Nina Shekhar is a composer who explores the intersection of identity, vulnerability, love, and laughter to create bold and intensely personal works. Described as “tart and compelling” (New York Times), “vivid” (Washington Post), and “surprises and delights aplenty” (LA Times), her music has been commissioned and performed by leading artists from Eighth Blackbird to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and has been featured by Carnegie Hall, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Library of Congress.
When asked about what inspired her "Old You" remix, Shekhar answered: "I was trying to make it an eerie, slightly angry kind of nostalgia...It's playing this sort of this manipulation sort of thing, and how that affects our memory and who we are now versus who we were earlier. I think even the way that I broke apart the song a little bit in picking this one section, this one little clip, I kept reiterating that, 'Can't we just get together.' I also love how open-ended it is. It could be so many different kinds of relationships that apply with this, so I think it invites the listener in this really special way."
