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Nistha Raj (Uncredited)

Nistha Raj

Currently working on her debut album, with generous support by the Sparkplug Foundation, Nistha Raj transports to international audiences a rare, evocative and soothing sound of classical North Indian (Hindustani) music on the 5-string acoustic violin.  In 2005, Nistha was solely awarded a scholarship from the Indian Council for Cultural Relations to undergo rigorous, intensive formal training in Hindustani violin at the Gandharva Maha Vidyalaya in New Delhi, India.  A distinguished performer and teacher of Hindustani classical and Western classical violin in the Washington, DC community, Nistha pursues new horizons through a melding of tradition with contemporary innovation.  She performs regularly with the Jazz trio The Fourth Stream, collaborates with the Indian Embassy and has recorded on DC rock band NRI's album. Nistha is a recipient of multiple grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, including the 2012 Artist Fellowship.

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Christylez Bacon, Nistha Raj, and Wytold 2/18/13: Christylez Bacon, Nistha Raj, and Wytold

The trio fuses traditional elements of hip hop such as human beat-box, rhyming, and storytelling with Indian classical and Post-Western classical music.

Christylez Bacon, Nistha Raj, and Wytold

The trio fuses traditional elements of hip hop such as human beat-box, rhyming, and storytelling with Indian classical and Post-Western classical music.

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