Nicholas King Piano

Nicholas King

North America’s newest young and upcoming pianist

Nicholas King

is making his mark in the classical music world as “the next Andre Watts”

Nicholas King

In the realm of American pianists, quite simply is one of the fastest growing names

Nicholas King

Nicholas King, North America’s newest young and upcoming pianist has won several distinguished competitions, including the Glenn Gould School’s Concerto Competition, Jury’s Choice Award at the American Paderewski Competition, the Jack Kent Cooke Award, the Music Teachers Association of California Scholarship Competition, and the Young Musicians Foundation Chamber Music Competition, which resulted in his performance of the Brahms Trio No. 2 in a Los Angeles citywide concert series. He has made his debut in Canada with the Royal Conservatory of Music Orchestra in the newly opened Koerner Music Hall in February 2010 and his debut in the United States in the Walt Disney Concert Hall with the Southeast Symphony Orchestra in July of 2010. He will be making his Carnegie Hall Debut in May of 2012.

What the Press Says…

“Nicholas King is making his mark in the classical music world as “the next Andre Watts,” which is no mean achievement.”

LA WEEKLY

Biography

In the realm of American pianists, Nicholas King, quite simply is one of the fastest growing names. Recognized as an avid solo and chamber music performer, Los Angeles native Mr. King is a pianist who has performed in major concert halls throughout the US, Canada, and Europe. A recipient of numerous awards and prizes including the Jack Kent Cooke Award, Nicholas currently holds the distinction of being the youngest musician to have ever won The Royal Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition. His performances have been well received by audiences – his concert in the Walt Disney Concert Hall in July of 2010 ended with a standing ovation. He will be making his Carnegie Hall debut in May of 2012.

As winner of the American Paderewski Jury’s Choice Award, Mr. King was invited to perform the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Torun Symphony Orchestra at the Grand Hall of the Arthus House in Torun, Poland during August of 2010. As the 2009 Royal Conservatory of Music Concerto Competition winner, Nicholas performed the Poulenc Two Piano Concerto under the baton of Johannes Debus in Koerner Hall alongside Lucas Porter. In the 123-year history of The Royal Conservatory of Music, Nicholas King became the first freshman to ever win the concerto competition. He was a 2008 Jack Kent Cooke Award recipient. Hailed as “one of the best young musicians in the country” by National Public Radio, Nicholas’s performance of Beethoven’s “Waldstein” Sonata was broadcast to over 26 million listeners.

Nicholas’s devotion to music has led him to give his time and talent to numerous charitable organizations. Before the age of ten, Nicholas raised more than $35,000 for the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. His amazing acts of kindness at an early age drew national media attention, and culminated with a live performance on the Rosie O’Donnell Show. His continued philanthropic efforts were recognized by the United States Government, which bestowed upon Mr. King at the age of eleven, the Congressional Medal of Recognition.

Nicholas attends The Glenn Gould School at The Royal Conservatory of Music under a musical scholarship, and is in the process of obtaining his Bachelor of Music degree and Performance Artist Diploma. He is currently in the studio of Marc Durand.

May 2012

Upcoming performances

July 1st-14th, 2012

Orford Summer Music Festival – Recitals TBA
Studio of Marc Durand
Centre d’arts Orford
3165 Chemin du Parc
Orford (Quebec)

July 18th, 2012
TD Canada Trust Festival Competition Finals
St. Johns Anglican Church
36 Henderson Street
Elora, Ontario

August 16th – 29th, 2012
Gijon International Piano Festival
Studio of Robert McDonald and Dominique Weber
Conservatorio Profesional de Musica de Gijon
C/ Luis Moya Blanco, 261
Gijon, Spain

Previous performances

April 23rd, 2012
Solo Recital
8:00 PM
Program
J.S. Bach / F. Busoni – Chorale Prelude in f minor, “Ich ruf, zu dir” BWV. 639
Franz Joseph Haydn - Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI:52
Franz Liszt – Rigoletto paraphrase de concert (after Verdi) S. 434
— Intermission –
Franz Schubert – Impromptu in C minor, Op. 90 No. 1
Maurice Ravel – Une barque sur l’ocean
Frederic Chopin – Ballade No. 4 in f minor, Op. 53
Mili Balakriev – Islamey: Oriental Fantasy
Location
Mazzoleni Hall
The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON

April 13th, 2012
Masterclass with Robert McDonald
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Program
Mili Balakirev – Islamey: Oriental Fantasy
Location
Mazzoleni Hall
The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
FREE ADMISSION

March 23nd, 2012
Luri Lee – Recital
5:00 PM
Program
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Sonata in F Minor, Op. 4
Location
Conservatory Theatre
The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
FREE ADMISSION

March 22nd, 2012
Luri Lee – Recital
8:00 PM
Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
Mazzoleni Hall
The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
FREE ADMISSION

