World Premiere with Camerata Pacifica (Nov, 2026)

Sunday the 8th, 3 p.m. – Scherr Forum, Thousand Oaks

Tuesday the 10th, 7:30 p.m. – The Huntington, San Marino

Thursday the 12th, 8 p.m. – Colburn School, Los Angeles

Friday the 13th, 7 p.m. – Music Academy, Santa Barbara

Banff Center for the Creative Arts (July 2026)

Piano Vocal Score Workshop of “THE SILVER CYPRESS”, ACT I

Rivers and Moons (May 16, 2026)

World Premiere of “Deep Time” with Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra

Claude Debussy’s jaunty tarantelle frolics at the confluence of two Austrian rivers. A world premiere by Niloufar Nourbakhsh paints a musical autobiography of the earth, as told through the rocks upon which we dance. Louis Ballard’s ballet celebrates four legendary Oklahoma ballerinas of Indigenous North American descent.

O’Shaughnessy Auditorium, 2004 Randolph Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55105

Collage Composers Colloquium (Apr. 25, 2026)

Featuring Mentor Composers Angélica Negrón, Yu-Hui Chang and Niloufar Nourbakhsh at Longy School of Music of Bard College 10:00 – 4:30 pm

Elisabeth Remy Johnson Solo Harp Recital (Apr. 26, 2026)

Elisabeth performs a solo recital at Roswell Presbyterian Church, April 26, 2026, 3 p.m. The program includes works by Salzedo, Damase, Mariana von Auenbrugger, Mel Bonis, Doreen Carwithen, and Odette de Montesquiou, as well as World Premieres by Niloufar Nourbakhsh (NAKISA) and Lynne Plowman.

With Her Own Wings (Apr. 9, 2026)

World premiere of a new collaborative work with Christopher Whyte and Taravat Talepasand at The Reser Center for the Arts, Portland, Oregon

West Edge Opera (Feb. 28, March 1, 2026)

West Edge Opera is proud to announce the four visionary new operas and creative teams selected for the 2026 edition of Snapshot, the company’s celebrated annual showcase of operatic works-in-progress. 

Excerpts from “Threshold of Brightness” will be featured.

First Congregational Church, Berkeley, February 28, 2026 @ 3pm
San Francisco, The Taube Atrium Theater, March 1, 2026 @ 3pm

Faculty Concert: Rémy Taghavi, bassoon & Steven Beck, piano

Wednesday, February 18, 2026 @ 7:30 pm, Bezanson Recital Hall

Enjoy this free performance in Bezanson Hall featuring faculty bassoonist Rémy Taghavi and pianist Steven Beck, with music by Poulenc, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Lili Boulanger, and Reza Vali.

UMass Amherst, Department of Music and Dance

Residency at the American University of Sharjah with Ensemble Decipher (Jan. 24-31, 2026)

Series of workshops and panels culminating in a concert performance on January 29th at Performing Arts Rotunda in UAE

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra (Jan. 15, 16, 2026)

The Knoxville Symphony welcomes in the new year with Iranian composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s momentary, symbolic plea for peace. Virtuoso violinist Vadim Gluzman makes his KSO debut with Brahms’ radiant Violin Concerto.

Aram Demirjian, conductor
Vadim Gluzman, violin

NILOUFAR NOURBAKHSH: Knell
JOHANNES BRAHMS: Violin Concerto
JEAN SIBELIUS: Symphony No. 2

Bandwidth Faculty Ensemble at UMass Amherst (Dec. 15, 2025)

Music by Mozart (Quintet for Piano & Winds in E flat), Valerie Coleman, Jacques Ibert, Robert Stern & Niloufar Nourbakhsh (FIRING SQUAD)

Kaitlyn Burns, flute; Kemp Jernigan, oboe; Romie de Guise-Langlois, clarinet; Jonathan Hulting-Cohen, saxophone; Remy Taghavi, bassoon; Joshua Michal, horn; Steven Beck, piano

THE FOUR FIGURES: Courage, Vision, Loyalty, and Sacrifice (Nov. 23, 2025)

Explore St. Louis with us as Chamber Project St. Louis presents its first in their new series, LANDMARK CONCERTS. Inspired by the four statues created by Walker Hancock that grace Soldiers Memorial Military Museum downtown. Music by Elizabeth Poston, Nilofar Nourbakhsh, John Cage and Claude Debussy will bring to life the values the four figures embody.

Presented in collaboration with Chamber Project St. Louis and Landmarks Association of St. Louis.

Soldiers Memorial Military Museum 2:00 pm Saint Louis

Ohio State University – The Sound of Connection (Nov. 23, 2025)

A culminating performance of a weeklong interdisciplinary Visiting Artist Residency that brings together classical chamber music, composition, choreography and contemporary dance. TRIO PHŌS’ project, The Sound of Connection, celebrates community, empathy and intergenerational relationships through the stories of older adults, including a new interpretation for “Of breath and feeding back” that was commissioned by the group’s clarinetist, Yasmina Spiegelberg.

Soundseed Music Festival (Nov. 9, 2025)

Ost-Passage Theater, Konradstr. 27, 04315 Leipzig

featuring works by MENA composers including “En Cherchant” by Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Catenary at PS 21 (Nov. 8-9, 2025)

a new collaboration with choreographer/dancer Rebecca Margolick and violinist/composer Hannah Epperson

Lines, Circles, and Spirals (Nov. 7, 2025)

New music by Karim Al-Zand, Clarice Assad, Anna Clyne, inti figgis-vizueta, Hannah Ishizaki, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh in conversation with Bohuslav Martinu’s String Duo No. 1 –

“Cavities” for Piano Trio, Video and Electronics, 1751 Sacramento St

San Francisco, CA 94109

Nahoft Album Release Concert (Oct. 30, 2025)

Pianist Ava Nazar will be performing works from her album “Nahoft” including Cello Sonata No.1 alongside Kimia Hesabi performing “Veiled” for viola and electronics, National Opera Center

The Listening Room: Halloween! (Oct. 28, 2025)

Remy Taghavi presents the world premiere of “What Survives” for Bassoon and Electronics.

The CheckOut: Chicago Premiere Niloufar Nourbakhsh (Oct. 25, 2025)

Violinist Rabia Brooke brings her expressive playing to the CheckOut for an evening that bridges beloved classics with Giuseppe Tartini Devil’s Trill, Leoš Janáček Violin Sonata, Johannes Brahms Sonata No 1 in G Major, Sarasate Carmen Fantasy paired with bold new sounds by Niloufar Nourbakhsh with the Chicago Premiere of The Intense Microsope that Sorrow Lends. Joined by Chicago pianist Nathanial Canfield, Brooke will explore a program that moves fluidly between lyrical beauty and exhilarating experimentation.

Mine Be the Lips (Oct. 24, 2025)

Vira Slywotzky performs “Threshold of a Cold Season” alongside other vocal works by female composers at Follen Church in Lexington, MA

755 Massachusetts Avenue Lexington, MA 02420 7:30 pm

“I am from nowhere” at Zeitgenuss Festival (Oct. 22, 2025)

Music by Judit Varga (UA), Atefeh Einali, Shiva Feshareki, Benjamin Britten, Hooshyar Khayam, Ehsan Ebrahimi, Wolfgang Rihm and Niloufar Nourbakhsh – ‘Layers in Sync’

Bandwidth, UMass Faculty Wind Ensemble (Oct. 21, 2025)

Firing Squad Reed Quintet and Electronics

IAWF Women’s Leadership Conference in NYC (Oct. 19, 2025)

Iranian Female Composers Association will present a short matinée of selected vocal works along the themes of multiplicity and joy. Asia Society, 3:00 pm.

Mine Be the Lips (Oct. 18, 2025)

Vira Slywotzky performs “Threshold of a Cold Season” alongside other vocal works by female composers at St. John’s In the Village.

218 West 11th Street New York, NY 10014 7:30 pm

Andrew Cyrille • 5ilience (Oct. 4, 2025)

In the opening act, 5ilience, Quebec’s premier reed quintet, offers a program full of contrasts with works by Nico Muhly, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Ufuk Biçak, and Abraham Gómez. Through a unique combination of reed instruments, 5ilience has developed a sonic palette that is as versatile as it is original.

Le Vivier Musique Nouveau, Montreal, Canada

Ensemble For These Times (Sep. 22, 2025)

Boston premiere of “Cavities” for Piano Trio, Longy school of Music of Bard College

This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation

Ensemble For These Times (Sep. 20, 2025)

New York premiere of “Cavities” for Piano Trio, Brooklyn Art Haus, NYC.

This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation

Southern Exposure: Splinter Reeds (Sep. 19, 2025)

Splinter Reeds will perform “Firing Squad” at the University of South Carolina, 7:30 pm

CHARLOTTESVILLE CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL (Sep. 14, 2025)

US Premiere of “Layers in Sync” performed by wonderful violist Muriel Razavi

Longy Opening Season Concert (Sep. 12, 2025)

Gaia Quartet performers “happiness filled the space of sadness” for String Quartet and Live Electronics – Cambridge, MA

Le Donne Ideali and Guests (Sep. 11, 2025)

Karolina Öhman will perform “Cyclical Rabbits”, Strasbourg – Cargo Cultural Lorin 8:00 pm

Residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute (Sep. 1-6, 2025)

Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Mahsa Vahdat will be at residence at Avaloch Farm Music Institute.

Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival at Lincoln Center (July 26, 2025)

loadbang will be performing works for the ensemble by Masahiro Aogaki, Che Buford, Pamela Z, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Christina George, and Laura Cetilia, NYC

Scenes from I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment (July 25, 2025)

Other Minds presents scenes in workshop from the work-in-progress, I Am He Whose Life and Soul Are Torment, by American composer Joseph Bohigian, Lebanese-Armenian vocalist Khatchadour Khatchadourian, and the music-technology group Ensemble Decipher.

