Honored to have been asked by "I Care if You Listen" to curate a playlist for them.

I was honored to have been asked by I Care if You Listen to curate a playlist for them. I decided to feature music by 10 wonderful composers who wrote/are writing pieces for my upcoming two albums Invasion: Music and Art for Ukraine and GOAT (working title). The music I chose also features performances by many artists I admire. Check it out! 

"Hello and thank you so much for tuning in! My name is Nadia Shpachenko and I am very excited to share with you my new ListN Up playlist! For this playlist I chose works by 10 wonderful composers who inspire me greatly and with whom I am collaborating very closely this summer. These 10 composers wrote new pieces for my two upcoming albums on Reference Recordings that I will be recording this summer. The first album is called Invasion, with its key ensemble piece written about the tragic war in Ukraine, my home country. This album will feature works by composer Lewis Spratlan. The second album that I will be recording this summer is called GOAT (for Greatest of All Time, which is a working title), and this is an album featuring works inspired by soccer….

For this playlist I chose older works by these composers. I think these works are very inspiring; in fact, I can listen to them all day long, many days in a row, and this list presents very diverse approaches to writing – they have different messages, different means of communication, different inspirations, different instrumentation, so I really hope you enjoy this variety and check out these works (some of them are very recent and some of them are from the last decade)."