ABOUT
Nahre Sol performs, composes and teaches an eclectic mixture of music that draws from aspects of improvisation, the avant-garde, traditional Western forms and harmony, jazz, and minimalism. She runs a notable series of videos on Youtube that distill her distinct perspective as a classically-trained pianist with an insatiable appetite for new ideas about music theory, harmony, practicing, and composition. She has gained notoriety and over 650,000 subscribers through her videos breaking down the stylistic elements of great classical composers and documentaries that share excursions into various genres she explores.
She holds degrees from The Juilliard School and The Glenn Gould School of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. As a soloist and chamber musician, she has performed at venues across North America and Europe, including The Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Gusman Theatre in Miami, in addition to numerous spaces in Canada, France, Holland, Italy, Poland, and Germany. In 2013 she was a recipient of the Harriet Hale Woolley Grant, which enabled her to study in Paris under Gabriel Tacchino and Narcis Bonet, pupils of Francis Poulenc and Nadia Boulanger.
Nahre's music has been premiered in New York City, Buenos Aires, Paris, in Hamburg at the Elbphilharmonie, and Toronto by artists and groups such as the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra, Raleigh Civic Symphony, Happenstance Ensemble, 97 Ensemble, Ema Nikolovska, Kunal Lahiry, Victoria Sparks, Michael Hey, Julian Martin, Han Chen, and Jeremy Smith. She has given performances, masterclasses, and talks at institutions such as the Carnegie Mellon University, Boston University, M.I.T., Syracuse University, University of Costa Rica, among others.
In 2019-2020, she was the co-host of Sound Field, a music channel by PBS Digital Studios alongside drummer L.A. Buckner. She has also contributed to video games such as Rayarkโs DEEMO II and contributed to the soundtrack of the film Boss Baby II alongside Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro.
My album โAlice in Wonderland,โ (released in 2020) features a mix of compositions for solo piano, synthesizers, and prepared piano. The music draws inspiration from minimalism, jazz, and French music from the 20th century.
The title comes from my childhood name, โAlice,โ which I used throughout my school days. Much of the music was written while reliving some of the playful daydreams I had as a child.
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