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Please join us for an evening of music dedicated to the memory of NEC composition faculty member Arthur Berger.  Tonight's program, curated by Sid Richardson, comprises solo and duo works by NEC composers Kati Agócs, Ran Blake/John Mallia, Rodney Lister, Stratis Minakakis, and Sid Richardson.  Performers include faculty, students, and Lamnth - a new duo of Lilit Hartunian (violin) and Nicholas Tolle (cimbalom)

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Arthur Berger Memorial Concert

New England Conservatory

Nicholas Tolle is one of America’s premiere cimbalom artists. In 2019 he won third prize in the Budapest Music Center International Cimbalom Competition where he was the only finalist from North America. In November 2022 he made his twelfth visit to the Lucerne Festival to perform the works of Unsuk Chin and György Ligeti. He has performed as soloist in Pierre Boulez’s Repons with the composer conducting at the Lucerne Festival in 2009, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal with Péter Eötvös in 2012, and with Steven Schick at UC San Diego in 2017. He has appeared as a soloist with Collage New Music and Orchestra 2001 performing Steve Mackey’s 5 Animated Shorts, and with numerous orchestras performing Kodály’s Háry János Suite. Based in Boston, MA, he plays regularly with such groups as the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Emmanuel Music, and Sound Icon, and with his own group, the Ludovico Ensemble. He has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Chamber Players, and the New York Philharmonic. A leading interpreter of new cimbalom music, he frequently performs with the International Contemporary Ensemble and Ensemble Signal, and has also performed with the Talea Ensemble.

Nicholas Tolle

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Events

Past events

Feb 22, 2024

Arthur Berger Memorial Concert · New England Conservatory

Oct 12, 2023

Nicholas Tolle: Works By Graduate Student Composers · UC Davis Arts

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