Swedish clarinetist, Carina Nyberg Washington, received her Diploma in Orchestral Performance from the Royal Danish Academy of Music and her MM in Performance from the University of Memphis. Her principal teachers have included Michael Schlyter, Bendt Neuchs Sorensen, Jorgen Jensen, Lee Morgan, Daniel Gilbert, and James Gholson.

While in Scandinavia, Washington was a freelance musician performing with such groups as the Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Danish Philharmonic, the Copenhagen Cantata Orchestra, and the Norwegian State Army Band. Before moving to the United States in 2003, Washington also served as co-principal clarinet with the Danish Radio Sinfonietta. With that orchestra, Washington performed on several recordings and performed at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.  After moving to America, Washington served two seasons as co-principal clarinetist of the Missouri Chamber Orchestra and currently performs regularly with the Memphis Symphony, The Eroica Ensemble, and the Arkansas Symphony.

As a chamber musician, Carina Nyberg Washington co-founded several chamber groups including the prize-winning Trio Linnéa and the PRIZM Ensemble of Memphis. Washington is currently a member of the Memphis Woodwind Quintet, quintet in residence at the University of Memphis, and artistic director of PRIZM Chamber Music Festival, and annual festival for participants of all ages created to cultivate a develop a love for classical music through chamber music performances, coachings, and classes. She has participated in chamber music concerts throughout Europe and North America including venues in Paris, Stockholm, and Oslo.

Washington has attended the International Festival Institute at Round Top, Texas, Thy Chamber Music Festival (Denmark), and traveled throughout Germany and Holland as the principal clarinetist of the Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra. As a soloist, Carina Washington has performed as a soloist with several orchestras, most recently at Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival, South Africa, where she has served as faculty for the last two years. She has performed recitals across the United States and gave master classes at the University of Arkansas and Arkansas Tech.  She also performed at the 2008 International Clarinet Association (ICA) Annual Clarinet Fest in Kansas City, MO.  Washington has been awarded such prizes as the Lilla Alfvén Prize, Jacob Gades Stipend, Augustinus Fonden Grant, and the Månssons Legat Grant. 

She can be heard on the Albany Records recording of music for bassoon by African-American composers featuring Lecolion Washington and on the Highwater Classics recording of German Lieder featuring Susan Owen-Leinert. She resides in Bartlett, TN with her husband, Lecolion Washington who is the bassoon professor at the University of Memphis, and their two sons, Henning and Matteus.