PUBLIQuartet Access Commissions (Apr. 22 2019)
New work for PUBLIQuartet, National Sawdust, NYC
Forward Music Project (Mar. 20 2019)
New work for Amanda Gookin, National Sawdust, NYC
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
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
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
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
