Sapir Rosenblatt is a producer, audio engineer, and musician. She started at New York Public Radio as an intern for WQXR, where she edited and helped produce shows such as Reflections From the Keyboard, Young Artists Showcase and New Standards. She also produced a special project for Women’s History Month called Kids React to Women Composers and worked as a production assistant on the radio documentary Making Belafonte: An Appreciation with Terrance McKnight. She has worked on both seasons of The Open Ears Project.
Alongside working at NYPR, Sapir is a proficient singer and a composer. She was part of the vocal trio ‘The Hazelnuts’ as a lead singer and arranger, performed in international jazz festivals around the world and regularly collaborated with household names such as the Israeli Opera, the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Zubin Mehta, the Israeli Camerata Orchestra and the Revolution Orchestra
Sapir Rosenblatt appears in the following:
Ethnomusicologist Fredara Hadley on Reckoning with the Past
Tuesday, July 02, 2024
Fredara Hadley, ethnomusicologist at The Juilliard School, reflects on the legacies of HBCUs and how cultural understanding is inextricable with music appreciation.
Novelist Walter Mosley on Family and Forging His Own Path
Tuesday, June 25, 2024
Acclaimed crime fiction author Walter Mosley discusses characters and stories he wants to celebrate in his novels, and reflects on the complicated relationship he had with his father.
Modern Love host Anna Martin on the Infinitude of Love
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
Anna Martin, host of the New York Times’ popular Modern Love podcast, reflects on her desire to help people tell stories about themselves and the innumerable ways to talk about love.
Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin on her Decades of Activism
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author and advocate for social equality, talks about the pivotal moments that defined her political thinking, feminism, and her understanding of Jewish tradition.
Journalist Jenna Flanagan on Local Politics and Seeking Truth
Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Journalist Jenna Flanagan discusses the impact of local news, the legacy of Black women in media, and how to get a great story out of just about anyone.
Noliwe Rooks on Extending the Ethic of Care
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
Noliwe Rooks, author and Chair of Africana Studies at Brown University, shares her family’s experiences with education inequality and how community can foster success at school.
Singer-songwriter Sampha on Fatherhood and Intuition
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
British singer-songwriter and producer Sampha talks about fatherhood, the images that inspired his album “Lahai,”and how he follows his intuition in art and life.
Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks on Self-Worth and Loving the Grind
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Suzan-Lori Parks talks storytelling, family, and creating a one-act play for each day of the year.
Scholar Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo on the Joys of Nerd Rap
Tuesday, May 07, 2024
Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo is a music professor who also performs as the rapper and producer Sammus. Here, she discusses childhood anxiety and showing up as a socially conscious artist.
Designer Tremaine Emory on Validation in Consumer Culture
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Tremaine Emory, streetwear fashion designer, discusses self-validation in consumer culture and what it means to try to reshape the world.
Director Whitney White on Depth and the Magic of Theater
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Whitney White, Obie Award-winning theater director, discusses how powerful moments on stage originate in the body and preserving her inner self amid demands of large-scale productions.
Singer Brittany Howard on Creative Rebirth and Spirituality
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Singer-songwriter Brittany Howard discusses grieving and its impact on her creative awakening, her stages of self-discovery, and offers a deep dive into her personal and artistic life.
Helga Returns For A Sixth Season!
Tuesday, April 09, 2024
Get ready for the sixth season of Helga! Join Helga and her guests as they share stories fearless conversations that reveal the extraordinary in all of us.
A Radio Special: Mozart’s "Abduction from the Seraglio"
Thursday, August 17, 2023
In the prime of his illustrious career, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart ran in the realm of prominent, Black visionaries. But after composing “Zaide,” an unfinished opera depicting a slave re...
A Radio Special: Verdi’s "Aida”
Thursday, August 10, 2023
At the heart of “Aida” is an African love story: the Ethiopian princess Aida is torn between loyalty to her country and passion for her captor, the Egyptian general Radamès, who loves...
The Art of Vladimir Horowitz, Part 3
Sunday, August 06, 2023
Tonight on Reflections from the Keyboard, David Dubal continues his tribute to pianist Vladimir Horowitz.
A Radio Special: Verdi's "Otello"
Thursday, August 03, 2023
“Otello” debuted in Milan in 1887, just two years after European nations gathered in Berlin to agree on a campaign to carve up and colonize the African continent for their own profit....
A Radio Special: Mozart’s "The Magic Flute"
Thursday, July 27, 2023
In this radio special of “Every Voice with Terrance McKnight,” enjoy this season’s journey into Mozart’s "The Magic Flute," its investigation into the overlooked character of Monostat...
The Art of Vladimir Horowitz Part 1
Sunday, July 23, 2023
This week on Reflections from the Keyboard, David Dubal begins a new series in tribute to Vladimir Horowitz.
Abduction from the Seraglio: Revelations
Thursday, June 01, 2023
With such a dark past, what does the future look like for opera as an art form? From Verdi to Mozart, many of opera’s most celebrated works famously reduce people of African descent t...
