Opening Night at the Symphony
Saturday, November 2, 2024, 8 pm
Memorial Hall, 590 Main Street, Melrose
Beethoven - Egmont Overture
Saint-Saëns - Cello Concerto No. 1 with Nicholas Finch, cello
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 5
The MSO opens its 107th concert season with audience favorites from Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, and Tchaikovsky. Cellist and Melrose native, Nicholas Finch returns to perform the blockbuster Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No. 1. Finch is the principal cellist and guest conductor of the Louisville Orchestra and a graduate of Harvard, Julliard, the Mannes College of Music, and the University of Michigan.
This concert is part of our subscription series.
About the Soloist
A native of Melrose, cellist Nicholas Finch made his soloist debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at age 18. Finch is the principal cellist of the Louisville Orchestra and has appeared with the Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry on numerous concerts and recordings, one recording having been nominated for a Grammy Award.
He recently performed as a secondary soloist with cellist Yo-Yo Ma in Teddy Abrams' Mammoth, performed by the Louisville Orchestra inside Mammoth Cave National Park.
Additionally, Finch is the Founder and Artistic Director of the Derby City Chamber Music Festival and conductor of the Derby City Sinfonietta, featuring musicians from the Boston Symphony, the Indianapolis Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, and more. He is also a guest conductor with the Louisville Orchestra.
Finch attended Harvard, Juilliard, the University of Michigan, the Mannes College of Music and recently earned his second master’s degree from the University of Michigan, this time in Orchestral Conducting.
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