A major international competition winner, Minat enjoys a busy performing schedule as a soloist and chamber musician, and as a member of the London Symphony Orchestra, which she joined whilst still an undergraduate at the Royal College of Music.  She regularly tours Europe, the United States and the Far East, and records and broadcasts for television and radio.

Minat combines her performing career with postgraduate studies as an Amaryllis Fleming scholar at the RCM, where she has won all the prizes for cello, including the Ivor James, Helen Just, Wills Gordan, Thelma Reiss, Stuart Knussen and Anna Shuttleworth Prizes. She has also been awarded scholarships by the Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship Fund, the English Speaking Union, and the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

In addition to her solo work, Minat is a committed chamber musician. She performs widely with her own ensemble, Trio Orfeo, and has also collaborated with the Bochmann and Sacconi String Quartets.

Minat plays a fine Amati cello on generous loan from the Royal College of Music and the Balmain Charitable Trust.