| Description | Price |
| Solo piano for up to 3 hours for receptions, events: birthday parties, weddings, funerals, various ceremonies and corporate events. Price is per hour. | $200 (CAD) |
Professional musician offers high-quality performances suitable for events such as: weddings, cocktails, birthdays, receptions or funerals. The audience will enjoy a variety of styles from the classical music to the easy-listening or famous covers of popular songs, all having a touch of romance.
Naina Jinga - is a Canadian-Romanian award-winning composer and a classically trained pianist, who lives, teaches and creates in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). Naina was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania - a city with ancient musical traditions and the cultural heart of modern Transylvania. She began playing the piano at the age of four, performing as a piano-soloist with an orchestra at ten, and writing her first compositions at twelve.
She has appeared as a piano-soloist with Romanian orchestras, in solo and piano-duos piano recitals. Naina graduated from the "Gheorghe Dima" Academy of Music in 1991 (B.Mus), where she was later appointed as an Assistant Professor and, in 1998, as an University lecturer.
She holds a M.Mus and a Ph.D. in Composition with a “Magna cum Laudae” and is also the recipient of many international awards and scholarships, among them, the Romanian Composers’ League Prize and the UNESCO award and scholarship. For many decades, Naina Jinga has written extensively in instrumental, vocal, choral, chamber music and orchestral genres, using the avant-garde language of 1980s and 1990s contemporary music, in the style of dodecaphonic, serial, and later, modal music. Her works were performed in Canada, Europe, U.S. and Australia.
In more recent years, embracing a new style - the light classical music with a soothing and so touching romantic flavour - has won her a loyal fanbase and increased worldwide her popularity. Her music has many different expressions and has been described as sensitive, touching, deeply moving, lyrical in inspiration, subtle and thoughtful. Her romantic piano ballads - "Dream", "Emotions", "Tears of Light", "Nostalgia" or "Shall we Waltz?"- won their well-deserved place in Top 10 on Radio stations, while platforms such as iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, Amazon or Women of Substance Podcast are featuring her music. In 2019, Naina Jinga produced and published her own album, "Piano Dreams", a kind of anthology for solo piano. It is made up of 14 piano ballads whose themes express the most universal of human emotions: love, romance, longing, pain, joy.
In 2021, Naina Jinga became the recipient of the Gold Medal for her piano-ballade "Dream..." at the Inaugural Edition of the Global International Music Competition (in the Versatile Musician category), competition organized by Concours International de Musique et Des Beaux Arts.
In October 2021, with two of her piano-ballades - "Lullaby for Tomorrow" and "Tango Interrupted" - Naina became the winner of the Gold Medal at the Inaugural Edition of the Grand Maestro International Music Competition.
The last months of 2021 made her become also the recipient of the Gold Award in the Instrumental Performance - Best Music Composer category (for the piano-ballade "Tango Interrupted") and also in the Instrumental Performance - Best Instrumental Performance Video category (for her piano-ballade "Amalfi ... To Italy with Love") at the Lit Talent Awards organized in the United States. She became the recipient of the Third Award for her piano-ballade "Dream..." in the Professional Musician category at the Red Maple Competition organized in Toronto, Canada. Naina became the winner of the Grand Prize at the International Youth Music Competition - in the category Composer/Performer, Singer/Songwriter with her piano-ballade "Whispers of Love" and the recipient of the Gold Award and the Artist Award for the same ballade, in the open category at the Universal Music Stars Competition.
Between 2022 and 2025, Naina's piano-ballades earned accolades at the 10th edition of the InterContinental Music Awards, and the composer became a finalist in this prestigious competition (classical and ambient music categories), the Grand Prize, the First Prize with Honors, and the Absolute Winner Award at the International Youth Music Competitions; her CD "Piano Dreams" received the First Prize at the 1st. Lugano International Music Competition (Lugano, Switzerland) and the Honor Mention at the "Music & Stars Awards* (U.S.) in the category Best Piano Solo CD.
Naina's public piano performances at local festivals, gala's, fundraising events, as well as releasing new music singles, her CD "May I have this Dance?", music videos, covers complete the profile of this multi-faceted musician's profile.
