Nabihah Iqbal
Online Event
Thu 28 May

Upgrade Yourself: Peer Exchange with Nabihah Iqbal

FREE
Thu 28 May
13.00 – 14.00
Streamed Live

Join Nabihah Iqbal’s Peer Exchange where she will discuss her music career, how she got started out in the industry and what motivates her to create and share music, with a chance to ask questions. 

Upgrade Yourself: Peer Exchange with Nabihah Iqbal

Nabihah will share her experiences of being a music producer, DJ and broadcaster in London, giving insight and offering advice, as well as her ‘what to’s’ and ‘what not to’s’ she has learned along the way.

She will also answer questions you may have around making music, building your audience, becoming a DJ and general thoughts around the radio and music industry.  Send your questions to us via our social channels during the session.

Upgrade Yourself: Peer Exchange is our new digital strand of the Creative Careers & Skills programme at Somerset House, bringing you fortnightly bite-size snippets of information, innovation, and inspiration over lunch-time sessions. 

Reaching out and connecting you to our Somerset House Studios Artist community, various colleagues of Somerset House Trust, Somerset House Exchange Members as well as with our peers and industry friends within the wider creative industries

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About the Artist

Nabihah Iqbal is a musician, producer, DJ and broadcaster from London. 
Her debut album, ‘Weighing of the Heart’, was released via Ninja Tune in December 2017.  She is currently an artist-in-residence at London’s iconic cultural institution, Somerset House, where she is writing and recording her second album. Aside from working on her own music, Nabihah has hosted a bi-weekly show on NTS Radio for over 6 years now, exploring musical traditions and cultures without boundaries. The success of this show, and the following that Nabihah has built up as a DJ and tastemaker, caught the attention of the BBC and she has been one of their radio residents since June 2018, presenting shows on BBC Asian Network and BBC Radio 1.