[6] Nirmala Rajasekar began her training in the Saraswati veena at the age of 6 in Chennai[7] with Sri Deva Kottai Narayana Iyengar and Smt.

[16] In her career, Rajasekar performs traditional Carnatic repertoire as a Saraswati veena exponent[1][7][8][12] and creates contemporary works through compositions and collaborations.

[7][11][16] In 2020, Rajasekar was the annual Commissioned Composer of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the longest-running program of its kind in the United States.

[16][17] Past composers include Pauline Oliveros, Morton Feldman, John Cage, Jennifer Higdon, and Julia Wolfe.

Gaurav Majumdar,[25] Sri Mysore Manjunath,[5] Sounds of Blackness,[2] Gao Hong,[26] Anthony Cox,[3] and poet Robert Bly.

[28] Rajasekar has been featured at the National Music Museum[2] and the "Beyond Bollywood" exhibit presented by the Minnesota Historical Society and the Smithsonian Institution.

[30] Since 1995, Rajasekar has lived in Minnesota, USA,[7][11] touring several months each year to countries such as India,[7] Turkey,[4] Australia,[29] New Zealand, and Singapore.

[1] Rajasekar currently serves as the co-chair of the Board of the American Composers Forum[6][32] and the Vice President of the Global Carnatic Musicians Association.