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Nick Bentz (b. 1994 - Charleston, SC) is a composer, violinist, and multimedia artist whose work is drawn to remote fringes and recesses of experience. In his work he seeks to render intimately personal spaces imbued with an individual sense of storytelling and narrative. His art centers around the blurring, juxtaposition, and amalgamation of stylistic idioms into singular sonic statements.
Nick's music has been performed by leading artists including the Philadelphia Orchestra, International Contemporary Ensemble, yMusic, Ensemble Dal Niente, Hub New Music, HOCKET, LIGAMENT, Charleston Symphony, Suzhou Symphony Orchestra, and Jacksonville Symphony, and featured at Lincoln Center, Kimmel Center, Copland House CULTIVATE, the Modern Art Museum of Shanghai, Chengdu Museum, Bowdoin Music Festival, Ethan Cohen Galleries, Sounding Now Festival, and Piccolo Spoleto Festival. His first opera, Having Guests for Dinner was commissioned by /kor/ productions and has been performed by Hillman Opera, Hartford Opera Theater, and New Opera West. Current projects include commissions for Ensemble Intercontemporain and Wigmore Hall, and works for Sandbox Percussion, Thornton EDGE, and percussionist David Moliner to be premiered at the Musikverein. His work has received honors from the Tribeca New Music Festival, the American Prize, the iSING International Young Artists Festival, Boston New Music Initiative, and American Composer’s Orchestra's EarShot Program. Nick has held residencies at Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Suncoast Composer Fellowship, and Atlantic Center for the Arts. As a violinist, Nick has soloed with the Charleston Symphony, Thornton EDGE, and the Pacific Philharmonic. He has also performed with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. An avid interpreter of new music, Nick has commissioned and premiered a number of pieces ranging from chamber and solo pieces to concerti and multimedia works. Nick is currently a Ph.D. candidate at Brown University, pursuing a doctorate in Music and Multimedia Composition. He received a master’s degree in composition from the University of Southern California. Nick also earned a master's in violin from the Peabody Conservatory, receiving bachelor's degrees in violin and composition from Peabody under the tutelage of Herbert Greenberg and Kevin Puts. Nick's mentors include Anthony Cheung, Wang Lu, Eric Nathan, Butch Rovan, Nina Young, Donald Crockett, Ted Hearne, Andrew Norman, Felipe Lara, and Yiorgos Vassilandonakis; his violin teachers include Lina Bahn, Yuriy Bekker, Espen Lilleslåtten, and Diana Cohen. |
Upcoming Performances (Spring 2024)
-February 18, 2024 - Having Guests for Dinner - Hillman Opera & Western NY Chamber Orchestra - SUNY Fredonia; Fredonia, NY
-February 22, 2024 - please continue - LIGAMENT - The Lodge; Dayton, KY
-February 22, 2024 - Alien Altar - Sandbox Percussion - Grant Recital Hall; Providence, RI
-February 23, 2024 - please continue - LIGAMENT - Convivium 33 Gallery; Cleveland, OH
-February 24, 2024 - please continue - LIGAMENT - Bantha Tea; Pittsburgh, PA
-March 12, 2024 - please continue - LIGAMENT - Emmanuel Episcopal Church; Baltimore, MD
-April 9, 2024 - the shifting earth - USC Thornton EDGE - Newman Recital Hall; Los Angeles, CA
-May 15, 2024 - sudden gusts of tortured poignance - T.J. Borden - Grant Recital Hall; Providence, RI