Paul Dresher Ensemble Studio, Oakland, 7:30 pm

Mayrig at Splendor Amsterdam (July 12, 2025)

Performance of “Veiled” for Cello and Electronics, Karen Ouzounian – cello & vocals, Lembit Beecher – electronics & piano 20:30

Nieuwe Uilenburgerstraat 116
1011 LX Amsterdam – NL

Mayrig at Morgenland Festival (July 10, 2025)

Performance of “Veiled” for Cello and Electronics, Karen Ouzounian – cello & vocals, Lembit Beecher – electronics & piano

Libretto Workshop Retreat at PS21 (June 29th to July 6th)

in collaboration with Librettist Stephanie Fleischmann and dramaturg Annie Jin Wang for development of a new opera

“THE SILVER CYPRESS سرو سیمین”

Divergent Studio Summer Festival (June 15-27, 2025)

Nilou will join Divergent Studio as a composition faculty, Longy School of Music of Bard College, Cambridge, MA.

Performance of “Space-Time Magnifying Glass” on June 27

Tribeca Film Festival (June 8, 14, 15, 2025)

Two Iranian women face their fears by going to a protest, and connect across the world with a photo that brings them hope for a better tomorrow.

This film is included in Shorts: Hopes and Dreams alongside 5 other works.

Director

Faranak Sahafian

Producer

Pooria Ansari, Yoko Kohmoto

Screenwriter

Faranak Sahafian

Cinematographer

Cece Chan

Composer

Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Editor

Joel Vázquez Cárdenas

Visual Effects

TANGIBLE

Casting By

Gregory Van Acker

Sound Designer

John-Paul Natysin

Production Designer

Juli Reed

Cast

Bahar Beihaghi, Samuel Tehrani, Arezu Riaz, Shadi G, Abraham Makany

No More Excuses I (June 6, 2025)

Two concerts with Klangforum Wien will focus on ten international landmark womxn composers who address our globalized present with a multitude of voices. The audience will be treated to a wealth of inspiring artistic signature sounds from a global, second, feminist modernism.

“C Ce See” and excerpt of the opera “We the innumerable”

National Symphony Orchestra of Mexico (May 30 and June 1, 2025)

The National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature, through the National Symphony Orchestra, invites you to the program: Music of the soul

Ludwig Carrasco, artistic director
Juan Carlos Heredia, baritone

Niloufar Nourbakhsh (1992)
Knell *

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) Backing Song

Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Symphony no. 2, op. 43 in D major

May
Friday 30th, 8:00 p.m.

June
Sunday 01, 12:15 p.m. PALACE OF FINE ARTS, Mexico City

49th Annual International Trumpet Guild Conference (May 28, 2025)

Performance of “Everything is Dark” by Craig Parker and clarinetist Amy Guffey on May 28, 2025 | 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Libby Gardner Hall

Cedille Records, Emerging Artist Competition (May 18, 2025)

Semi Finalist Rabia Brooke will perform “The Intense Microscope that Sorrow Lends” for violin and piano.

Piano is A Woman (May 15, 2025)

Ida Dierker will perform “HbeaRt” for piano and electronics as part of her Senior Piano Recital, Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall, 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm

An Evening on the Future of Music (May 3, 2025)

Kronos Quartet and Jeffrey Zeigler will premiere a new 20-minute string quintet with motorized wheel bow, designed by Roxanne Nesbitt, at National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY.

Dr. Schillinger Faculty Recital (Apr. 26, 2025)

Performance of “Syria, a fractal of WE” Ithaca College School of Music, Theatre, and Dance

Hockett Family Recital Hall 5pm, Free and open to the public

Amy Wurtz’s piano recital (Apr. 19, 2025)

“You Shall Know the Brilliance of the Dawn” National Opera Center at 8:00 pm, NYC

Migration with pianist Anastasia Antonacos (Apr. 11, 2025)

“You Shall Know the Brilliance of the Dawn”, Corthell Hall, University of Southern Maine, 7:30 pm.

FIVE COMPOSERS AND A PIANIST, Ohio’s Kent Keyboard Series (Apr. 6, 2025)

Performance of Hbeart by Donna Weng Friedman followed by a virtual panel discussion with all the composers present.

Hybrid Piano Recital Fundraiser (Apr. 5, 2025)

PIH Engage NYC is hosting our annual piano recital fundraiser to support the critical efforts of the PIH Tuberculosis team, which currently functions in nine countries, including Peru, Lesotho, and Kazakhstan.

We invite you to join us, in-person or online, on April 5th from 2 to 3 PM for the recital by pianist and composer Beata Moon.

“You shall know the brilliance of the dawn”

Ensemble For These Times (Apr. 4, 2025)

World premiere of “Cavities” for Piano Trio, SF, CA

This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by the Mellon Foundation

Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra (Mar. 30, 2025)

Sunday, March 30, 2025 at 4 PM
Stewart Theatre, Talley Student Union, Raleigh, NC
Peter Askim, Conductor

Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Knell
Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ
Carlos Simon: Breathe
Nathan Leaf: The Way from Birmingham for Chorus and Chamber Orchestra (World Premiere)

And When I Dream You Shall Know (Mar. 27, 2025)

Kathleen Supové performs “You shall know the brilliance of the dawn”

Hunter College, 7:30 PM

Amy Wurtz’s piano recital (Mar. 16, 2025)

“You Shall Know the Brilliance of the Dawn” at Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago

FIVE COMPOSERS AND A PIANIST, Piano Teacher’s Congress (Mar. 11, 2025)

Performance of Hbeart by Donna Weng Friedman followed by a virtual panel discussion with all the composers present.

Ensemble Decipher at Constellations (Mar. 9, 2025)

Performance of “Of Breath and Feeding Back” for Piano, Voice, Electronics and Microphone, Chicago, IL.

Ensemble Decipher at Knox College (Mar. 7, 2025)

Performance of “Of Breath and Feeding Back” for Piano, Voice, Electronics and Microphone. 2 East South Street, Galesburg, Illinois

Loadbang Ensemble at Indiana University (Mar. 3, 2025)

Performance of “Bag of Bones”

Evocative Music for Solo Piano, feat. Sakurako Kanemitsu (Feb. 27, 2025)

“Prelude of Preludes”, February 27, 2025 7:00 p.m Berk Recital Hall 1A
1140 Boylston Street Boston, Massachusetts

Musicians at Residence at Banff (Jan.6 – Jan. 24)

Performance of “Of breath and Feeding back” on Jan 10th, Rolston Recital Hall 7:30 pm.

Loadbang Ensemble at IntAct Festival (Dec. 21, 2024)

loadbang will be performing music by George Lewis, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Daniel Sabzghabaei, Raven Chacon, Chaya Czernowin, and Piyawat Louilarpprasert. (Bangkok, Thailand)

Ensemble Uncaged at Longy (Dec. 3)

Performance of “Everything is Dark” for Trumpet, Clarinet and Electronics.

Present Music: Concert for Peace (Nov. 24, 2024)

C Ce See Conducted by David Bloom, 5:00 pm, Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist812 North Jackson StreetMilwaukee, WI

Composing Iran, IFCA’s collaboration with Seattle Symphony (Nov. 22, 2024)

This special multi-genre collaboration is curated in partnership with Seattle Symphony musicians and will include a multi-media world premiere piece crafted for Octave 9. 7:00 and 9:00 pm.

Octave 9: Raisbeck Music Center – Benaroya Hall

And When I Dream You Shall Know (Nov 22, 2024)

Kathleen Supové performs “And You Shall Know the Brilliance of the Dawn” at Mise-en_Place as part of a recital with Tessa Brinckman.

7:00 pm Brooklyn, NY

Audacity Reeds at the University of the Pacific (Nov. 18, 2024)

Performance of “Firing Squad”, University of the Pacific, Conservatory of Music, Recital Hall, 7:30 pm.

Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival (Nov. 15, 2024)

Multiple-Grammy winner, cellist Nick Photinos, returns to Third Practice to perform new works for cello, electronics and video including “Veiled”, University of Richmond, Modlin Ceneter for the Arts, 7:30 pm.

Camerata Pacifica November Concert (Nov. 10, 12, 14, 15)

Acclaimed violist Timothy Ridout will perform Veiled for Viola and Electronics

Sunday the 10th, 3 p.m. – Scherr Forum, Thousand Oaks
Tuesday the 12th, 7:30 p.m. – The Huntington, San Marino
Thursday the 14th, 8 p.m. – Colburn School, Los Angeles
Friday the 15th, 7 p.m. – Music Academy, Santa Barbara

Karolina Öhman at Gare du Nord (Nov. 11, 2024)

Karolina Öhmann (cello), Marcus Weiss (moderation)program

Helmut Lachenmann ( 1935): Pression for a cellist (1969/2010)
Juliana Hodkinson ( 1971): Jounce (2016)
Niloufar Nourbakhsh ( 1992): Cyclical Rabbits (2021)
Lotta Wennäkoski ( 1970): Vyyhti (2018) I Laulujuhlat
Paul Clift (*1978): Free will generator (2024, UA)

Schwarzwaldallee 200 CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland

SOUNDSEED Festival Edition 1: Eve´s Daughters (Nov. 10, 2024)

Muriel Razavi performs a new work written for her titled “Layers in Sync”, Tänzerin: Raha Nejad, Ost-Passage-Theater, Eisenbahnstraß, 14:00 Uhr

SOUNDSEED Festival Edition 1: Orbis (Nov. 9, 2024)

String Quartet No.1 by Niloufar Nourbakhsh included in this program

Streichquartette iranischer Komponistinnen mit Lukas Stepp, Elisabeth Marasch und Valentino Worlitzsch

Sprecherin: Ghazal Sahar Tabandeh, St. Lukaskirche, 20:00 Uhr

Orchestre De Paris with conductor KIRILL KARABITS (Oct. 30, 31, 2024)

Serge Rachmaninoff, Concerto pour piano n° 3

INTERMISSION

Niloufar Nourbakhsh (Knell)

Alexandre Scriabine, Symphonie n° 2

SF Music Day (Oct. 20, 2024)

Darkness of the Womb performed by Chelsea Hollow and Taylor Chan

Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA

Concierto Viñetas Sonoras (Oct.18, 2024)

Viñetas Sonoras – Concierto homenaje a Marjane Satrapi

MARÍA CUEVA MÉNDEZ performs FIXED HbeaRt at Antigua Fábrica de Armes de Oviedo, Spain

Lior Leigh at Roanoke College (Oct. 9, 2024)

performance of you shall know the brilliance of the dawn, Olin Recital Hall, Virginia

Lior Leigh at Radford University (Oct. 8, 2024)

performance of you shall know the brilliance of the dawn, Virginia

FMD, ForumMusikDiversität (Oct. 7, 2024)

Karolina Ohman performs “Cyclical Rabbits”, Rotterdam

FMD, ForumMusikDiversität (Oct. 3, 2024)

Karolina Ohman performs “Cyclical Rabbits”, Amsterdam

FMD, ForumMusikDiversität (Sep. 30, 2024)

Karolina Ohman performs “Cyclical Rabbits”, Duisburg

5ilience in Montreal (Sep. 29, 2024)

Performance of Firing Squad by 5ilience at 5445 De Gaspé, Montreal.

