Nikolina Vukoja Pinjuh (born in Split, 1992) began her musical education at the Široki Brijeg Music School, where she completed elementary music school under the guidance of Prof. Mihaela Pavlović and attended the first year of high school in the class of Prof. Enita Trbonja. She also completed her first year at the Fra Dominik Mandić General Gymnasium in Široki Brijeg. Driven by a desire to expand her knowledge, she moved to Zagreb in 2008, continuing her education at the Pavle Markovac Music School under the mentorship of Prof. Dea Kekelj, while also taking private lessons with Prof. Tamara Coha Mandić. In 2011, she enrolled at the Academy of Music in Ljubljana, majoring in flute, and graduated in 2016 in the class of Prof. Karolina Šantl Zupan. She completed her postgraduate specialist studies in 2020 at the Music Academy in Zagreb under the mentorship of Prof. Karolina Šantl Zupan, with a specialist thesis on Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord in Baroque Music, exploring Italian, French, and German styles under the mentorship of Prof. Pavao Mašić. Throughout her education, she showcased her talent and skills in numerous concerts as a soloist, a member of chamber ensembles, and as part of wind and symphony orchestras across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary, Germany, and Belgium. Since 2006, she has performed as a soloist with the Pavle Markovac Music School string orchestra and later with the Mostar Symphony Orchestra in 2016 and 2018. From 2018 to 2021, she served as the orchestra’s principal flutist. She has participated in national and international competitions and attended masterclasses with esteemed flutists. Since 2018, she has been a flute professor at the Pavle Markovac Music School in Zagreb, guiding students to numerous awards and actively contributing to the development of young musicians.
Nikolina Vukoja Pinjuh, Flute
