Here you will find an overview and archive of Ema’s research and curation over
the years – projects she has devised with colleagues, recitals she herself curated ranging from traditional song recitals to the more abstract, and creative projects she has
guested in.
Orlando with guitarist Sean Shibe
Programme devised by Ema and Sean
A sonic collage, an adventure through centuries, acoustic and electric, inspired by the spirit and character of Virginia Woolf’s novel Orlando as well as Ludovico Ariosto’s Orlando Furioso and the 11th century epic poem Chanson de Roland – a tribute to the role of troubadour/troubaritiz, past and present.
John Dowland, Cassandra Miller, Sasha Scott, Laurie Anderson, Thomas Adès, Pauline Viardot, Bob Dylan, Detlef Glanert, Hans Abrahamsen, Schubert
Extensive information: Songs, videos, programme notes from Pierre Boulez Saal 2025.
Programme notes written by Aiden Feltkamp from the London premiere, Wigmore Hall, May 2024
‘Ki i te’ with Hikaru Kanki
Programme devised by Ema and Hikaru Kanki with research development by Cole Knutson
Japan is an enormous source of inspiration for many different cultures; spiritually and sonically, Japanese culture has widened horizons in art and philosophy around the world. In this recital, Ema Nikolovska and Hikaru Kanki celebrate how Japanese and Western artists, especially in the 20th and 21st centuries, influenced one another through an exchange of folk music and instruments, harmonic experimentation, visual art and poetry, creating a kaleidoscope where all of these cultures contain one another in each song. Alma and Gustav Mahler, Sato Matsui, Dai Fujikura, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Toru Takemitsu, Debussy, Santoliquido, Schumann, Gershwin
Devotions with Kunal Lahiry
Programme devised by Ema and Kunal Aaron Copland, Nahre Sol, Schubert, Prokofiev, Messiaen, Héloïse Werner, Emily Doolittle