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Composer of the Month March 2025: Niloufar Nourbakhsh

Niloufar NourbakhshIranian-American composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh is a founding member and co-director of the Iranian Female Composers Association. Niloufar is a strong advocate of music education and equal opportunities. Her music has been commissioned and performed by ensembles including the Kronos Quartet, L’Orchestre de Paris, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Nashville Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic musicians, Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Library of Congress, National Sawdust, International Contemporary Ensemble, Loadbang Ensemble, I-Park Foundation, Camerata Pacifica, Shriver Hall Series, Center for Contemporary Opera, New Music USA, Women Composers Festival of Hartford, PUBLIQuartet, Forward Music Project, Calidore String Quartet, Cassatt String Quartet, Akropolis Reed Quintet, and Ensemble Connect at numerous festivals and venues including Carnegie Hall, Washington Kennedy Center, Mostly Mozart Festival, BBC Proms, Ojai Festival, Seal Bay Festival of American Chamber Music, and many more. She received a Ph.D. in music composition from Stony Brook University and currently teaches theory and composition at Longy School of Music of Bard College and Berklee College of Music. Niloufar also regularly performs with her ensemble, Decipher. Her works are published by Oxingale Music and Akropolis.

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