Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival (June. 2021)

World premiere of a new piece written for F-plus

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. 

Max Lifchitz Piano Recital (Jun. 22, 2020) – Postponed to October 4th

Max Lifchitz performs FIXED HbeaRt as part of NYWC grant recipient at National Opera Center, NYC 8:00 pm

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