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.
Live at the Gallery – Françoise Vanhecke (Oct. 7, 2023)
Françoise Vanhecke performs “the window” for voice and electronics, Antwerp, Belgium
“The Voice of Casals” – Cello-Solo Recital (Jul.1, 2023)
Roger Morelló Ros performs “Cyclical Rabbits” as part of his cello solo recital
New Music Gathering (Jun. 22 – 24)
Performances with Ensemble Decipher
Divergent Studio, Longy Conservatory (Jun. 15-21, 2023)
Guest Composer, Premiere of a new work written for Loadbang Ensemble
Ojai Festival: THE WILLOWS ARE NEW (Jun. 10, 2023)
Karen Ouzounian will perform “veiled” for cello and live electronics
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.
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.
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 Solo Dancer, 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
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
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
- Andante
- 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 BaritoneMonday, 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
- Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
Prokofiev Violin Sonata in D major with violinist Heather Haughn
- Andante
- 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
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