LA Times: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
"The dance company Blue13, which blends contemporary and traditional forms to challenge perceptions of South Asian American women, is back at the outdoor venue with a one-night-only performance inspired by the Doomsday Clock‘s countdown to global catastrophe. The program, choreographed by Achinta S. McDaniel and with original music by Reena Esmail and Nina Shekhar, features three movements that jump through different eras in global history through the lens of immigrant Americans and third-generation people."
OperaWire review: Young Concert Artists 62nd Annual Gala
"Nina Shekhar's 'Light Up' from her composition 'Postcards' opened with a lively hammering of a single note, underscored by a growing idea of running tones and chords, until these elements seemed to powerfully crash and join together. Wang dexterously plumbed through the registers to the very heights of the keyboard, before unfurling all this sound back down through swift and elegant runs to return to the bolstered initial material and its exuberant conclusion."
Featured Interview: Nina Shekhar
Galactic String Theory
"Nina Shekhar's 'if these walls' was amusing, unexpected, inventive, and intricate."
SFCV review: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Finale
"A lovely dreamscape, 'GLITTER MONSTER' is a piece well worth hearing again."
A Performance Worthy of a Michelin Star
"The rhythmically workshopped piece 'GLITTER MONSTER' is imaginative and risk-taking, a free-roaming trip through Shekhar’s consciousness, juxtaposed between a dream-like sound. The audience swooned over the sensual and spiritual aspects of the work."
New York Times Style Feature: "Jon Bon Jovi Hits the Town, and Gustavo Dudamel Takes the Stage"
What Does California Sound Like?
"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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a Mix of Beethoven, Mahler and Nina Shekhar
"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."
Composer Nina Shekhar Finds Her People
"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."
CSO review: "Lucid and luminous, Shekhar's soundworld is one to bask in"
"Shekhar is one of those rare composers who opens my ears a little wider each time I hear her music."
Overcoming My Fears
Exploring narrative with composer Nina Shekhar
Featured Mention: Lina González-Granados Steps Onto the Podium in Los Angeles
Kaleidoscope’s paired-down program of young composers, old and new
Go Blue: Wolverine New Music’ Features U-M Composers at National Sawdust
Eighth Blackbird Presents ice ‘n’ SPICE Review: Pure and Precise”
Tenor Daniel McGrew’s love of song was on full display in his Young Concert Artists New York debut
Review: Violist Teng Li; Joshua Bell with the LA Phil at Hollywood Bowl
Eighth Blackbird and Pamela Z Looking At (and Appreciating) Each Other
Ray-Kallay Duo @ Monk Space
Concert Review: JACK Quartet
L.A. Phil’s Noon to Midnight Was a Marathon Treasure Hunt
Twelve Works premiered in ‘Carols After a Plague’ concert from The Crossing choir
Daniel McGrew Causes a Stir in Auspicious Debut Recital
Sun in January: Nathalie Joachim and Pamela Z Bring Warmth Into 2022
Why ‘Noon to Midnight’ is the new-music bargain that’s hard to beat
Eighth Blackbird exhibits 8 colorful sketches in modern music at National Gallery
Conductor Lina González-Granados makes a big splash in the big outdoors in her Bowl debut
“Young Concert Artists Is Back, With a Superb Pianist”
Best Classical Music of 2021
Soundweavers Podcast Interview
KOPN Radio Interview
KPFK Radio Interview:
Featuring music by Nina Shekhar and performances by Brightwork new music
KUSC Arts Alive Feature: Nina Shekhar and the Young Musicians Foundation
Live at WFMT: Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab
WNYC New Sounds: #4147
This Princeton Composer
Voyage LA
"LA’s Hidden Gems series: Local Creatives You Should Know”
I care if you listen
Listn up
UNEVEN MEASURES series (commissioned by American Composers Forum and I Care if You Listen), dedicated to advancing intersectional gender equity
I care if you listen
New Artist of the Month
Asians Are Represented in Classical Music
Exploring narrative with composer Nina Shekhar
LA Times
LA Times: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
"The dance company Blue13, which blends contemporary and traditional forms to challenge perceptions of South Asian American women, is back at the outdoor venue with a one-night-only performance inspired by the Doomsday Clock‘s countdown to global catastrophe. The program, choreographed by Achinta S. McDaniel and with original music by Reena Esmail and Nina Shekhar, features three movements that jump through different eras in global history through the lens of immigrant Americans and third-generation people."