World Central Kitchen Benefit Concert (September 28, 2024)

Donna Weng performs HbeaRt for Piano and Electronics at Saint John’s in the Village, NYC 7:00 pm

JEDE*RFRAU Festival in Salzburg (Sep. 28, 2024)

Muriel Razavi performs the world premiere of a new work written for her titled “Layers in Sync”, 28. September 2024 um 19:00  in der art bv Berchtoldvilla

Karolina Öhman and Friends and RAUM 236 (Sep. 11, 2024)

Karolina Öhman performs “Cyclical Rabbits” for Cello alongside other pieces by James Tenney, Philip Glass, Alvin Lucier, and Charles Ives. 6:30 pm – Förrlibuckstrasse 236, 8005 Zurich

Nick Photinos Faculty Recital at CCM (September. 10, 2024)

Performance of “Veiled” for Cello and Live Electronics Robert J. Werner Recital Hall 

Amnesty International Denmark Fundraising Concert (Sep. 1, 2024)

Copenhagen’s Student Orchestra Symfuni, supported by professional musicians, is playing with the wonderful soloists: Morten Grove Frandsen, countertenor and Samara Bahrami, singer/performer

Conducted by Rose Munk Heiberg
Niloufar Nourbakhsh: En Cherchant
Josefine Opsahl: Solitude
Louise Farrenc: Symphony no. 1
Shervin Hajipour: Baraye, arr. for orchestra by Josefine Opsahl

All the revenue from ticket sales will go to Amnesty International Denmark.

BBC Proms at Bristol Beacon (Aug. 25, 2024)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs the UK Premiere of “Knell” for full orchestra, 5:00 pm, Bristol Beacon, Trenchard Street, Bristol, United Kingdom.

Daedalus Quartet at Music Mountain (August 11, 2024)

Daedalus Quartet performs “Logic Run Wild” 3:00 pm Gordon Hall, Music Mountain, 225 Music Mountain Road, Falls Village, Connecticut 06031

Tanglewood Music Festival (July 26, 2024)

Performance of “Aid for Sex”, MA

National Philharmonic’s Summer String Institute (July 22-26, 2024)

Ensemble Decipher will be in residence

Divergent Studio at Longy (June 24 – July 6, 2024)

Composition Faculty

XVIII Salon Artistique Fibert (June 30, 2024)

Vira Slywotzky and Zheni Meria will perform “Threshold of a cold season” Kulturalna Europa, 5:00 pm, Paris, France

FMD, ForumMusikDiversität (June 27, 2024)

Karolina Ohman performs “Cyclical Rabbits”, Basel

Chelsea Music Festival (June 27, 2024)

Yasmina Spiegelberg performs “Of breath and feeding back” for Clarinet and Electronics, Thursday, June 27, 2024, 2:00 PM  3:00 PM

Genesis House40a 10th AvenueNew York, NY, 10014

American Composers Orchestra (June 13,14, 2024)

Composition Mentor for EarShot Readings at Manhattan School of Music

Nief Norf summer festival (June 1-8, 2024)

Composition Faculty

Josh Perry & Dennis Sullivan (May 29, 2024)

Percussion + Electronics – in collaboration with New York Women Composers, “Of Breath and Feeding Back”

8PM, Wednesday, May 29th, MISE-EN_PLACE Greenpoint, 341 Cayler St., 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Free admission

Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency (May 27 – June 1, 2024)

Residency in collaboration with Filmmaker Pegah Pasalar, Performance of “HbeaRt” on May 31

It’s Personal Festival (May. 10, 2024)

Alexander Smith performs “a shared solitary” for Violin and Electronics

Wolfinsohn at 3:00 pm, Longy School of Music of Bard College
27 Garden Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

Emruz Festival 2024 (Apr. 26/27, 2024)

Inspired by the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Movement that erupted in Iran and around the world in 2022, Emruz Festival 2024 performances are focused on shining light on the struggles and triumphs of Iranian and Afghan Women. 

Through 3 different music and theater performances, Emruz Festival aims to investigate and express different voices that intersect on the urgency of freedom; the urgency of connection; and the urgency to listen with intensity.    

National Sawdust, Williamsburg, NYC

Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago presents: Avant Garden (April 25, 2024)

Performance of “Happiness filled the space of sadness” 7:00 pm Holtschneider Performance Center, Gannon Concert Hall, Chicago

Cobalt Quartet at Scholes Street Studio (April 21st, 2024)

Anthony Izzo performs “Of breath and feeding back” Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY 11206

UPenn Music in the Pavillion Series (Apr. 10, 2024)

Daedalus Quartet performs “Logic Run Wild”, 6:15pm – 9:00pm

Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor

The University of Alabama Contemporary Ensemble Concert (Mar. 19, 2024)

Performance of “Veiled” for Cello and Live Electronics,

Moody Music Building 140 Recital Hall 810 2nd Avenue, Tuscaloosa

Fear No Music, Iran/America: Common Themes, Different Worlds (Mar. 18, 2024)

• Performance of “Aid for Sex” Monday, March 18, 2024
• 7:30 PM  9:30 PM
• The Old Church Concert Hall1422 Southwest 11th AvenuePortland, OR, 97201United States (map)

International Women’s Day Celebration at Duke University (Mar. 8, 2024)

Mezzo-Soprano Solmaz Adeli and Pianist Ava Nazar perform “Threshold of a cold season” and “HbeaRt” Duke University, Durham, NC

Splinter Reeds at University of Texas at Austin (Mar. 7, 2024)

Performance of “Firing Squad” for reed quintet and electronics, Bates Recital Hall, Thursday, March 7, 2024, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

Duke University Emamian lectureship series (Mar. 6, 2024)

Social Change in the Realm of Classical Music, With members of the Iranian Female Composers Association 

Nick Photinos at University of North Texas (Mar. 5, 2024)

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled” for Cello and Live Electronics

SHE: Festival of Women in Music (Mar. 1-3, 2024)

Lecture presentation, Voices of Equality: Iranian Women at a Historical Moment. Performance of “Syria, a fractal of WE” Billingsley Music Building 201, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701

Shared Faculty Artist Recital with Dr. Corrine Byrne (Feb. 28, 2024)

Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA 8:00 pm

23rd Annual CSUF New Music Series presents loadbang (Feb. 27, 2024)

Performance of “Bag of Bones”, Fullerton, CA

Chatter presents loadbang at SITE Santa Fe (Feb. 25, 2024)

Performance of “Bag of Bones”, Albuquerque, NM

Chatter presents loadbang at SITE Santa Fe (Feb. 24, 2024)

Performance of “Bag of Bones”, Santa Fe, NM

Orchestra FLEX Spring Concert (Feb. 17, 2024)

Performance of “En Cherchant” conducted by Andy Kozar, Longy School of Music, Pickman Hall, Cambridge, MA 8:00 pm

VIENNA BEETHOVEN CONSERVATORY (Feb 10, 2024)

Flaka Goranci peforms “The Window” as part of her La Femme Project.

02/10/2024 | 7:00 p.m. | Honorable Hall

A Broken Hallelujah (Feb. 10, 11, 2024)

Led by Music Director Emeritus, Steven Schick, witness the world premiere of Nasim Khorasasani’s new work, winner of the 2024 Nee Commission. Takemitsu’s graceful From Me flows what you call Time, performed by the ensemble Red Fish Blue Fish. Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s Veiled features a performance by cellist Robert Bui, complemented by electronics and video.

The program culminates with Stravinsky’s masterpiece, Le Sacre du Printemps. 

The Taproot New Music Festival at UC-Davis (Feb. 10, 2024)

Splinter Reeds perform “Firing Squad” along other works from their repertoire, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm, Recital Hall, Ann E. Pitzer Center

Faculty and Guest Artist Chamber Music Showcase (Feb. 4, 2024)

This concert will feature the talents of UNCSA faculty Tadeu Coelho on flute, Oskar Espina Ruiz on clarinet, Robert Young on saxophone, Stephanie Patterson on bassoon, Maria Serkin on French horn and Ksenija Komljenovic on percussion. The program includes works by living composers Tania León, Du Yun, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Dai Fujikura, Oswald Huỳnh and Jeff Scott.

Only Voice Remains (Jan. 20, 2024)

Artist Performers for Only Voice Remains

Mahya Hamedi, Ava Nazar, Farnaz Ohadi, Karen Ouzounian & Abigail Sinclair, featuring the world premiere of  “Dawn” by Niloufar Noubakhsh, on texts by Persian poet Farrokhzad, performed by vocalist Mahya Hamedi and pianist Ava Nazar 

Ensemble for these times (Jan. 20, 2024)

Quest for Solo Piano, Center for New Music 55 Taylor Street San Francisco, CA 94102 United States, 7:30 pm PST

Nobel Peace Prize Concert (Dec. 11, 2023)

Nowegian Radio Orchestra will perform “Knell” in celebration of Nobel Peace Prize winner, Narges Mohammadi

Thomas Giles at National Sawdust (Dec. 11, 2023)

A shared solitary for Alto Flute, National Sawdust, NYC

Amnesty International Benefit Concert (Dec 10th, 2023)

3PM, at Christ & St. Stephen’s Church on W. 69th St. in Manhattan.

Solissima – Francoise Vanhecke (Dec. 7, 2023)

Françoise Vanhecke performs “the window” for voice and electronics, Antwerp, Belgium.

