US-based New Zealand pianist Nicola Melville attended Victoria University School of Music, Wellington, where she studied with Judith Clark, and then earned her Masters and Doctorate degrees from the Eastman School of Music in the US. She is now Associate Professor at the top-ranked liberal arts institution, Carleton College, Minnesota, and Co-Director of the Chautauqua Summer Festival Piano Program in New York. Her live performances and recordings have been broadcast on Canadian, U.S., New Zealand, South African and Chinese radio, and she has been involved in numerous interdisciplinary projects with dancers, filmmakers and visual artists, including a performance at the Kennedy Center, Washington DC and Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

Nicola has recorded for the Innova and Equilibrium labels, including a CD of thirteen new solo works commissioned by and dedicated to her, including works by Pulitzer- and Grammy-nominated artists. She is a founding member of the cross-cultural ensemble, Intersection, and plays in the Veblen Trio.