05/03/2026
Negar Gharibi (MM '26)!!!
Negar Gharibi was accepted to the SPLICE Institute 2026. During this week long festival, she will participate in workshops and concerts focused on new music, electronics, and emerging technologies. She is also collaborating with a pianist on a new work for amplified piano and electronics, which will be premiered at the festival.
About Negar:
Negar Gharibi is a composer whose work explores texture, color, and the emotional traces left behind by lived experience. She draws on the rhythmic and timbral nuances of Iranian musical practice and experiments with acoustic and electronic media. Her music has been performed globally by artists and ensembles, including the Penn State Percussion Ensemble, Ensemble Metis (Mario Caroli and Martyna Kosecka) at the Nice International Music Festival in France, and the Mivos Quartet at the MDW University in Vienna. She is currently pursuing the Master’s degree in Music Composition and Theory at Penn State University where she studies with Baljinder Sekhon and Paul Coleman. Beginning fall 2026, she will be pursuing the DMA in Music Composition at Cornell University.
