Niloufar Nourbakhsh: Composing Heroism, Reimagining Technology and Championing Iranian Female Composers

Jennifer Williams interviews composer, pianist and educator Niloufar Nourbakhsh – winner of the 2nd Hildegard Competition, recipient of a 2019 Female Discovery Grant from OPERA America, and a founding member and co-director of the Iranian Female Composers Association. We discuss the unwilling hero in her new work, “We the Innumerable;” her new perspectives on the future of technology in music; current developments in Iran’s opera scene; and her vision for the future of the Iranian Female Composers Association.