"Piano Spheres and Hear Now both featured the gifted young composer Nina Shekhar, who grew up in Detroit and studied at the University of Southern California. Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay, the mainstays of Piano Spheres, played Shekhar’s “hush,” for microtonal keyboards. At Hear Now’s concert, the Lyris Quartet offered her “rockabye-bye.” Both pieces breathe an atmosphere of nervous trance, blending sweetness and strangeness, simple chords and instrumental noises."
"The show opened with a brief but evocative rendering of Nina Shekhar’s seductive, wonderfully mood-setting 'Lumina,' a mesmerizing 11-minute piece inspired by both Hindustani ragas and an exploration of the shift between light and shadows."
"We’re starting to see more musicians, like Shekhar, reaching for greater freedom via growth and not forgetting that part of that work is bringing others with them."
"Shekhar is one of those rare composers who opens my ears a little wider each time I hear her music."
Featuring music by Nina Shekhar and performances by Brightwork new music
"LA’s Hidden Gems series: Local Creatives You Should Know”
UNEVEN MEASURES series (commissioned by American Composers Forum and I Care if You Listen), dedicated to advancing intersectional gender equity
"We’re starting to see more musicians, like Shekhar, reaching for greater freedom via growth and not forgetting that part of that work is bringing others with them."
"LA’s Hidden Gems series: Local Creatives You Should Know”
UNEVEN MEASURES series (commissioned by American Composers Forum and I Care if You Listen), dedicated to advancing intersectional gender equity
Featuring music by Nina Shekhar and performances by Brightwork new music
"Piano Spheres and Hear Now both featured the gifted young composer Nina Shekhar, who grew up in Detroit and studied at the University of Southern California. Vicki Ray and Aron Kallay, the mainstays of Piano Spheres, played Shekhar’s “hush,” for microtonal keyboards. At Hear Now’s concert, the Lyris Quartet offered her “rockabye-bye.” Both pieces breathe an atmosphere of nervous trance, blending sweetness and strangeness, simple chords and instrumental noises."
"The show opened with a brief but evocative rendering of Nina Shekhar’s seductive, wonderfully mood-setting 'Lumina,' a mesmerizing 11-minute piece inspired by both Hindustani ragas and an exploration of the shift between light and shadows."
"Shekhar is one of those rare composers who opens my ears a little wider each time I hear her music."