Nina Martin (2004) is an award-winning British composer, saxophonist and activist - winner of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Young Composer’s Competition and the Howarth of London Single Reed Prize 2025.

At the age of 14, her first composition was performed three times at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, and after winning the Peter Redfearn Prize for Composition, the Sandbach Young Musician of the Year, and being awarded Highly Commended in the BBC Young Composer Competition, Nina went on to study at the Royal Northern College of Music, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and the Grieg Academy.

During her time at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, she won the Howarth of London Single Reed Prize, RWCMD Wind Plus Chamber Prize, and the NYBBGB Young Composer's competition. This resulted in a premiere in London conducted by Señor Martyn Brabbins which was reviewed in the brass band article 4-bars-rest.

As well as frequently performing her own works, Nina has had compositions performed by the Equilibrium Quartet, Sinfonia Cymru, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra, RWCMD Saxophone Choir, RNCM Saxophone Choir, Bute Voices and the Nova Quartet. Her works have been featured in the Sound & Music British Music Collection, in collaborations with the Royal Northern Ballet School and on UK Selector Radio and Radio Winchcombe.

Within her work, Nina demonstrates a passion for sharing awareness of the climate crisis, and this is a central theme to her artistic practice having written an article for Welsh music charity Anthem on becoming a Climate Informed Musician, and completing the 'Climate Shift' course through the University of Tasmania. During her time at RWCMD, Nina was elected Vice President for Music on the Students Union Team, and created the World Environment Events Series 2026. This included the 'Listen to the Earth' concert in the Dora Stoutzker Hall, which she organised, curated and performed in. Nina believes that connecting audiences to nature through music has the potential to empower a cultural shift towards a kinder and more compassionate relationship with the planet.