"Chi Mai" - Ennio Morricone / easy - listening
"The lonely Shepherd" - James Last / easy-listening
"Can't help falling in Love" - Elvis Presley / pop music
"Until I found You" - Stephen Sanchez / wedding version / pop music
"Ballade pour Adeline" - Paul de Senneville / easy - listening
"Enchanted" - Taylor Swift / pop music
"Imagine" - John Lennon / pop music
"When I'm Sixty-four" - John Lennon / pop music
"Married Life" - Michael Giacchino / pop music
"Hallelujah" - Leonard Cohen / easy - listening
"Moon River" - Henry Mancini / easy - listening
"The Prayer" - Carole Bayer Sager and David Foster - pop music
"Lara's Theme" from Dr. Zhivago - Maurice Jarre / easy - listening
"Fascination" - Fermo Dante Marchetti / easy - listening
"My favorite Things" from "The Sound of Music" - Richard Rogers / easy-listening
"When you wish upon a Star" from "Pinocchio" - Leigh Harline / pop music
"Unchained Melody" - Alex North - easy-listening
"Memory" from "Cats" - Andrew Lloyd Webber / easy - listening
"One" from a Chorus Line - Marvin Hamlisch / easy-listening
"Que Sera, Sera" (Whatever will be, will be) from The Man who knew too much - Jay Livingston and Ray Evans / Broadway
"Seventy Six Trombones" from The Music Man - Meredith Willson / Broadway
"Time to Say Goodbye" - Francesco Sartori / pop music
"I love you" - Eugen Doga / easy - listening
"Gramophone Waltz" - Eugen Doga / easy-listening
"My sweet and tender Beast" - Eugen Doga / easy-listening
"Let's not forget to love the Roses" - Florin Bogardo / easy-listening
"Non, je ne regrette rien" (No regrets) - Charles Dumont / French ballade
"Sous le ciel de Paris" (Under Paris skies) - Hubert Giraud / French ballade
"Milord" - Marguerite Monnot / French chanson
"Bolero" (All my love) - Paul Durand / French chanson
"Dream..." by Naina Jinga - easy-listening
"Tears of Light" - Naina Jinga / easy - listening
"Winter Adagio" - Naina Jinga / easy-listening
"Lullaby for Tomorrow" - Naina Jinga / easy-listening
"Ballada" - Ciprian Porumbescu / classical
"Moonlight Sonata" I mvmt. - L. van Beethoven / classical
"Adagio" - T. Albinoni / baroque
"Suite" J.H.Fiocco / baroque
"Prelude in C Major" - J.S. Bach / baroque
"Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" - J.S. Bach / baroque
"The Dying Swan" - C. Saint-Saens / romantic
"Meditation" - J. Massenet / romantic
"Nocturne" - Poole / romantic
"Prelude" - F. Chopin / romantic
"Wedding March" - Felix Mendelssohn - Bartholdy / romantic
"Ave Maria" based on the 1st Prelude in C Major by Bach / Gounod / classical
"Ave Maria" by F. Schubert / romantic
"Air in G Major" - J.S. Bach / baroque
"Canon in D" - J. Pachelbel / baroque
"Amazing Grace" / traditional
"Lacrimosa" from The Requiem - W.A.Mozart / classical
"Panis Angelicus" - C. Franck / romantic
"Una furtiva lagrima" from L'Elisir d'Amore - G. Donizetti / romantic
"Prelude in E minor" - F. Chopin / romantic
"Prelude in B minor" - F.Chopin / romantic
"Barcarolle" from The Tales of Hoffmann - J. Offenbach / romantic
Christmas repertoire:
religios / traditional carols
modern / contemporary Christmas songs
I need a performance space (stage), an acoustic or an 88-keys weighted digital piano with a pedal, stand, bench, and a sound equipment for a more spacious hall.
Yes, I am happy to play my music from Spotify before and after my performance.
I love playing at various events but weddings and corporate events are my favorites.
Acoustic piano (provided by the venue) or a professional full-sized keyboard.
Yes.
The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let me choose the music for them.
Previous customers would describe me as a very professional, reliable and dedicated performer.
Metropolitan Entertainment Centre - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Folklorama ~ Romanian Pavilion, Bronx Community Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre - "First Fridays in the Exchange" - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The Waverley & Rosewood Retirement Living - Fundraising Gala Event - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Romanian Orthodox Church - 50 th Anniversary Celebration, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Metropolitan Entertainment Centre - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Winnipeg Art Gallery - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Folklorama ~ Romanian Pavilion, Bronx Community Centre, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre - "First Fridays in the Exchange" - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
The Waverley & Rosewood Retirement Living - Fundraising Gala Event - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Romanian Orthodox Church - 50th Anniversary Celebration, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Wedding
Birthday Party
Private Event
Corporate Event
Hotel / Restaurant Event
Bar / Venue Event
Funeral / Memorial
Wedding Proposal
Concert
Religious Event
Recording Session
Cruise
Virtual Event
Charity Event
Theatre Show
Christmas Party
New Year's Eve
Classical
Film / TV
Opera
1950s Music
1960s Music
1970s Music
1980s Music
Christmas
Church Music
Easy Listening
Background Music
Originals
Instrumental