Nina Martin (2004) is an award-winning composer, saxophonist and climate activist - winner of the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain Young Composer’s Competition 2024/25 and the Howarth of London Single Reed Prize 2025.

Her compositional journey began aged 14 when her first composition for string quartet was performed three times at the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall. She has since been awarded winner of the Peter Redfearn Prize for Composition, RWCMD Wind Plus Chamber Prize and was awarded Highly Commended in the BBC Young Composer Competition. Nina has had works premiered by the National Youth Brass Band of Great Britain in London under the Baton of prestigious conductor Señor Martyn Brabbins, the Equilibrium Quartet, Sinfonia Cymru, Liverpool Philharmonic Youth Session Orchestra, RWCMD Saxophone Choir, RNCM Saxophone Choir, Bute Voices and the Nova Quartet amongst others. 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. Nina’s latest commission was for the Bute Park Christmas Lights Show’s new installation “Mycelium Network”.

Within her work, Nina demonstrates a deep and powerful connection with nature, and a passion for sharing this joy and connection with others, whilst sharing awareness of the climate crisis, this being a central theme to her work.

“I believe 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.”