Jazz Articles about Nistha Raj

Nistha Raj: Exit 1

by Chris M. Slawecki
May 23, 2014

Composer and violin player Nistha Raj has studied Hindustani (North Indian) and Western classical music for most of her life. She was raised in Texas and graduated with honors from music studies at the University of Houston, and then studied music for three years in India through a scholarship with the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. “This album is the first stop on my musical journey," she says of her Exit 1 debut. “That's why I called it Exit 1. ...