EDUCATION
ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE THE HAGUE: BACHELOR OF MUSIC
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2019 – 2023
• Main-subject: Composition
• Graduated with distinction
ROYAL CONSERVATOIRE THE HAGUE: MASTER OF MUSIC
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2023 – 2025
• Main-subject: Sonology
• Graduated with distinction
• Awarded the Konrad Boehmer prize: for an outstanding and original final presentation, which includes his artistic work and written thesis.
WORK Experience
KATHMANDU JAZZ CONSERVATORY: TEACHER/COORDINATOR
KATHMANDU, NEPAL
2016 – 2019
• Piano teacher
• Composition teacher
• Music theory and ear-training teacher
• Academic coordinator
ENTREPRENEUR: NIRANTAR YAKTHUMBA
COMPOSER/PERFORMER
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2023 – PRESENT
- The Hague International Sound Art Festival, 02/11/2023, Het Nationale Theater, The Hague:
Harmonium performance
premiere of a new work EVIL GAZE by Danya Pilchen - Echonance Festival #2 In a Landscape, 03/02/2024, Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam:
Harmonium performance
Performance of Occam Ocean by Èliane Radigue, and Looking for Daniel by Phill Niblock, with the Paris-based ensemble ONCEIM - बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhī) {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0}, 03/2024:
Composition
Commission for a new composition for baroque flute and electronics; commissioned by Eduardo Gaspar Polo Baader - Resonances, 04/2024, Maranathakerk/Grand Café Utopie/De Twee Pauwen, The Hague:
Live-electronics performance
Premiere of my new work बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhī) {xⁿ: x³¹ – 2 = 0}, performed by Eduardo G.P. Baader (baroque flute) and me (live-electronics) - Source-Connect 04/2024, Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam:
Product testing - Sonic Geometry, 04/2024 – 06/2024, Studio LOOS, The Hague:
Artistic research, composition
Artistic research residency: development and recording of my work छिन्नमस्ता (Chinnamastā {Πpk±n: pk ∈ ℙ and pk ≤ 31} with Joel Gester Suárez and Gregor Connelly, with the support of Gemeente Den Haag - 5 jaar Makersregeling, 31/05/2024, Amare, The Hague:
Harmonium performance
Performance of EVIL GAZE by Danya Pilchen - After Hours, 06/09/2024, Museum Beelden aan Zee, The Hague:
Live-electronics performance
Performance of an abridged version of my work छिन्नमस्ता (Chinnamastā {Πpk±n: pk ∈ ℙ and pk ≤ 31} with Joel Gester Suárez and Gregor Connelly - Crawlspace, 25/10/2024, Crawlspace, The Hague:
Harmonium performance
Premiere of my new work कमला (Kamalā) {p/q: 32, 33, 36, 39, 40, 42, 44, 48, 52, 54, 56, 60} for harmonium and electronics - Among Echoes, 16/12/2024, Splendor, Amsterdam:
Composition
Premiere of my new work बगलामुखी (Bagalāmukhī) {xⁿ: x⁴ – 5 = 0} for voice and clavichord, performed by Kristia Michael and Alex Mastichiadis - Kalponik Rekha, 27/02/2025, Worm, Rotterdam:
Harmonium performance
Premiere of my new work कमला (Kamalā) {p/q: 2376, 2592, 2673, 2816, 2904, 3168, 3456, 3564, 3827, 3888, 4224, 4356} for harmonium and electronics
KALI ENSEMBLE: PERFORMER/COMPOSER/ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
2021 – PRESENT
- Sangita, 11/2021, Studio LOOS, The Hague
Project management, composition, piano performance
Artistic residency and performance, development and premieres of new works by Myrtó Nizami, Danya Pilchen, Cristiano Melli, and myself. With the support of Gemeente Den Haag. - Lange Nacht der Neuen Musik, 20/05/2022, Robert Schumann Hochschule, Düsseldorf
Composition, piano performance
Première of my piece मातङ्गी (Mātangī) {a + b√2} for violin, cello, and electronics, premieres of new works by composition students of RSH, Myrtó Nizami, Danya Pilchen; as well as performances of several works by well-known composers - Lines, 29-09-2022, Studio LOOS, The Hague
Piano performance
Concert featuring my work, along with works by Myrtó Nizami and Danya Pilchen - SONGS OF DESPAIR, RAGE, AND HOPE, 03/2023, Studio Loos, The Hague
Artistic research, piano performance
Artistic research residency: development and premiere of a new work by Danya Pilchen, with the support of Gemeente Den Haag. - BOUNDARIES, 05/2023, Studio Loos, The Hague:
Artistic research, piano performance
Artistic research residency: development and premiere of a new work by Danya Pilchen, with the support of Gemeente Den Haag. - Purnima, 03/06/2023, Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam:
Composition, instrument building, percussion performance
Première of my piece भैरवी Bhairavī {3ⁿ} for voice, clarinet, cello, retuned piano, 12 tuned metal staves, hyper-organ, and electronics; commissioned by Het Orgelpark. I cut and tuned the metal staves at the KABK metal workshop. - a history of the domino problem, 11/2023, Berlin:
Project management, creative coding, harmonium performance
Premiere of a history of the domino problem by Michael Winter at Humboldt University (22-11-2023) and KM28 (23-11-2023), Berlin. I worked extensively with Michael on setting his open-score for the ensemble, I helped him design and test a computer program for the ensemble to rehearse and perform this piece, and I designed and coded the synths played live on keyboard by Joel Gester Suárez. - BOUNDARIES, 03/12/2023, Studio Loos, The Hague:
Piano performance
Performance of BOUNDARIES by Danya Pilchen - BOUNDARIES, 25/02/2024, Splendor, Amsterdam:
Piano performance
Performance of BOUNDARIES by Danya Pilchen - Ample Space Between, 08/2024, Trixie, The Hague:
Creative coding
I designed and coded a computer program to activate the resonances of a set of glass vessels in various sequences for a new installation by Danya Pilchen - Paper Braids, 07/12/2024, Het Orgelpark, Amsterdam:
Creative coding, organ performance
Premiere of a new work by Danya Pilchen. I designed and coded a computer program to allow the musicians of the Kali Ensemble to ‘interact’ with the hyper-organs of the Orgelpark with their own sound - for kali, 09/2024 – 04/2025, Studio LOOS, The Hague:
Piano performance
Artistic residency, development and recording of a new work by Lucie Nezri
REWIRE FESTIVAL: VOLUNTEER
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS
04/2023
Three-day long volunteer work to build up and tune ‘The Long String Instrument’, a string instrument by composer/performer Ellen Fullman, for her performance in the Rewire Festival 2023.
Nirantar Yakthumba 