She performed on stage in a production of Karlheinz Stockhausen's Michaels Reise um die Erde in Vienna and New York City, among others.
[2] She studied at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover with Hans Deinzer and from 1996 at the Lübeck Academy of Music with Sabine Meyer.
[10] In 2013, Jürgensen played Carl Nielsen's Violin Concerto with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Eckehard Stier.
[13] A reviewer of Gramophone noted: "Nicola Jürgensen provides a spectacular clarinet obbligato to the slightly jazzy settings".
[14] She recorded Dans la Nuit with pianist in Michael Kirschnereit in 2012, a collection of French melodies adapted for clarinet, by composers including Fauré, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns and Massenet.