Liederabend (Nov. 19, 2023)

Flaka Goranci performs “The Window” at Konzerthaus Berlin, Kleiner Saal

Jacksonville Electroacoustic Music Festival (Nov. 18, 2023)

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled” for Cello and Electronics, Florida

Solissima – Francoise Vanhecke (Nov. 16, 2023)

Françoise Vanhecke performs “the window” for voice and electronics, Auditorium, Muziekcentrum Track, Conservatorium Kortrijk, Belgium.

Guest Artist Recital, Molly Morkoski (Nov. 15, 2023)

Prelude of Preludes at UMKC, Grant Recital Hall, 7:30 pm

Steinway’s Educational Partners Program (Nov. 14, 2023)

Donna Weng Friedman performs “F I X E D HbeaRt” as part of her event 5 composers and 1 pianist at NY Steinway Hall.

Bargemusic (Nov. 12, 2023)

Donna Weng Friedman performs “F I X E D HbeaRt” 4:00 pm

Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn, NY 11201

“a thousand birds will chant your song” Amsterdam Sinfonietta (Nov. 10 – 15, 2023)

New Work for Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands

Long Distance, Donald Berman at Barge Music (Nov. 5, 2023)

Long Distance brings together piano works that speak to stories of displacement. Primarily focused on contemporary works written over the past 40 years, this program showcases composers — many of whom were dislocated from their countries, sometimes by force — who connect to their homelands through music both turbulent and peaceful.

Sonic Liberation Players – Ecstatic Visions (Nov. 4, 2023)

White Helmets, as white as death, First Parish Watertown, 35 Church Street, Watertown, MA 02472 7:00 pm

Splice Festival (Nov. 3, 2023)

Novel Interfaces of Expression, Workshop at Berklee College of Music

921 Boylston Street, Boston, MA 02115

Loadbang Ensemble at Tenri Cultural Institute (Oct. 29, 2023)

NY Premiere of “Bag of Bones”

Tenri Cultural Institute43A West 13th Street New York, NY 10011

Cycles of Resistance (Oct.28, 2023)

Chelsea Hollow performs “Darkness of the Womb” at 222 Healdsburg Ave., Healdsburg, CA 95448

Long Distance, Donald Berman (Oct. 28, 2023)

Long Distance brings together piano works that speak to stories of displacement. Primarily focused on contemporary works written over the past 40 years, this program showcases composers — many of whom were dislocated from their countries, sometimes by force — who connect to their homelands through music both turbulent and peaceful.

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Ensemble Decipher at Roulette (Oct. 23, 2023)

World premiere of a new piece by composer Bora Yoon alongside multiple NY premieres of new decipher commissions, Roulette intermedium, Brooklyn, NY

Mizzou New Music Initiative Guest Recital – Splinter Reeds (Oct. 20)

Featuring works by Jon Yu, Eric Wubbels, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Paula Matthusen, Ned McGowan, and a world premiere by Stefan Freund, supported by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition

Live at the Gallery – Françoise Vanhecke (Oct. 7, 2023)

Françoise Vanhecke performs “the window” for voice and electronics, Antwerp, Belgium

Cycles of Resistance (Sep.28, 2023)

Chelsea Hollow performs “Darkness of the Womb” at Brooklyn Art Haus

SOLO HARP RECITAL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (Sep. 18, 2023)

Elisabeth Remy Johnson performs works by Aldridge, Assad, Beach, Bonis, Carwithen, de Montesquiou, Nourbakhsh, Plowman, and more. Pitman Recital Hall, September 19, 8 p.m.

Kirin McElwain / Kimia Hesabi & Erin Murphy Snedecor / Heather Stebbins (Sep. 15, 2023)

Kimia Hesabi performs “Veiled” for viola and electronics, Rhizome, DC

97 Ensemble at Fidelio Cafe (Sep. 15, 2023)

97 Ensemble presents a vibrant program of new music, poetry and improvisation, centered around the work of composers who are Iranian womxn, encompassing British-Iranian artists, and those living in Iran and internationally. Performance of “Logic Run Wild” and “Because we also are what we have lost”, London, UK, 19:00 BST

Festival of New Trumpet Music (Sep. 10, 2023)

Fifth Bridge Ensemble performs “A space-time magnifying glass”

Kultursommerfestival Berlin 2023 (Aug. 28, 2023)

Muriel Razavi performs “Veiled” for Viola and Electronics, Berlin, 7:00 pm

Breckenridge International Festival of Arts (August 17, 2023)

Written, Narrated + Conducted by Steven Schick
Featuring Members of the National Repertory Orchestra, “Veiled” for Cello and Electronics

Park City Chamber Music Festival (Jul. 30, 2023)

Matt Haimovitz performs “Cyclical Rabbits” at Park City Community Church 4501 Utah 224 Park City, UT 84098

Avaloch Farm Music Institute (Jul. 16 – 23, 2023)

workshop of a new piece for Clarinettist Yasmina Spiegelberg

Avaloch Farm Music Institute (Jul. 14, 2023)

Karen Ouzounian performs “veiled” for cello and live electronics

Walden Memory Beach (Jul. 1 2023)

Festival for contemporary music and performance, “Veiled” by Muriel Razavi and Raha Nejad, Künstlerhof Frohnau and the former border strip, Berlin

New Music Gathering (Jun. 22 – 24)

June 23rd: Performances with Ensemble Decipher

June 24th: Chelsea Hollow performs song cycle: “Darkness of the Womb”

New Lights Festival (June 20, 2023)

Concert 2: Defiance

Contemporary Iranian Composers

Works by distinguished Iranian composers Soosan Lolavar, Atefeh Einali, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Amir Konjani. The evening includes the premiere of Amir Konjani’s Trumpet Concertante no. 2 with alum trumpeter Adam Hebditch and a new adaptation of Soosan Lolavar’s piece Inventory on My Life for piano and dance. Trinity Laban Conservatory, London, UK 6:30 pm

Divergent Studio, Longy Conservatory (Jun. 15-21, 2023)

Guest Composer, Premiere of “Bag of Bones” written for Loadbang Ensemble

Ojai Festival: THE WILLOWS ARE NEW (Jun. 10, 2023)

Karen Ouzounian will perform “veiled” for cello and live electronics

Zenith Chamber Music Festival (Jun. 7, 2023)

Matt Haimovitz, cello – Des Moines, IA – PRIMAVERA: Through the Centuries

the International Trumpet Guild Conference (Jun. 1, 2023)

Fifth Bridge Ensemble premieres “A space-time magnifying glass”

97 Ensemble at City University of London (May 31, 2023)

97 Ensemble present a vibrant programme of new music, poetry and improvisation, centred around the work of British-Iranian composers, and including the premiere of Golfam Khayam’s Among Streets, Windows and Times, specially commissioned by Professor Laudan Nooshin as part of the Sonic Tehran Project.

American Music, Nick Photinos & Andy Hudson (May 25, 2023)

International Week of New Music, Nick Photinos performs “Veiled” for cello and electronics.

National University of Music Bucharest, Sala George Enescu, Bucharest, ROMANIA

Basma and Ava Duo at Mazza Castle (May. 20, 2023)

Pianist Ava Nazar performs HbeaRt for Piano and Electronics, The Mazza Castle 900 Mirador Terrace Pacifica, CA 94044

Primavera Project: Cyclical Rabbits (May 6, 2023)

Boston Premiere of Cyclical Rabbits, Carriage House Violins, Boston Showroom

236 Huntington Avenue, Suite 301
Boston, MA 02115

Primavera Project: Cyclical Rabbits (Apr. 21, 2023)

Matt Haimovitz will perform “Cyclical Rabbits” alongside other works from the Primavera compilation. BargeMusic, Brooklyn 7:00 pm

Cuatro Puntos Ensemble: Sounds of Persia (Apr. 13,14, 16)

Cuatro Puntos Ensemble performs “Logic Run Wild”, concerts in CT

Marfa, TX – PRIMAVERA: Figures and Shadows (Apr. 14, 2023)

Join Matt Haimovitz as he presents this dynamic program at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa, TX.

Celebrate Women (Apr. 11, 2023)

Patricia Green, mezzo soprano
Andrea Willis, soprano
Megaria Halim, piano

will perform works by Auerbach, Fung, Larsen, Nourbakhsh, Spavelko, Uyeda at Museum London, Ontario, CA

Heidelberg Spring Music Festival (Apr. 6, 2023)

The Iranian-American violist Muriel Razavi did her doctorate on re-orientalism in music and incorporates her preoccupation with political and social issues into her SPRINGboard concert. For this she has developed a solo performance in five musical scenes. The music comes from the Iranian composers Aida Shirazi, Bahar Royaee, Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Farzia Fallah and tells the story of a woman who resists political and social restrictions and gives other women hope and courage with her newly won freedom.

SYLVIA ADALMAN FACULTY RECITAL SERIES: Ensemble Decipher (Apr. 3, 2023)

Performing works by Rogers, Schedel, Georinger, Kimura, and Bohigian, Joe Byrd Hall, Peabody Institute, Baltimore MD 7:30 pm

Ensemble Decipher / Sideband / Warp Duo (Mar. 31, 2023)

Friday March 31 * doors at 7, music at 730 * TICKETS

Operatic Feminism, Columbia University (Mar. 25, 2023)

This event bridges the worlds of scholarship, performance, and criticism to think through the possibilities for feminist opera studies and women in opera in the twenty-first century.

Millennium Chamber Players (Mar. 24, 2023)

Performance of “Aid for Sex” by Alexander-Wu and guest performers in East Village, NYC

John Donald Robb Composers’ Symposium (Mar. 23, 2023)

Splinter Reeds performs “Firing Squad”, UNM Keller Hall, 7:30 pm

Metropolitan Piano Series (Mar.18, 2023)

Beata Moon will perform “Quest” for piano

• 7:30 PM  9:00 PM
• The Church-in-the-Gardens 50 Ascan Avenue Forest Hills, NY 11375

Primavera Project: Cyclical Rabbits (Mar. 18, 2023)

Matt Haimovitz will perform “Cyclical Rabbits” alongside other works from the Primavera compilation. Palazzo Degas, Calata Trinità Maggiore, 53
80134 Napoli, Italia 7:00 pm

Unfinished Work, Musicians of the Trondheim Symphony Orchestra (Mar. 8, 2023)

“Firing Squad” – TSO invites you to a chamber music concert on the occasion of international Women’s day, with a special focus on music by women from Afghanistan, Iran, and Ukraine.

