Nikka Gershman

Nikka Gershman (born 12 December 2007) is a flute soloist and composer. Gershman has performed in concert halls including the Wiener Konzerthaus, Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Beethoven House, and Carnegie Hall.[1] She was a guest performer on NPR's From the Top,[2] New York's Classical Music Radio Station WQXR-FM,[3] and The Violin Channel.[4] Gershman was recognized as a "Rising Star" by New York's "Our Town" journal,[5] the 2024 "Emerging Artist of the Year" by The Flute Almanac global journal,[6] and hailed as a "Magic Flutist" by amNY.[7] She was the featured artist on the cover of The Flute View.[8] Gershman made history as the youngest-ever Haynes Young Artist by the oldest flute manufacturer in America.[9] She has been described by Rodney Punt, musicologist and contributor to Huffington Post Arts and Classical Voice North America, as having "one-upped even Heifetz by performing Hora Staccato effortlessly on flute, with her own breath and no strings attached".[10] Gershman's transcription of Ravel's "La Valse" for flute and piano, along with her original composition "When We Used to Dance",[11] made her the youngest-ever composer published by Theodore Presser.[12]

Awards

  • 2025: Winner, Beverly Hills National Auditions, iPalpiti Artists International (founded by Lord Yehudi Menuhin and Eduard Schmieder)[13]
  • 2023: Youngest ever recipient of the Kovner Fellowship, full tuition scholarship, The Juilliard School[14]
  • 2023: National Winner with Distinction, YoungArts, National Foundation for the Advancement of Artists[15]
  • 2023: 1st Prize Winner, San Francisco Flute Society International Competition[16]
  • 2023: 1st Prize Winner, Pacific Musical Society & Foundation Composition Competition[17]
  • 2022: Absolute First Prize, Concorso Internazionale A Tutto Flauto[18]
  • 2022: Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant[19]
  • 2022: Libby Larsen Composition Prize, 41st Search for New Music Competition, International Alliance for Women in Music[20]
  • 2022: 1st Prize National Winner, Music Teachers’ National Association/MTNA[21]
  • 2022: Sir James Galway “Outstanding Junior Performer” Award[22]
  • 2022: 1st Prize International Winner, British Flute Society Young Performer Competition (BFS)[23]
  • 2022: Grand Prize for Exceptional Talent and Musicianship, Pasadena Showcase House 35th Annual Instrumental Competition[24]
  • 2021: 1st Prize Winner, Vancouver Symphony 27th Annual Young Artists’ Concerto Competition[25]

References

  1. ^ "The Flute View". August 2023.
  2. ^ "From the Top: Behind the Mic". NPR's From the Top.
  3. ^ "WQXR-FM". 4 March 2023.
  4. ^ "The Violin Channel". 17 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Our Town".
  6. ^ "World Premiere: 17-Year-Old Nikka Gershman Presents Her Flute Arrangement of Ravel's la Valse – Live from Juilliard". Flute Almanac. 18 February 2025.
  7. ^ "amNY".
  8. ^ "The Flute View cover". Facebook.
  9. ^ "William S. Haynes Flute Company Wikipedia Page".
  10. ^ "LA Opus".
  11. ^ "amNY".
  12. ^ "Theodore Presser La Valse".
  13. ^ "Beverly Hills National Auditions Winners". 28 December 2018.
  14. ^ "Juilliard Kovner Fellows".
  15. ^ "YoungArts Winners".
  16. ^ "SF Flute Society Winners". May 2023.
  17. ^ "Pacific Musical Society".
  18. ^ "Concorso Internazionale A Tutto Flauto". Facebook.
  19. ^ "New York's Salon de Virtuosi Announces 2022 Career Grant Winners". 26 July 2022.
  20. ^ "IAWM Search for New Music Winners".
  21. ^ "MTNA National Winners".
  22. ^ "Galway Flute Academy".
  23. ^ "British Flute Society". Facebook.
  24. ^ "Pasadena Now".
  25. ^ "The Violin Channel". 21 October 2021.
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