Friday, September 20, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (EDT)
Tenri Cultural Institute of New York, New York, NY, United States
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$50 ($25 student/senior)

The vibrant American composer/pianist Thomas Nickell will launch his 2024/25 season with a solo piano recital at New York City's Tenri Cultural Institute. Showcasing music of various styles and composers from different eras, the program will feature compositions of Charles Griffes, Frédéric Chopin, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Frank Zappa, and Mr. Nickell's new composition Rivers of Alaska.

About Thomas Nickell, piano

Inventive young composer-pianist Thomas Nickell, steeped in the classical music tradition with an ear for contemporary soundscapes, has already garnered recognition throughout Europe and the United States for his thoughtful explorations of various musical genres. As a pianist, Mr. Nickell has given many highly lauded public performances of important works by Bach, Beethoven, Berg, Gershwin, Khachaturian, Liszt, David Matthews, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff, as well as his own compositions.

Mr. Nickell holds double bachelor of music degrees from the New School, Mannes College of Music – a B.M. in piano, having studied with J.Y. Song, and a B.M. in composition under the tutelage of composer David T. Little. Mr. Nickell, who makes his home in New York City, likes to paint in his spare time and enjoys photography, the occasional foray into writing, and reading non-fiction, especially about composers.

https://thomasnickellmusic.com/

Tenri Cultural Institute of New York

43A W 13th St
New York, NY 10011
United States

https://www.tenri.org/