Nadia Sirota
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Nadia Sirota is a violist, conductor, and Peabody Award-winning producer and broadcaster. She is known for her “tenaciously good ear and her ability to throw herself bodily into the landscapes that composers bring to her.” (Pitchfork) In all branches of her artistic life, she aims to open classical music up to a broader audience. As a soloist, Nadia has performed with acclaimed orchestras around the world, and released four albums of commissioned music. She is a member of the chamber sextet yMusic, and has lent her signature sound to a dizzying array of projects, appearing on albums and concert stages with such popular artists as The National, David Bowie, Björk, Paul Simon, Ben Folds and Anohni. Nadia received a Peabody Award for her podcast Meet the Composer, which she cocreated, co-produced, and hosted. She currently serves as creative associate at The Juilliard School and as artist-in-residence at UCLA’s Center for the Art of Performance. Nadia is a member of Bedroom Community, a collective of musically diverse artists who work and collaborate at Reykjavik’s Greenhouse Studios.
