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Nistha Raj
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United States
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December 2023 #33 - Top 40 for Indian & South Asian Influence Bhairavi Beatbox Featuring Christylez Bacon (track)
November 2023 #34 - Top 40 for Indian & South Asian Influence Ajde Jano Featuring Duff Davis & Debu Nayak (track)
November 2023 #35 - Top 40 for Indian & South Asian Influence The River (Kalavati) Featuring Rangashree Varadarajan, Ajay Ravichandran, & Behzad Habibzai (track)
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ABOUT
Nistha Raj transports international audiences to the rare, evocative, and soothing sound of classical North Indian (Hindustani) music on the 5-string violin. Regarded as "stunningly skilled in Western and Eastern classical music" by the Washington City Paper, Nistha Raj is emerging as a fresh voice in creative and world music. Her self-released debut album, "Exit 1," has been described as "edgy, innovative, and clearly awe-inspiring... Indian fusion at its best" (Inside World Music). A versatile musician, Nistha pursues new horizons by melding tradition with contemporary innovation - lending her talents to the Jazz trio The Fourth Stream, collaborations with hip-hop artist Christylez Bacon and six-string electric cellist Wytold, and recording on rock band NRI's album. In 2005, after being selected as the only American to receive a scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Nistha completed two years of intensive formal training in Hindustani music at the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya in New Delhi, India. Since 2009, she has been receiving training from Kolkata-based Sarode player Prattyush Banerjee. A distinguished performer and teacher in the Washington, DC community, Nistha has performed at the United Nations, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Indian Embassy in Washington, DC. Nistha is a recipient of multiple grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, including the 2012 Artist Fellowship. For more information, please visit: www.nistharaj.com
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