University of Tennessee Knoxville Contemporary Music Festival (Mar. 3, 2023)

Annaliese Kowert, violin, Maya Stone, bassoon, Jesse Strauss, percussion, Brendan Jacklin, piano. Performance of “Syria, a fractal of WE” 5:30 pm

College of the Holy Cross Orchestra (Mar. 1, 2023)

“Lambda of Life’s Frequency” conducted by Michael Carney

Primavera Project: Cyclical Rabbits (Feb. 28, 2023)

Matt Haimovitz will perform “Cyclical Rabbits” alongside other works from the Primavera compilation. Israel Conservatory of Music 8:30 pm

College of the Holy Cross Orchestra (Feb. 22, 2023)

“Lambda of Life’s Frequency” conducted by Michael Carney

When Cultures Clash: Destruction and Synthesis (Feb.16, 2023)

White Helmets as white as death, The Beehive – Prior Performing Arts Center 12:30pm
College of the Holy Cross, MA

Kimia Hesabi Residency at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Jan 31, 2023)

Performance of “Veiled” for Viola and Electronics

Mosaic: Music by Women and Non-binary Composers (Jan. 29, 2023)

Ensemble for These Times perform Cello Sonata No.1

Composition in Asia, symposium and festival (Jan. 28-29, 2023)

Keynote presenter, University of South Florida

Concert #3, “Everything is Dark” 2:00 pm

The Carbondale Salon: Optimism & Activism (Jan. 28, 2023)

Screening of an Aria from “We the innumerable” Opera

Michigan State University (Jan 26-27, 2023)

Performances with Ensemble Decipher

Oistrakh Symphony of Chicago
Presents Avant Garden (Jan. 22, 2023) – Postponed

Kaia String Quartet will present “Happiness filled the space of sadness”

Ancient eve is once again offering apple’s, ultraschall berlin (Jan. 21, 2023)

In the five musical scenes of ancient eve is once again offering apples , the Iranian-American violist Muriel Razavi embodies the life of an Iranian woman – from blossoming to dying 9:00 pm Berlin

Dots+Loops Nonstop 2022 (Dec. 18, 2022)

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled”, Brisbane, Australia

Tempo Rubato (Dec. 16, 2022)

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled”, Melbourne, Australia

New Music Detroit: Sand & Stone (Dec. 9, 2022)

Úna O’Riordan performs “Veiled”, Detroit, Michigan

Tactus Ensemble, Manhattan School of Music (Dec. 6, 2022)

Tactus Ensemble directed by Margaret Kampmeier will perform “Everything is Dark” Ades Performance Space, 7:30 pm

Splinter Reeds at Boston Conservatory’s Houston Hall (Dec. 2, 2022)

Presenting a concert of works by Michael Gordon, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Webb Crawford, György Ligeti, and Sam Pluta. Boston, Massachusetts.

DMA RECITAL: ALEXANDRA SMITHER, Soprano (Nov. 28, 2022)

Alexandra Smither will perform “Thistle” and “serenade”, Elebash Hall, CUNY 6:00 pm.

#be_our_voice (Nov. 28, 2022)

Maria Zwerschke performs “a shared solitary” for alto flute and electronics, Hochschule für Musik Nürnberg, 19:30

IN FOCUS IRAN, HfMT, Forum (Nov. 27, 2022)

Niloufar will join this forum, discussing IFCA, Iranian Female Composers inside Iran and how they have been affected by the “Woman, Life, Freedom” Revolution.

Andrea Clearfield November Zalon (Nov. 20, 2022)

Screening of an Aria from “We the innumerable” Opera

Musicians from the NY Philharmonic at 92NY (Nov. 20, 2022)

“White helmets, as white as death”, NYC

Casual Classics Concert Series (Nov. 7, 2022)

Elisabeth Remy Johnson will perform “Quest” as part of her recital, Marble Hill, Gerogia. More information is available HERE.

University of Northern Iowa (Oct. 27, 2022)

Ashley Killam will perform “My Body, My Choice” as part of her lecture recital, 7:30 pm. Live Stream Link Available HERE

Grand Valley State University (Oct. 27, 2022)

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled”, Allendale Michigan.

University of Texas – Austin, New Music Ensemble (Oct. 24, 2022)

Performance of “America I got to know”

Chamber Music at Bethany (Oct. 23, 2022) 

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled”, Chicago, IL

Semi-Staged workshop for “We the innumerable” (Oct. 21, 2022)

Center for Contemporary Opera presents a semi-staged workshop of the opera “we the innumerable” in full at National Sawdust. Libretto by Lisa Flanagan. For tickets click HERE

Cheswatyr Premiere with International Contemporary Ensemble (Oct. 15, 2022)

Premiere of “C Ce See”, Skirball Center at NYU

Splinter Reeds at the University of the pacific (Sep. 16, 2022)

Splinter reeds performs “Firing Squad” at the University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music, 7:30 pm

Bang on a can summer festival (July. 18, 2022)

Nick Photinos performs “Veiled” at MASS MOCA Contemporary Art Museum, 4:30 pm

The Center for New Music Presents: Rose Hegele & Sarah Cahill (July 16, 2022)

Soprano Rose Hegele performs “the window” for voice and electronics, SF

VCCA Residency (June 28 – July 12, 2022)

Virginia creative center for the arts, Amherst County, Virginia

NYCEMF with Ensemble Decipher (June 26, 2022)

Ensemble Decipher presents Vignette Transfigurations and Toy_3

New Work for Guitar and Violin (June 26th, 2022)

“Because we also are what we have lost” will be premiered by Colin Davin and Kate Dreyfuss, Scholes Studio, Brooklyn, NY

New Work for Guitar and Violin (June 25th, 2022)

“Because we also are what we have lost” will be premiered by Colin Davin and Kate Dreyfuss, Vernon arts center, CT.

BMP Next Generation Finals (June 23 and 24, 2022)

World premiere of “Threshold of Brightness”, a new chamber opera, a tribute to the life of Forugh Farrokhzad, libretto by Lisa Flanagan.

Snow Pond Music Festival (June 20, 2022)

“Firing Squad” at Maine Chamber Music Seminar Final Concert, Alumni Hall

International Low Flutes Festival (June 17th, 2022)

Tessa Brinckman presents A Shared Solitary (2020) by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, an arrangement for alto flute of the original version for violin and MAX patch.

Nief-Norf Summer Festival 2022 (June 9, 2022)

Performance of White Helmets, as white as death

Matt Haimovitz, cello WDR Funkhaus Cologne (June. 1, 2022)

Matt Haimovitz premieres a new work for solo cello “Cyclical Rabbits”, commissioned by The Primavera Project.

D-bü – Wettbewerb (May 27, 2022)

Muriel Razavi performs “Veiled” for Viola and Live Electronics, Trossingen, Germany

Composing New Perspectives – Loadbang Ensemble (May 17, 2022)

The Iranian Female Composers Association and loadbang partner to present works by composers Fojan Gharibnejad, Bahar Royaee, Nasim Khorassani, Kimia Koochakzadeh, Yasaman Ghodsi, Golfam Khayam, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh 7:30 pm, National Opera Center, NYC

The Music She Writes (May 13th, 2022)

a Celebration of Asian Female Composers, “Would the Miracle Ever Come?”

Manchester New Music Festival (May 7, 2022)

Nick Photinos will perform “Veiled” for cello and electronics

the Manchester University campus in North Manchester, Indiana, Wine Recital Hall, 7:00 pm

Emruz Festival (May 1-7, 2022)

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Manhattan, NYC

University of Tennessee Southern (April 28th, 2022)

Pianist Brendan Jacklin performs “She Waltz” for Piano and Violin

Composing New Perspectives – Loadbang Ensemble (April 17, 2022)

The Iranian Female Composers Association and loadbang partner to present works by composers Fojan Gharibnejad, Bahar Royaee, Nasim Khorassani, Kimia Koochakzadeh, Yasaman Ghodsi, Golfam Khayam, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh. 8:00 pm, Tufts University

Sounds Modern Presents REPLAY (April 16, 2022)

“white helmets, as white as death” is presented by Sounds Modern at The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

Composing New Perspectives – Loadbang Ensemble (April 12, 2022)

The Iranian Female Composers Association and loadbang partner to present works by composers Fojan Gharibnejad, Bahar Royaee, Nasim Khorassani, Kimia Koochakzadeh, Yasaman Ghodsi, Golfam Khayam, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh. 7:30 pm, Stony Brook University

Elizabeth Remy Johnson Harp Recital (Mar. 14, 2022)

Elizabeth will perform “Quest” arranged for Solo Harp as part of her recital, St. Catherine’s Episcopal in Marietta, 3 p.m

Shriver Hall Concert Series (Mar. 6, 2022)

Two-time Grammy Award-winning mezzo-soprano Sasha Cooke will perform the world premiere of “the threshold of a cold season” Baltimore, 5:30 pm

Metropolitan Piano Stories (Feb. 26, 2022)

Nourbakhsh performs her own “Fixed HbeaRt” for piano and live electronics, Musica Reginae Productions, Queens, NY. 7:30 pm

Florida State University, Festival of New Music (Feb 5, 2022)

Members of the International Contemporary Ensemble join composer Pamela Z in Florida State University’s celebration of new music. They will perform “Firing Squad” as part of this program. Kuersteiner Music Building, Opperman Music Hall

ANIM Composition Residency (Jan 29, 2022)

New Music USA will premiere the virtual concert presentation of ANIM composition residency pieces by members of Zohra Orchestra, Virtual Youtube Link.

Towards Sound Project (Dec 17 – Jan 9, 2022)

Exhibition of handwritten sketches by IFCA composers, Hilbertraum, Berlin.

Hypercube Ensemble (Dec. 15, 2021)

Hypercube presents works by members of the New York Women Composers collective. New work for Sax and Guitar by Niloufar will be premiered at Renee Weiler Concert Hall, Greenwich House Music School 46 Barrow St, New York, NY 10014

FACE The Music and Imani Winds (Dec. 7, 2021)

Musicians from Kaufman Music Center’s Face the Music teen new music program will perform a new rendition of “remember me”, directed by Aakash Mittal.

