Tatiana Shanina was born in Kishinev (Moldova). She graduated from the Moscow State Conservatory (classes of Professor Elizaveta Gilels). Since 1979, she taught at a lyceum and worked as a violinist of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Orchestra.
In 1982-1992 she was a member of the State Symphony Orchestra of the USSR Ministry of Culture under Gennady Rozhdestvensky,
Since 2003 she has been a member of the National Philharmonic Orchestra of Russia.
She is an «Honored Artist of the Russian Federation».
