[1] She began studying piano at age 3, first with Elena Filonova, then with Germaine Mounier, in Paris.
After that, she continued studying with Vera Gornostayeva in Moscow and Collette Zerah, a renowned French pianist.
Her professional debut in 2007 was in a performance of the Mozart Piano Concerto K246 with the orchestra of Dr. Wachtang Korisheli.
In February 2014, Karin Kei Nagano released one disc on the Analekta label with the Cecilia Quartet featuring two of Mozart's early piano concertos, Nos.
[5] In March 2017, Karin released her second recording on the Analekta label featuring Bach’s Inventions & Sinfonies, BWV 772–801.