Jeremy Huw Williams and Paula Fan in Concert (Nov. 10, 2021)

“An Aria for the Executive Order”, A Facebook Live Broadcast of Baritone Jeremy Huw Williams and pianist Paula Fan. From The Music Hall on the campus of Cal State LA, November 10th, at 7:30 PM

Ensemble Decipher NY State Tour (Nov. 8 – 20, 2021)

Stony Brook University – Nov. 8

Purchase Conservatory – Nov. 9

SUNY Oswego – Nov. 10 – 12

Albany – Nov. 13

Buffalo State University – Nov. 15

SUNY Fredonia – Nov. 17

Roulette, Brooklyn – Nov. 18

Alchemical Studios, Manhattan – Nov. 19

Davies Concert Series (Nov. 7, 2021)

Kimia Hesabi performs “Veiled” for Viola and Electronics, 5 pm

Spark Duo in Brooklyn (Nov. 5, 2021)

Spark Duo presents the world premiere of “Everything is Dark” 8:00 pm, Scholes Street Studio

Towson University, DNMC conference (Nov. 4, 2021)

Kimia Hesabi performs “Veiled” for Viola and Electronics

Sixth & I Historic Synagogue (Nov. 3, 2021)

Pianist Lara Downes presents “Prelude of Preludes” and “Quest” for solo piano, Washington DC, 7:00 pm

IFCA SHOWCASE (Oct. 22/23/24, 2021)

Video feature of “Solitary Confinement Aria” from “we the innumerable” in Berlin, presented by Tehran Contemporary Sounds 2021 Festival.

Aural Architectures (Oct. 16, 2021)

Premiere of “Governing Bodies” for Percussion, Electronics, and Dance, Stony Brook University, Staller Center for the Arts, 7:30 pm

Women’s Chamber Orchestra of Austria (Oct. 3, 2021)

Flaka Goranci performs “The Window” for Voice and fixed media, Volkskundemuseum Wien, 11:30 AM

George Washington University (Oct. 2, 2021)

Kimia Hesabi performs “Veiled” for Viola and Electronics

Dinosaur Annex presents music by Niloufar Nourbakhsh (Oct. 2, 2021)

Amal El-Shrafi performs “An Aria for the Executive Order” and “Darkness of the Womb” 7:30pm at Watertown First Church, Boston

AURA Contemporary Ensemble (Sep 27, 2021)

“White Helmets, as white as death”, Moores Opera House and Virtual Livestream, University of Houston – MORE INFO

Composers Now, Curated by Mari Kimura (Sep 24, 2021)

Short Online Performances by Ensemble Decipher, curated as a segment of Mari Kimura‘s curator event

Women’s Labor Project (Sep. 18, 2021)

Premiere of “Greyscale”, co-composed with Chelsea Loew, scored for 3D printed Irons and Percussion, Governor’s Island, NYC

Splinter Reeds: Back in the room (Aug 22, 2021)

“Firing Squad” performed by Splinter Reeds, Center for New Music, SF – 7:30 For more info please click HERE

New Music Gathering (Aug 17, 2021)

Consensus: Community Sonified, an installation by Ensemble Decipher

New Music for Strings (Aug 12 – 19, 2021)

Concerts with Ensemble Decipher, Denmark

Boulanger Initiative WoCo Fest 2021 (June 5, 2021)

Amanda Gookin of Forward Music Project performs “Veiled” for Cello and Electronics, STRATHMORE TRAWICK TERRACE, MD

Infra Sounds presents: The Sky is Every Wall (June 5, 2021)

Infra Sound performs “white helmets, as white as death”,

Queens NYC 7:30 EDT

Beth Morrison Next Generation Finalists (May 27 2021)

a digital premiere from “we the innumerable”, Scene II: Ashura

Lunch Concert with Bronx Arts Ensemble (May 27, 2021)

BAE performs “America I Got to Know”, arranged by Evelyn Petcher

From the Cosmos to the Soul: A Celebration of Women’s Music (May 19, 2021)

Rose Hegele performs “The Window” 2:30 pm EDT

Sounds Modern/Shirin Neshat exhibition (May 15 2021)

White Helmets, as white as death, curated by Dr. Elizabeth McNutt

Sounds Modern, at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas

RISE (May 8, 2021)

Vocal Music and Poetry Created by Women from Iran and from the Iranian Diaspora Performed by Anne Harley, 6:30 pm

A Multifaceted Career Speaker Series (Apr. 27, 2021)

Niloufar will speak about her career outside of being a composer, involved with Iranian Female Composers Association, Emruz Festival, and Ensemble Decipher at Longy School of Music.

Violin Plus (Apr. 18, 2021)

Violinist Audrey Wright performs “a Shared Solitary” for solo violin and live electronics.

3 pm EST, More info HERE

Empowering Women in Opera (Apr. 17, 2021)

A virtual salon and fundraiser in support of Opera America’s Mentorship Program for Women Administrators, featuring Karen Slack, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, and Anne Midgette

Center for Contemporary Opera, (Apr. 10, 2021)

Behind the Collaboration of “We the innumerable”, a conversation between composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Librettist Lisa Flanagan, Stage Director Harris Doran, Soprano Corrine Byrne, vocalist Golnar Shahyar, and author Nahid Siamdoust. An aria from the opera will also be premiered online, choreographed by Shadi Ghaheri.

Ghost Light Album Release with Akropolis Reed Quintet, (Apr. 9, 2021)

To register for this event please click HERE

Historical look at gender issues in Iran’s music scene (Mar. 6,7,8, 2021)

The Webinar Series “Iranian Womxn in Music” is a research collaboration between (IFCA) Iranian Female Composers Association and Female Voice of Iran curated by ethnomusicologist Yalda Yazdani

Chicago Opera Theater, Inner Workings Series (Jan. 5, 2021)

What are our social responsibilities as artists? Are there subjects that artists should leave to others? How do we ensure that our work creates dialogue rather than alienating our audiences – and how do we work with other sectors to make a difference?

Featuring Derrell Acon, Jamie Barton, Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Moderated by COT Staley Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya

Ellis-Beauregard Foundation Residency (Month of December)

NowNet Arts Conference (Nov. 6, 2020)

Ensemble Decipher performs works by Lainie Fefferman, Yaz Lancaster, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Sam Beebe, and Eric Lemmon. 1 pm EST Livestream on Vimeo

Max Lifchitz Piano Recital (Oct. 30, 2020)

Max Lifchitz performs FIXED HbeaRt as part of NYWC grant recipient at National Opera Center, NYC 4:00 pm. Livestream HERE 

World Harp Day (Oct. 20, 2020)

Elisabeth Remy Johnson performs “Quest” arranged for Harp by Elizabeth herself. Live Stream HERE 

IFCA works for Strings with ICEensemble (Oct. 20, 2020)

The International Contemporary Ensemble presents an evening of exploring string works by members of the Iranian Female Composers Association. Ensemble musicians Josh Modney (violinist), Kyle Armbrust (violist), Wendy Richman (violist), and Michael Nicolas (cellist) will discuss each work with the composers, diving into compositional process and collaboration.

With Rumi, Mandala Arts (Sep. 26, 2020)

At the intersection of spirituality and design, With Rumi explores the expression of words through calligraphy, dance, animation and music. The beloved Sufi poet’s vast writings on love are streamed live in this new multimedia work presented by Chicago based choreographer, Pranita Nayar and Mandala Arts. Click HERE for screening info and tickets.

Elbphilharmonie Hamburg Berling Prize documentaries (August 27)

Muriel Razavi performs “Veiled” for Viola and Live Electronics, 2 pm EST. Watch the screening HERE.

Network Music Festival (Jul. 15, 2020) – virtual premiere

SynthBeats, Stony Brook University’s resident laptop ensemble, performs world premiere works for networked laptop ensemble by Sam Beebe, Niloufar Nourbakhsh and Eric Lemmon.

Boccaccio Project by Library of Congress (Jun. 25, 2020) – virtual premiere

Composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh has been paired with violinist Jannina Norpoth of the PUBLIQuartet to write a new work for violin and electronics, entitled A Shared Solitary. 

Emruz Festival (Jun. 15 – 22, 2020) – postponed

Rattlestick theater, presenting 10 performances and 5 free workshops.

Workshop of “We The Innumerable” (Jun. 9, 2020) – postponed

“We the Innumerable” semi-staged workshop at Opera America, Placido Hall, 7:30 pm.

Long Play Festival, BOC (May. 1-3, 2020) – postponed

National Sawdust Ensemble performs “Aid for Sex” as part of Hildegard Competition Winners Concert.

Women in Music-Columbus (Apr. 5, 2020) – postponed

Presenting “Firing Squad” at Huntington Recital Hall on the campus of Capital University, Columbus, OH at 3:00pm

Female Composers Festival (Mar. 29, 2020) – postponed

Curated by Shiau-uen DING, this festival will feature an hour long composer portrait of Niloufar Nourbakhsh, 8:30 pm 

UNK New Music Festival(Mar. 13-14, 2020) – postponed

Pianist Brendan Jacklin performs HbeaRt as part of The University of Nebraska at Kearney New Music Festival, NE

TENACITY: In spite of all (Mar. 14, 2020) – postponed

Chamber Project St. Louis presents White Helmets, as white as death, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis 7:30pm

University of Massachusetts Lowell (Feb. 27)

Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra (Feb. 21-23, 2020)

KCO performs “Firing Squad” as part of their 6th season, Los Angeles.

Vocal Score Reading of “We The Innumerable” (Feb. 21, 2020)

“We the Innumerable” reading with Brooklyn Opera Works company at Opera America, Private Event. Email Niloufar for more information on attendance.

Random Access Music, “We the people” (Feb. 14, 2020)

Random Access Music celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, extending women’s suffrage across the U.S. Composer/performer collective, RAM has dedicated its season, “We, the Whole People”, to honoring the centenary of the 19th Amendment. Tenri Cultural Center, NYC, 7:00 pm.

Smithsonian Museum, Meyer Auditorium (Feb. 8, 2020)

The intrepid International Contemporary Ensemble performs the music of the Iranian Female Composers Association. This concert will be preceded by a mini-documentary about the composers, DC, 7:30 pm.

