Niloufar Nourbakhsh
(she/her)

Teaching Artist at Brooklyn Music School
Composer
New York, USA
String Quartet Smackdown 2018

Described as “stark” by WNPR and “darkly lyrical” by the New York Times, a winner of the Second International Hildegard competition and a 2019 recipient of OPERA America’s Discovery Grant, Niloufar Nourbakhsh’s music has been performed at numerous festivals and venues including Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the Kennedy Center.

A founding member and co-director of the Iranian Female Composers Association, Nourbakhsh is a strong advocate of music education and equal opportunities. She is currently a Teaching Artist at Brooklyn Music School, while finishing her doctorate at Stony Brook University.