Lyric soprano Anastasia Nikolova is originally from Bulgaria. She started her musical training at the age of 5, later studying drama and dance at the Bulgarian National Theatre. Ms. Nikolova began her vocal studies at the Bulgarian National Conservatory in Plovdiv, Bulgaria and continued at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During the 2003-2004 season Ms. Nikolova completed an apprenticeship with Central Florida Lyric Opera in Orlando, Florida.

Opera roles include: Violetta in La Traviata (Central Florida Lyric Opera, Fine Arts Chorale & Orchestra); Nedda in Pagliacci (Central Florida Lyric Opera); Micaëla and Frasquita in Carmen, under the directorship of legendary soprano Licia Albanese (Central Florida Lyric Opera); Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro (Central Florida Lyric Opera); Member of the Chamber in a premiere performance of Eric Sawyer's Our American Cousin (Composers in Red Sneakers).

As a concert artist, Ms. Nikolova has given numerous art song recitals in the United States and in Europe. She has also been featured as soprano soloist in Mozart's Missa Brevis in F (Old North Church Chorus and Orchestra); Mozart's Missa Brevis in G, Exultate Jubilate, and Laudate Dominum (Somerville Community Chorus); Händel's Messiah, Schubert's Mass in G, and Dubois' Seven Last Words of Christ (College Park Chamber Orchestra). Ms. Nikolova performed the role of First Fairy in Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream with the Longy Chamber Orchestra led by Jeffrey Rink. She has premiered numerous works by prominent New England composers such as Eric Sawyer and Vartan Aghababian; some of these works were written and dedicated to her.