Composers’ Now Annual Opening Concert (Jan. 31, 2020)

Featuring music and performances by Lisa Bielawa, Robert Dick,Ilaria Loisa Hawley, Face The Music, Darian Thomas, Noah Becker, and Amanda Gookin who will perform “Veiled” by Niloufar Nourbakhsh, 7:00 pm, Opera America.

Kate Amrine’s CD Release Concert (Jan. 24, 2020)

As part of her release concert, Kate Amrine will perform “My Body, My Choice” for Trumpet and Electronics, Spectrum, NYC.

NYC SongSlam Competition (Jan. 17, 2020)

Premiere of Two vignettes: On loving; The Bird for Piano and Soprano, 7 pm.

Sophia Vastek (Dec. 21 2019)

a performance of “FIXED HbeaRt” at the LINDA, 339 Central Ave, Albany, NY 12206

The Bold City Contemporary Ensemble (Dec. 18, 2019)

a performance of “FIXED HbeaRt” at the CoRK art studios in Jacksonville, FL on December 18th, 7:30 PM

TACTUS (Dec. 9, 2019)

Contemporary Ensemble presents “Logic Run Wild” for String Quartet at Manhattan School of Music, Greenfield Hall, 7:30 pm.

Spark Duo (Sep. 8, 2019)

Kate Amrine premieres “My Body, My Choice”, written for Trumpet and Fixed Media, Spectrum, NYC 3:00 pm.

Nashville Symphony Composer Lab (Sep 3-5, 2019)

World Premiere of Knell, performed by Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Guest Artist Performance (Sep. 5, 2019)

Pianist Brendan Jacklin performs HbeaRt at Middle State Tennessee University

Mostly Mozart Festival (Aug. 5, 2019)

The intrepid International Contemporary Ensemble performs the music of Anahita Abbasi, Aida Shirazi, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh from the Iranian Female Composers Association. This concert will be preceded by a mini-documentary about the composers.

Monday, August 5, 2019 at 7:00 pm Bruno Walter Auditorium

Talis Festival (July 25 – Aug 4, 2019)

New Work for Wind Quintet, Serajevo, Bosnia.

A Voice for the Voiceless: Women (July 28th, 2019)

Los Angeles Premiere of “Darkness of the Womb” written for Soprano Chelsea Hollow, 24 Northam Ave, Newbury Park, CA

A Voice for the Voiceless: Women (July 26th, 2019)

West Coast Premiere of “Darkness of the Womb” written for Soprano Chelsea Hollow, Old First Concerts, San Francisco, CA.

A Voice for the Voiceless: Women (July 23rd, 2019)

World Premiere of “Darkness of the Womb” written for Soprano Chelsea Hollow, Columbia University Teachers College, NYC 7:30 pm

Hildegard Competition Premieres (Jun. 4 2019)

National Sawdust ensemble premieres “Aid for Sex”

Forward Music Project 2.0 (May. 31 2019)

Amanda Gookin performs “Veiled” for Cello and Electronics at the Wallis Center for the Performing Arts, Los Angeles, CA.

State of Emergency: a NYIC benefit concert (May. 27 2019)

Soprano Amal El-Shrafi performs “An Aria for The Executive Order” at Areté Venue and Gallery, NYC.

Random Access Music (May. 17 2019)

RAM performers will present “White helmets as white as death” as part of 8th annual Queens New Music Festival, NYC.

Classical NEXT (May. 16 2019)

Amanda Gookin performs “Veiled” for solo Cello and Electronics as part of ROAM festival, Schouwburgplein, Netherlands.

Emruz Festival (Apr. 28 2019)

Amanda Gookin performs “Veiled” for solo Cello and Electronics as part of IFCA’s solo presentations, 5 pm, Spectrum, NYC

PUBLIQuartet Access Commissions (Apr. 22 2019)

Premiere of “Happiness filled the space of Sadness” written for PUBLIQuartet, National Sawdust, NYC

Another Birth (Apr. 3 2019)

IFCA + HYPERCUBE: Another Birth, Roulette Intermedium NYC

Direct Current Festival (Mar. 30 2019)

IFCA + HYPERCUBE, Presenting three world premieres at Kennedy Center, Washington DC

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Mar.30 2019)

The Nouveau Classical Project presents FIXED HbeaRt alongside a newly commissioned work by 2019 Composer-in-Residence, Jennifer Jolley, Asylum Hill Congregational Church, CT.

Community Music School of Webster University (Mar. 23-24 2019)

The Community Music School of Webster University will welcome Niloufar Nourbakhsh as Guest Composer for their 2018-2019 Young Composers Competition, St. Louis, Missouri

OK Electric (Mar. 22, 2019)

Cellist Amanda Gookin performing works for cello and electronics by women composers on this theme from her “Forward Music Project.”

Forward Music Project (Mar. 20 2019)

Premiere of “Veiled” for Amanda Gookin, National Sawdust, NYC

Mise-en Place Curator Series (Mar. 15, 2019)

New works by Margaret Schedel, Flannery Cunningham, and Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Closing the Gender Gap (Mar. 8, 2019)

Balancing for Better – Higher Education Access for Women in Asia. For this special event, pianist Fay Lee performs HbeaRt for Piano and Electronics, Yale-NUS Performance Hall, Singapore.

Ensemble Connect at Carnegie Hall (Mar. 4, 2019)

The rising talents of Ensemble Connect venture off the stage and into the intimate setting of the Weill Music Room for a rare concert in the round. Drawing inspiration from Carnegie Hall’s citywide festival Migrations: The Making of America, the hourlong performance features works by immigrant composers, including Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s poignant Syria, a Fractal of WE and Tania León’s vibrant Indígena.

Dr. Corrine Byrne Solo Recital (Feb. 26, 2019)

Dr. Byrne performs an Aria from chamber opera “We the Innumerable”, Susquehanna University

Florida State University (Jan. 31 – Feb. 2)

Pianist Yingying Wang performs F I X E D HbeaRt as part of FNM2019

Brooklyn Opera Works (Dec. 21, 2018)

Directed by Lina Tetriani, BOW presents a contemporary Art Song Recital, Brooklyn Music School, NYC

Kaleidoscope Piano Series – ESCAPE (Dec. 1, 2018)

F I X E D HbeaRt by Nourbakhsh alongside piano works of Prokofiev, Scarlatti, Antonin Benda, and Chopin, performed by Inesa Gegprofti and Maria Sumareva

Steinway Piano Gallery, Coral Gables, Florida – 5:00 pm

Guest Artist/Faculty Recital featuring Corrine Byrne (Nov. 13, 2018)

Dr. Byrne performs an Aria from chamber opera “We the Innumerable” Randolph College, Virginia

Electroacoustic Barn Dance (Nov. 8-10 2018)

Afterhours Concert Presentation of  M و  E ر  T ت  R  م O alongside choreographer Marie Zvosec The Department of Music at Jacksonville University, Florida

Auxiliary Transmissions (Oct. 19 2018)

Concert Presentation of  M و  E ر  T ت  R  م O alongside choreographer Marie Zvosec Black Box Theater, Stony Brook Staller Center for the arts. 7:30 pm

Interactive Arts Performance Series (Oct. 15 2018)

SynthBeats performs After Apple Box composed by Dr. Margaret Schedel, Loewe Theatre 35 West 4th Street, New York, NY 10012 8:00 pm

Strange Beautiful Music (Sep. 14, 2018)

Akropolis presents “Firing Squad” at New Music Detroit’s 11th annual contemporary music marathon! Strange Beautiful Music is a marathon concert that runs the gamut of experimental music. Detroit, Michigan.

Artistic Freedom Initiative Festival (Sep. 8 2018)

Opening for Al-Saadi and ElSaffar, the Iranian Female Composers Association (IFCA) has composed a series of contemporary classical pieces inspired by Revolutions & Movements. Dupont Underground – Washington, DC 

Terra Sounds School of Music and Arts (Sep. 8 2018)

Pianist Alisa Kolot performs F I X E D HbeaRt for piano and live electronics, 6:00 pm 924 Waukegan Rd, Glenview, IL

Narloch Piano Studio (Sep. 7 2018)

Pianist Alisa Kolot performs F I X E D HbeaRt for piano and live electronics, 7:30 pm Chicago, IL

Thirty Ears Festival (Aug. 11 2018)

First Winner of EDR Foundation Composition Competition for F I X E D HbeaRt written for Piano and Live Electronics, Chicago, IL

I-Park Foundation Residency 2018 (July 24 – Aug 6)

New Piece for Akropolis Reed Quintet with performances in Connecticut and NYC, August 4th, 7 pm, I-Park Foundation TICKETS , August 6th, 7:30 pm, Roulette Intermedium NYC TICKETS

Scripted: Open Mic (Apr. 20, 2018)

8:00 pm, Mise En Place, Brooklyn, NYC

Women Composers Festival of Hartford                 (Apr. 7, 2018)

Kocham Trio Performs “White Helmets, as white as death” – Hartford, CT

IFCA Launch Concert (Apr. 1, 2018)

4:00 PM, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY.

Synth Nights: Composers Inside Electronics (Mar. 30, 2018)

World Premiere of After | Apple Box composed by Margaret Anne Schedel

8:00 pm, The Kitchen, Manhattan NY

Refugee Orchestra Project (Mar. 4, 2018)

Refugee Orchestra Project under the direction of Lidiya Yankovskaya presents “An Aria for The Executive Order” in collaboration with Soprano Amal El’Shrafi and “White Helmets, as white as death” by the musicians of ROP.

4:00 PM, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY.

String Quartet Smackdown IV (Feb. 10, 2018)

Invoke Quartet will perform String Quartet No.1

7:00 pm, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Austin, Texas – For Tickets Click HERE

Piano Recital/Composer Portrait (Feb. 4, 2018)

3:00 pm Salon at Spectrum, Brooklyn, NYC

NJSO Winter Festival Accent (Jan. 19, 2018)

Host Naomi Lewin and a panel of experts discuss the political climate in Europe that drove so many of the Winter Festival’s composers to come to America.

6:45 pm Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University

Mus Lab international festival of electroacoustic music (Dec 15, 2017)

Mexico Premiere of the official video “Would the miracle ever come?”

7:00 pm “Centro Cultural España en México”, Mexico City, Mexico.

