Nina Šenk was born in 1982 and studied composition at the Music Academy in Ljubljana with Pavel Mihelčič. She continued her studies with Lothar Voigtländer in Dresden and at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich with Matthias Pintscher, where she successfully completed her master’s degree in 2008. Among her numerous awards are the European Prize for the best composition at the Young Euro Classic Festival (Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 2004), the Prešeren Prize—the highest Slovenian state award for outstanding artistic achievement—the Johann-Joseph-Fux Opera Composition Competition of the Province of Styria (2021). In 2024, Nina Šenk received the Erste Bank Kompositionspreis 2024, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of contemporary music. According to the jury, the composer is distinguished by a “high degree of virtuosity in handling form and musical architecture.” Her works have been performed at leading international festivals such as the BBC Proms, New York Philharmonic Biennial, Salzburg Festival, Wien Modern, Musica Viva Munich, Heidelberger Frühling, Takefu Festival, Ljubljana Summer Festival, Slowind Festival, Slovenian Music Days, World Music Days, and the World Saxophone Congress. They have also been presented in concert halls around the world by ensembles and orchestras including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra, RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble InterContemporain, Klangforum Wien, Ensemble Modern, Scharoun Ensemble, Riot Ensemble, Ensemble Mosaik, and the London Sinfonietta, among others. Since 2019, Šenk has been a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. She has served as artistic director of the concert series Koncertni abonma Ribnica since 2018 and has been a member of the organizational board of the international contemporary music festival New Music Forum Ljubljana since 2020. In the 2025/26 season, she is the “Composer in Focus” of the Aachen Symphony Orchestra.