Local News Pasadena
A Performance Worthy of a Michelin Star
"The rhythmically workshopped piece 'GLITTER MONSTER' is imaginative and risk-taking, a free-roaming trip through Shekhar’s consciousness, juxtaposed between a dream-like sound. The audience swooned over the sensual and spiritual aspects of the work."
The New Yorker
What Does California Sound Like?
"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."
WTTW (PBS Chicago)
The Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a Mix of Beethoven, Mahler and Nina Shekhar
"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."
OperaWire
OperaWire review: Young Concert Artists 62nd Annual Gala
"Nina Shekhar's 'Light Up' from her composition 'Postcards' opened with a lively hammering of a single note, underscored by a growing idea of running tones and chords, until these elements seemed to powerfully crash and join together. Wang dexterously plumbed through the registers to the very heights of the keyboard, before unfurling all this sound back down through swift and elegant runs to return to the bolstered initial material and its exuberant conclusion."
LA Times: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
"The dance company Blue13, which blends contemporary and traditional forms to challenge perceptions of South Asian American women, is back at the outdoor venue with a one-night-only performance inspired by the Doomsday Clock‘s countdown to global catastrophe. The program, choreographed by Achinta S. McDaniel and with original music by Reena Esmail and Nina Shekhar, features three movements that jump through different eras in global history through the lens of immigrant Americans and third-generation people."
New York Times Style Feature: "Jon Bon Jovi Hits the Town, and Gustavo Dudamel Takes the Stage"
Composer Nina Shekhar Finds Her People
"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."
This Princeton Composer
Voyage LA
"LA’s Hidden Gems series: Local Creatives You Should Know”
I care if you listen
Listn up
UNEVEN MEASURES series (commissioned by American Composers Forum and I Care if You Listen), dedicated to advancing intersectional gender equity
I care if you listen
New Artist of the Month
Asians Are Represented in Classical Music
LA Times
LA Times: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
Doomsday Clock dance and Sara Bareilles’ beloved musical: The best of L.A. arts this weekend
"The dance company Blue13, which blends contemporary and traditional forms to challenge perceptions of South Asian American women, is back at the outdoor venue with a one-night-only performance inspired by the Doomsday Clock‘s countdown to global catastrophe. The program, choreographed by Achinta S. McDaniel and with original music by Reena Esmail and Nina Shekhar, features three movements that jump through different eras in global history through the lens of immigrant Americans and third-generation people."
San Francisco Classical Voice
Composer Nina Shekhar Finds Her People
Composer Nina Shekhar Finds Her People
"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."
Featured Interview: Nina Shekhar
Soundweavers Podcast Interview
KOPN Radio Interview
KPFK Radio Interview:
Featuring music by Nina Shekhar and performances by Brightwork new music
KUSC Arts Alive Feature: Nina Shekhar and the Young Musicians Foundation
Live at WFMT: Eighth Blackbird Creative Lab
WNYC New Sounds: #4147
OperaWire review: Young Concert Artists 62nd Annual Gala
"Nina Shekhar's 'Light Up' from her composition 'Postcards' opened with a lively hammering of a single note, underscored by a growing idea of running tones and chords, until these elements seemed to powerfully crash and join together. Wang dexterously plumbed through the registers to the very heights of the keyboard, before unfurling all this sound back down through swift and elegant runs to return to the bolstered initial material and its exuberant conclusion."
Galactic String Theory
"Nina Shekhar's 'if these walls' was amusing, unexpected, inventive, and intricate."
SFCV review: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Finale
"A lovely dreamscape, 'GLITTER MONSTER' is a piece well worth hearing again."
A Performance Worthy of a Michelin Star
"The rhythmically workshopped piece 'GLITTER MONSTER' is imaginative and risk-taking, a free-roaming trip through Shekhar’s consciousness, juxtaposed between a dream-like sound. The audience swooned over the sensual and spiritual aspects of the work."
What Does California Sound Like?
"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 Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a Mix of Beethoven, Mahler and Nina Shekhar
"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."
CSO review: "Lucid and luminous, Shekhar's soundworld is one to bask in"
"Shekhar is one of those rare composers who opens my ears a little wider each time I hear her music."