Nina Kennedy

Nina Kennedy is a world-renowned concert pianist, conductor, award-winning filmmaker and talk show host. She holds a master's degree from the Juilliard School where she studied with William Masselos. Kurt Masur acted as her conducting mentor during his tenure as music director with the New York Philharmonic and L'Orchestre National de France. For 12 years she lived and performed in Europe, residing in Amsterdam, Vienna, Cologne, and Paris.

Nina produced and directed the documentary film about her father, former director of the Fisk Jubilee Singers, titled "Matthew Kennedy: One Man's Journey," which was selected and screened at international film festivals including the African Diaspora Film Festival in New York, the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, Nashville's International Film Festival (NaFF), and the International Black Film Festival of Nashville. For this film, she was awarded the Rosetta Miller Perry prize for "Best Film by a Black Filmmaker."

Nina Kennedy is the host of "The Noshing with Nina Show," an award-winning cable television talk show produced at Manhattan Neighborhood Network.

Her first book of memoirs, "Practicing for Love," is a 2021 Lambda Literary Award Finalist.