on performances of professional musicians with aspiring young musicians  in ensembles together.

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During the summer Irina Nuzova has been teaching and performing at the Olympus Musicus Festival in Prague, Rondo Summer Academy in Switzerland; Clazz International Festival and Perugia Music Festival in Italy, and the Summit Festival in Purchase, NY.