AnjaKotarVEVO

Anja Kotar, a 22-year-old Berklee graduate, has led a life of persistent pragmatism, leading directly to her career today. She comes from the small European nation of Slovenia and began training in dance and piano early on. She entered conservatory for piano and musical theatre when she moved to San Jose, California, at 14. Her original pop songwriting took shape as NOMAD, her first full-length record that was sponsored by her $20,000 Kickstarter project. The first single from the album was nominated for Best Pop Song at the 2017 American Songwriting Awards. One of Kotar’s goals with her music career is to create a “multifaceted experience for the listener,” so she teamed up with designers to give each of the ten tracks on NOMAD a fashion piece to accompany it. She plans to tackle the complexities of our digital lives with lyrical turn-of-phrase and visual symbolism, taking inspiration from Black Mirror and incorporating fashion at every opportunity.