About Nina D
Yamaha String Artist Nina DiGregorio is a classically trained violinist, writer/arranger, and multi-instrumentalist (bass, piano, guitar, vocals), but is most well-known for being an innovative performer on the electric rock violin, as well as a music business entrepreneur. She has performed as a soloist and worked as a string arranger with a wide variety of famed artists. She arranged the music for and performed with The Killers for President Obama, and is a featured soloist on a recent Richard Marx song. She can also be seen featured on the Beyonce “I am…Yours” DVD and both “David Foster and Friends” DVDs, which include Josh Groban, Michael Bublé, Boz Scaggs, Peter Cetera, and Charice.
Other television credits include a performance with Andrea Bocelli for the DVD Amore Under the Desert Sky, Michel Legrand and Friends, Latin Grammys with Shakira, Billboard Music Awards, Richard Marx DirecTV special, and Muhammad Ali’s 70th Birthday Celebration where she performed with Stevie Wonder, John Legend, and others, and America’s Got Talent with Bella Electric Strings (then Bella Rumore) of which she is creator/producer.
Nina was also the solo violinist in Toni Braxton’s band during her Las Vegas residency. Other performance credits include Deep Purple, Cheap Trick, Wayne Newton, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Donna Summer, Mary J Blige, Regis Philbin, Earth, Wind, and Fire, Cee-lo Green, and more.
As a writer/arranger, her work has been heard in shows such as Toni Braxton Revealed, Beyonce I Am….Yours, The Fab- Beatles Tribute Band, The Las Vegas Tenors, The Killers, The Symphonic Rockshow, Zeppelin USA, in her own productions Femmes of Rock and Bella Electric Strings, as well as on many studio recordings.
Corporate Entertainment
Nina’s corporate entertainment production BELLA ELECTRIC STRINGS performs for more than 200 events per year throughout the world. On top of opening for Michael McDonald and Charlie Daniels, Bella Strings performed as the featured string quartet with Richard Marx in multiple Las Vegas shows. Richard also hired twenty Bella Strings performers to be featured with himself, Kenny Loggins, and Eric Benet for a DirecTV special that aired over the summer of 2016. Bella Strings has also had the privilege of being affiliated with the prestigious “Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp,” performing alongside such artists as Kip Winger and Todd Rundgren at the facility. The group keeps a busy corporate schedule, as well as traveling for Yamaha String Educator Development Seminars, in which Nina’s arrangements are featured around the country to demonstrate the Yamaha Silent and Electric violins.
Nina is also well- known throughout the music community as a successful entrepreneur. Bella Strings has become not merely a band, but a household brand in the world of strings. What began with a single electric string quartet has now grown into teams of over 30 string performers on the roster throughout the US.
Femmes of Rock
Nina created/produced a rock production show called FEMMES OF ROCK, in which she stars, featuring 4 electric strings/vocalists, a 3- piece backing band, and multi-media video experience performing unique twists on classic rock music which has sold out theaters nation wide. The group has opened for Cheap Trick, Bad Company, Ted Nugent, Lynyrd Skynyrd and Kansas, and were invited to share the stage with Cheap Trick after their performance.
Viral Videos & Social Media
During the pandemic, when touring was no longer possible for Femmes of Rock, Nina began posting videos of herself on social media covering famous guitar solos on her electric violin. She has amassed multiple-millions of views over Tik Tok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and Youtube platforms since then, becoming a viral internet sensation. Her videos have received praise from various A-listers, including many of the original rock artists who have shared or commented on her work.
Education
Nina holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the State University of New York at Buffalo, as well as a Bachelor of Music in Violin Performance. She also holds a Master of Music degree in Violin Performance from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She was a recent recipient of the coveted Distinguished Alumni award from the University at Buffalo; one of the youngest to receive the award, as well as a recent inductee into the Niagara Falls Music Hall of Fame.
When she is not working, Nina enjoys cooking Italian food, gardening, playing and watching sports (Go Bills), and spending time with her family.
notable performances
I’ve performed with artist and celebrities like Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, Beyonce, and many more.