Praised for her rich tone and dynamic performances, cellist Meghan Berindean has earned recognition as both a highly engaging performer and sought-after pedagogue. She maintains an active performing career and has been a featured soloist with the Nashville Ballet, Gateway Chamber Orchestra, Northern Tier Symphony Orchestra, Austin Peay State University Symphony Orchestra, and Florida State University Symphony Orchestra, among others. 

An avid chamber musician, she frequently presents recitals across Tennessee, as well as in Ohio, Michigan, and Missouri. She has been a member of the Tallahassee-based Eppes Quartet and the Cleveland-based Judson Quartet, with whom she received the Francis E. Sykora Outreach Grant from the Cleveland Institute of Music to bring chamber music programs to schools and assisted living facilities throughout the greater Cleveland area. Berindean also earned first prize in the MENC Pennsylvania State Chamber Group Competition as a member of the Valens Piano Quartet.

As an orchestral musician, Berindean serves as Principal Cello of the Gateway Chamber Orchestra and the Paducah Symphony Orchestra, in addition to holding the Assistant Principal chair in the Owensboro Symphony Orchestra. She appears regularly with the Nashville Opera and Ballet orchestras and looks forward to joining Iris Collective in the fall of 2024. A proponent of new music, she performs regularly with Intersection, a Nashville-based contemporary music ensemble. She has previously held principal orchestral positions with Sinfonia Gulf Coast, Northern Tier Symphony, and Altoona Symphony, and has also served as Assistant Principal of the Williamsport Symphony and the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra. Her orchestral performance experience extends to engagements with the Charleston Symphony, Mobile Symphony, Southwest Florida Symphony, and Tallahassee Symphony.

In addition to her performing career, Berindean is a devoted teacher. She serves as Associate Professor of Music at Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee, where she has taught since 2016. She spends her summers at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, where she coordinates the string chamber music program and teaches cello. Berindean completed her Doctor of Music in Cello Performance at Florida State University under Gregory Sauer, where she wrote her dissertation on the cello works of Bohuslav Martinu. She earned a Master of Music from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Sharon Robinson, and holds a Bachelor of Music and a Professional Performance Certificate from Pennsylvania State University, where she studied with Kim Cook.