Nina Kalashnikova is a piano teacher and musicologist, Master's Degree. She is a Certified Steinway and Sons™  Educational Partner. She  also has multiple government certificates, the medal of the Ministry of Culture of Russia "For achievements in music art", the winner of the national competition "Teacher of the Year", the diploma of the All-Russian Competition of Educational Systems, she was a participant at the seminar on work with gifted children within the European Council on High Capabilities (Budapest, Hungary), participant of the Presidential program "The best teachers of Russia".