Composer and Longy School of Music Instructor Niloufar Nourbakhsh Interviewed in San Francisco Classical Voice
Composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh. Photo courtesy Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, who teaches theory and composition at Bard College’s Longy School of Music, was interviewed by the San Francisco Classical Voice. The interview took place before the premiere of Nourbakhsh’s new production The Innocence of Life, a 20-minute piece commissioned by the ensemble Camerata Pacifica. Nourbakhsh describes the piece as a cycle through loss, death, and rebirth, inspired by the passing of her mother and the birth of her daughter. “I became a mom six months ago, and that has radically shifted my ideas about life in many ways,” said Nourbakhsh, “so the third movement is the act of birth [that] made me understand how privileged I am to give birth in security.”
Nourbakhsh is a founder of the Iranian Female Composers Association, and winner of the 2022 Beth Morrison Projects Next Generation competition as well as a 2023 Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant. The Innocence of Life premiered from November 8 to 13 at four Los Angeles venues.
The Longy School of Music of Bard College is a degree-granting Conservatory and school of Preparatory and Continuing Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Longy provides a distinguished faculty that promotes profound musical understanding and technical mastery, encourages growth of imagination, and fosters inquiry about the role of the musician in the larger world.
Post Date: 11-11-2026
Nourbakhsh is a founder of the Iranian Female Composers Association, and winner of the 2022 Beth Morrison Projects Next Generation competition as well as a 2023 Chamber Music America Commissioning Grant. The Innocence of Life premiered from November 8 to 13 at four Los Angeles venues.
The Longy School of Music of Bard College is a degree-granting Conservatory and school of Preparatory and Continuing Studies in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Longy provides a distinguished faculty that promotes profound musical understanding and technical mastery, encourages growth of imagination, and fosters inquiry about the role of the musician in the larger world.
Post Date: 11-11-2026