Nikka Gershman
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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]