M و E ر T ت R م O (Dec. 9 and 10, 2017)

Music written for dance as part of ongoing collaboration with choreographer Marie Zvosec, 8:00 pm Bessie Schonberg Dance Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College, NY.

Scripted: Open Mic (Dec. 1, 2017)

“Would the Miracle Ever Come?” for Synth, Piano, fixed media, and video.

8:00 pm, Mise En Place, Brooklyn, NYC

​”Our Art, Our Stories–The Voice of Refugee Artists” (Nov. 12, 2017)

Refugee Orchestra Project under the direction of Lidiya Yankovskaya presents “An Aria for The Executive Order” in collaboration with Soprano Amal El’Shrafi.

4:00 PM, National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY.

Aural Architectures: Esther Lamneck and Mara Helmuth (Oct. 25, 2017)

SynthBeats performs Mara Helmuth’s piece for Laptop Orchestra: From Australia, directed by Niloufar Nourbakhsh      

8:00 pm Staller Center for the Arts, Stony Brook University

University of Tennessee Contemporary Music Festival (Oct. 19, 2017)

Kocham Trio presents “White Helmets, as white as death“

8:00 pm, Powell Hall of the Natalie Haslam Music Center

5 NIGHTS, 11 PIANISTS (Oct. 18, 2017)

Metropolis Ensemble Presents PIANO STORYTELLERS

Dislocated: Pianist Erika Dohi presents “HbeaRt” and a new commissioned work  at 6:30 pm, 1 Rivington Street, 2nd Floor NYC

Intersections (Oct. 11, 2017)

“An Aria for The Executive Order” Soprano Sara Paar and pianist Mirna Lekic

Queensborough Community College at 12:30 PM, Queensborough Performing Arts Center, Queens, NYC

Brendan Jacklin’s Recital (Sep. 30, 2017)

Pianist Brendan Jacklin performs “HbeaRt” for Piano and Live Electronics at Western Kentucky University, 8:00 pm

Mise-En Place Bushwick Open Studios (Sep. 24, 2017)

Nilou performs “HbeaRt” for Piano and Live Electronics

678 Hart Street, Brooklyn, NY

WKCR – No–land Bands Live set & Interview (Sep. 17, 2017)

Tune in to Middle Eastern Influences for an exclusive interview and live set of “A Journey to Aleppo”

Peace Day Hawaii (Sep. 16, 2017)

Soprano Rachel Schutz performs “An Aria for The Executive Order” as part of Artists for Social Justice (Hawaii) organization’s performance.

6:00PM, Soka Gakki International Hawai’i Cultural Center, Honolulu HI

Symphony Number One (Aug. 23, 2017)

WP of “America I Got to Know” For Voices Series

• August 23, 2017 | 7:00 PM
• August 25-27 | Schedule TBA
• Mount Vernon Place, West Park, Baltimore, MD

 New Music For Strings (June 22 – July 1, 2017)

Kocham Trio presents “White Helmets, as white as death“

June 24, 6 pm All Souls Episcopal Church in Stony Brook, NY

July 1, 1:30 pm Steen Anderson Masterclass, Stony Brook University

Splice Institute (June 11-17, 2017)

World premiere of a “HbeaRt” for pianist Keith Kirchoff

Western Michigan University, Dalton Center

 

UWC Refugee Initiative Benefit Gala (June 15, 2017)

“Syira, a fractal of WE” 6:00 pm

The International House, Davis Hall & Hall of History, 500 Riverside Dr, NYC

the SPIEL UHR Series (June 4, 2017)

Group Motion Dance Company present Syria, a fractal of WE

Community Education Center Philadelphia, PA, 8:00 pm.

SongSlam – New ART Song Competition (Apr. 25, 2017)

“Serenade” by Soprano Lisa Flanagan

Here Theater, Manhattan, NY, 8:30 – 10:30 pm

Fractals (Apr. 23, 2017)

Group Motion Dance Company present Syria, a fractal of WE

Community Education Center Philadelphia, PA, 8:00 pm.

(Apr. 19, 2017)

Kocham Trio presents “White Helmets, as white as death“

Chapel, Wang Center, SBU, Long Island, 5:00 pm

ShanRong Sabrina Tuo’s violin recital (Apr. 17, 2017)

Kocham Trio presents “White Helmets, as white as death“

Staller Center for the Arts, SBU   Long Island, 1:30 pm

Women Composers Festival of Hartford (Apr. 1, 2017)

Syria, a fractal of WE  – Hartford, CT.

“An Aria for the Executive Order” – World Premiere

SBU’s New Music Concert (Mar. 6, 2017)

Kocham Trio presents the world premiere of “White Helmets: as white as death” 

Staller Center for the Arts, SBU   Long Island, 8:00 pm

Andrea Clearfield Salon Series (Jan. 29, 2017)

Syria, a fractal of WE  – Private Event in Philadelphia, PA.

No-land Bands‘ launch concert (Jan. 15, 2017)

Pianist and Improviser

Spectrum NYC, NY 7:00 pm

Contemporary Chamber Players (Dec. 14, 2016)

Staller Center for the Arts, SBU  , Long Island, NY.

Ni Bruit Ni Vitesse for Piano, Percussion, Electronics by Lukas Foss

SBU’s New Music Concert (Nov. 17, 2016)

Premiere of “e, ee, ree, and I was free”

Staller Center for the Arts, SBU   Long Island, NY 8:00 pm

Manhattan Camerata Concert (Nov.6 2016)

Prayers for the abandoned by Gity Razaz , Piano Trio by Joseph Rubinstein *

353 West 56th street, NY (advanced notice required for attendance) 7:00 pm

Composers Reading with Roomful of Teeth (Oct. 27, 2016)

Reading of “e, ee, ree, and I was free” 

Staller Center for the Arts, SBU 

Ross and Friends (Sep. 30, 2016)

Staller Center for the Arts, SBU

Ni Bruit Ni Vitesse for Piano, Percussion, Electronics by Lukas Foss

Seal Bay Festival, American Chamber Music (14-22 July, 2016)

Composer Fellow

Maine, USA

Seal Bay Festival

Composer’s Voice Concert Series (April 21, 2016)

Featuring various composers from Stony Brook University, Nilou will be performing VIGNETTE for piano composed by Daria Semegen.

Firehouse Space, Brooklyn, NYC 7:30 pm

curated by Joey Bohigian

SBU’s New Music Concert (April 12, 2016)

Premiere of a collection of songs based on Pablo Neruda’s poetry

Soprano: Lisa Flanagan

Staller Center for the arts, Stony Brook University, 8 pm

Calidore String Quartet (April 1, 2016)

World Premiere of “Logic Run Wild”

Recital Hall, Stony Brook University, 5 pm

SBU’s New Music Concert (12 NOV, 2015)

Premiere of “Syria, A Fractal of WE” for Piano, Violin, and Bassoon

Staller Center for the arts, Stony Brook University, 8 pm

FURY (12 NOV, 2015)

“TO THE LIGHTHOUSE”

Fury is the music of contemporary women composers who will not be made silent. Their music will haunt you, entrance you, mystify you, and thrill you. It’s not about being pretty. It’s about being heard. featuring the music of Lesley Flanigan, Jessica Meyer, Jenny Beck, Lauren Buchter, Niloufar Nourbhaksh, Pamela Stein Lynde, Molly Thompson and more.

The National Opera Center 7:30

Banbury new music festival (Aug, 2015)

Featuring a variety of musicians and artists performing new and exciting music

Banbury, Oxford, UK

http://www.k84.org/

 

Piano and Composition Recital (May 8th, 2015)

Nilou will be performing works by Missy Mazzoli, Caroline Shaw, Laura Kaminsky, … as well as present her own chamber music pieces.

Spectrum, NYC

 

Schumann Concerto (Feb, 2015)

Brooklyn Music School

More information to be announced

 

The New Mandolin Project (October 28th, 2014)

New Mandolin piece to be premiered by Joel Michael-Schwartz

Merrick Lecture Hall, Goucher College

www.facebook.com/thenewmandolin

Mehregan Festival of Culture (October 11th, 2014)

Nilou will be accompanying the violinist, Navid Kandelousi, on the piano as well as premiering her solo piano etude.

Lincoln Center Public Library

http://www.iasnewyork.org/2014-mehregan.php

International Strange Music Day (August 24th, 2014)

Performance of Prelude of Preludes by Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Spectrum, 121 Ludlow St., NYC

http://patrickgrant.com/ISMD2014.html

Rhymes with Opera Workshop (Aug 16, 2014)

Premiere of a new piece at New York’s National Opera Center

16th of August, 2014

http://www.rhymeswithopera.org/

 

Goucher College Orchestra (April, 2014)

Piano Soloist: Schumann Concerto in A minor

Premiere of “Lambda of Life’s Frequency” for Orchestra

 April 23rd, 2014, 8:00 pm

Goucher College, Kraushaar Auditoruim

 

Solo Piano Recital (Feb 20, 2014)

Performing works of Scarlatti, Beethoven, Chopin, Prokofiev, and Nourbakhsh

Thursday, February 20, 2014, 8:00 pm

Goucher College, Merrick Lecture Hall

 

Chamber Music Seminar Concert (Dec 2, 2013)

Prokofiev Violin Sonata in D major with violinist Heather Haughn

1. Andante
2. Allegro con brio – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I – Poco meno mosso – Allegro con brio

Andre Caplet Trio: vient! une flûte invisible soupire 

Premiere of “Another Birth” by Goucher College’s Chamber Singers

“Another Birth” is based on a poem by Forough Farrokhzad for Piano, Soprano, Alto, and Baritone

Monday, December 2, 2013, 8:00 pm

Goucher College, Merrick Lecture Hall

Lecture Presentation and Master Classes by Pianist Wayman Chin, Dean of Longy School of Music (Nov 24-25, 2013)

Beethoven Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor op.111 

1. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato

Prokofiev Violin Sonata in D major with violinist Heather Haughn

1. Andante
2. Allegro con brio – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I – Poco meno mosso – Allegro con brio

Sunday, November 24, 2013, 7:30 p.m., master class I

Monday, November 25, 2013, 7:00 p.m., lecture presentation and master classII

Goucher College, Merrick Lecture Hall