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Composer of the Month May 2025: Kamala Sankaram

Kamala SankaramComposer Kamala Sankaram moves freely between the worlds of experimental music and contemporary opera. Recent commissions include works for the Glimmerglass Festival (where she was the 2022 Composer-in-Residence), Washington National Opera, the PROTOTYPE Festival, and Creative Time, among others. As a biracial Indian-American and trained sitarist, Kamala has also drawn on Indian classical music in many of her works, including 'Thumbprint', 'A Rose', 'Monkey and Francine in the City of Tigers', and 'The Jungle Book'. Select awards, grants and residencies include: Composer-in-Residence at the Kaufman Music Center, Jonathan Larson Award, NEA ArtWorks, MAP Fund, Opera America, HEREArtist Residency Program, the MacDowell Colony, and the Watermill Center. An accomplished performer, Kamala’s collaborations include Anthony Braxton’s 'Trillium E, Trillium J', and 'GTM (Syntax)' 2017; Meredith Monk’s 'Atlas' with the LA Philharmonic, The Wooster Group’s 'LA DIDONE' (Kaaitheater, Brussels, Edinburgh International Festival, Rotterdam Schouberg, Grand Théâtre de la Ville, Luxembourg, St. Anne’s Warehouse, NY, REDCAT, Los Angeles), and the PROTOTYPE Festival’s THUMBPRINT (Baruch Performing Arts, NY, REDCAT, Los Angeles), among others. Dr. Sankaram holds a PhD from the New School and is currently a member of the composition faculties at the Mannes College of Music and SUNY Purchase. Her music is published by Just a Theory Press.

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Listen to 'Chukar Song' from Thumbprint - Chamber Opera in One Act


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