March 16th, 2012
Masterclass with Leon Fleisher
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No . 1, Op. 15 — Movements 2 and 3
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall
The Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West,
Toronto, ON
FREE ADMISSION

March 7th, 2012
Masterclass with Richard Goode
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat Major
10:00-12:00
Mazzoleni Hall
Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto
FREE ADMISSION

February 28th, 2012
Recital – German Romanticism: Thuille and Strauss
Richard Strauss Violin Sonata Op. 18 – Luri Lee, Violin
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Richard Bradshaw Amphitheatre
Canadian Opera Company
145 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 4G1
FREE ADMISSION

February 27th, 2012
Recital
Richard Strauss Violin Sonata, Op. 18 – Luri Lee, Violin
Johannes Brahms Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15
8:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall - Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
FREE ADMISSION

February 10th, 2012
Masterclass with Almita Vamos
Richard Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat Major Op. 18
Luri Lee – Violin
10:00-12:30 PM
Room 310 – Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2

February 10th, 2012
Masterclass with John Perry
Franz Haydn Piano Sonata No. 52 in E-flat Major XVI/52
Edvard Grieg Nocturne Op. 54 No. 4
2:00-4:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall – Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2

February 3rd, 2012
Masterclass with Anton Kuerti
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No.1
2:00-4:30 PM
Mazzoleni Hall – Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2

November 17th, 2011
Masterclass with Leon Fleisher
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall - Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2

October 14th, 2011
Masterclass with Louis Lortie
Franz Liszt – Rigoletto paraphrase de concert (after Verdi) S. 434
2:00PM – 4:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall – Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
FREE ADMISSION

May 21st, 2011
Solo Recital
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Mazzoleni Hall - Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
FREE ADMISSION

April 14th, 2011
Solo Recital
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Richard Bradshaw Ampitheatre
Canadian Opera Company
145 Queen Street West
Toronto, ON M5H 4G1

March 18th, 2011
Masterclass with John Perry
Franz Schubert – Impromptu in C minor Op. 90 No. 1
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall – Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
FREE ADMISSION

April 8th, 2011
Solo Recital
7:30 PM- 9:00 PM
Arts and Letters Club
14 Elm Street
Toronto, ON M5G 1G7
INVITATION ONLY

March 5th, 2011
Masterclass with Leon Fleischer
Robert Schumann – Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall – Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
FREE ADMISSION

February 13th, 2011
Solo Recital
Art Gallery of Ontario Recital Series
1:30 PM – 2:15 PM
Art Gallery of Ontario – Walter Hall
317 Dundas Street West
Toronto, ON M5T 1G4

January 16th, 2011
Solo Recital
Martin Luther King Commemorative Concert
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Trinity Baptist Church
2040 West Jefferson Boulevard
Los Angeles, California 90018
INVITATION ONLY

December 16th, 2010
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Solo Recital
Hosted by Kevin McDowell, Chief Operating Officer, AEG Worldwide
Clive Davis Theater – The Grammy Museum – The L.A. Live Complex
800 W. Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles 90015
INVITATION ONLY

December 16th, 2010
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Community Outreach Program for the Los Angeles Youth Philharmonic
Clive Davis Theater – The Grammy Museum – The L.A. Live Complex
800 W. Olympic Boulevard
Los Angeles, 90015

December 11th, 2010
Solo Recital
5:00 PM
Mazzoleni Hall - Royal Conservatory of Music
273 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON M5S 1W2
FREE ADMISSION

November 30th, 2010
Pommery & Paderewski III (2010) – Celebrating Paderewski’s 150 B-Day
The Athenaeum Club – Caltech University
551 South Hill Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106
INVITATION ONLY
August 22, 2010
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 with the Torun Symphony Orchestra
Bydgoszcz, Poland

July 18, 2010
Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 with Southeast Symphony
The Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 South Grand Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90012

Orchestral Performances

• 2010 – Torun Symphony Orchestra – Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18. Ostromecko Palace. Bydgoszcz, Poland.

• 2010 – Southeast Symphony Orchestra – Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18. Walt Disney Concert Hall. Los Angeles, California.

• 2009 – Royal Conservatory Orchestra – Francis Poulenc Two-Piano Concerto. Koerner Hall. Toronto, Ontario.

• 2008 – Southeast Symphony Orchestra – Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 15. Trinity Baptist Church. Los Angeles, California.

• 2008 – Southeast Symphony Orchestra – Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18. Trinity Baptist Church. Los Angeles, California.

• 2006 – Alexander Hamilton High School Orchestra – Frederic Chopin Grande Polonaise and Andante Spianato Op. 22. Norman J. Patterson Hall. Los Angeles, California.

• 2005 – Alexander Hamilton High School Orchestra – Edvard Greig Piano Concerto in A minor Op. 16. Norman J. Patterson Hall. Los Angeles, California.