Calendar / Past Events

July 3, 2022 – March 17, 2022
Jul 3 2022

Taos School of Music Faculty Concert: Borromeo String Quartet members and TSoM Faculty

TaosNew MexicoUSA
Taos Center for the Arts

Beethoven Sonata Op. 12, No. 2

Ara Gregorian, Violin and Tom Sauer, Piano

Imogen Holst Sonata for Violin and Cello

Kristopher Tong, Violin and Yeesun Kim, Cello

Dvorak Piano Quintet Op. 81

Ara Gregorian, Violin; Kristopher Tong, Violin; Mai Motobuchi, Viola; Yeesun Kim, Cello and Tom Sauer, Piano

Jul 1 2022

Nicholas Kitchen joins Faculty from the Heifetz Institute for Dvorak

StauntonVirginiaUSA
Francis Auditorium

Dvorak String Sextet Op. 48 with Daniel Phillips, Violin; Nicholas Kitchen, Violin; Atar Arad, Viola; Michael Klotz, Viola; David Geber Cello and Antonio Lysy, Cello

Jun 24 2022

Nicholas Kitchen and the Borromeo String Quartet at the Heifetz Institute June 24 (July 11 for quartet) -August 6

StauntonVirginiaUSA
Mary Baldwin University

Nicholas Kitchen is the Artistic Director of the Heifetz International Music Institute.  He will be in Staunton from the start of the Institute on June 24, 2022.  The Borromeo String Quartet is Quartet-in-Residence at the Heifetz Institute and will be in Staunton from July 11-August 6, 2022

Jun 19 2022

Taos School of Music Faculty Concert: Borromeo String Quartet and Robert McDonald

TaosNew MexicoUSA
Taos Center for the Arts

Haydn Op. 77, No. 2

Alberga String Quartet No. 2

Faure Piano Quintet in c minor Op. 115

Program was changed due to illness:

Bartók Duos with Nicholas Kitchen, VIolin and Kristopher Tong, Violin

Janacek Violin Sonata with Nicholas Kitchen, Violin and Robert McDonald, Piano

Dvorak Piano Trio in f minor with Nicholas Kitchen, Violin, Yeesun Kim, Cello and Robert McDonald, Piano

Jun 16 2022

Taos School of Music Faculty Concert: Nicholas Kitchen and Yeesun Kim

TaosNew MexicoUSA
Children's Learning Center Taos Ski Valley

Martinu Duo for Violin and Cello

Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello

Nichoas Kitchen, VIolin

Yeesun Kim, Cello

Jun 13 2022

Borromeo String Quartet at Taos School of Music June 13 -July 10

TaosNM 87571USA
Taos School of Music

The Borromeo teaches and performs for four weeks at the Taos School of music, though Nicholas Kitchen will depart June 23 to begin work at the Heifetz Institute

Jun 5 2022

Four Seasons Winter Workshop in June

GreenvilleNCUSA 27858
A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall at East Carolina University

Yeesun Kim in Dvorak Sextet Op. 48

Nicholas Kitchen in Schumann Piano Quintet Op. 44

Jun 4 2022

Four Seasons Winter Workshop in June

GreenvilleNCUSA 27858
A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall at East Carolina University

Nicholas Kitchen in Mozart Viola Quintet K. 516

Jun 3 2022

Four Seasons Winter Workshop in June

GreenvilleNCUSA 27858
A. J. Fletcher Recital Hall at East Carolina University

Yeesun Kim in Mendelssohn Viola Quintet Op. 87

May 2 2022

Young Concert Artists concert at Zankel Hall

New YorkNYUS
Zankel Hall

Handel Arias

World Premier of Quintet for Saxophone and String Quartet by Steven Banks

Barber "Dover Beach"

May 1 2022

If Music Be the Food: Borromeo, Wiprud Premiere and Beethoven

New YorkNYUSA
Tenri Cultural Institute

The Borromeo Quartet presents the Beethoven’s String Quartets Op. 95 and Op. 135 as well as the New York Premier of Mysteria for String Quartet and percussion by Theodore Wiprud, featuring CMS’s percussionist Ian David Rosenbaum.  This commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

This concert was cancelled due to COVID

Apr 27 2022

Nicholas Kitchen, VIolin and John Owings, Piano

Fort WorthTexasUSA
Texas Christian University

Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in Bb, K. 454

Janacek Violin Sonata

Beethoven Op. 47 "Kruetzer" Sonata

Apr 24 2022

Borromeo String Quartet at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Durham, NC

DurhamNorth CarolinaUSA
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

Preludes and Fugues in C Major, c minor, C# Major and c# minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 of J.S. Bach, arranged for string quartet by Nicholas Kitchen

Bartók String Quartet No. 4

Jessie Montgomery "Strum"

Beethoven String Quartet in F Major Op. 135

Apr 21 2022

Borromeo String Quartet Beethoven Project at NEC

BostonMAUSA
Burnes Hall - New England Conservatory of Music

Introductory remarks by Nicholas Kitchen for exactly 10 minutes:

IRONY AND HUMOR - THINGS ARE NOT WHAT THEY SEEM

Beethoven Op. 95

Beethoven Op. 135

Apr 4 2022

Classical Convergence Concert: Borromeo String Quartet

Fort CollinsColoradoUSA
Colorado State University Fort Collins

Beethoven String Quartet in Bb, Op. 18, No. 6

Beethoven String Quartet in f, Op. 95

Beethoven String Quartet in F Major, Op. 135

Apr 3 2022

Chamber Music at the Clark: Borromeo String Quartet

Los AngelesCAUSA
William Andrews Clark Memorial Library UCLA

Beethoven String Quartet in Bb, Op. 18, No. 6

Beethoven String Quartet in f, Op. 95

Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op. 135

Mar 26 2022

Lecture by Nicholas Kitchen on the manuscripts of Beethoven

BostonMassachusettsUSA
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall

This event is part of the Conference "REFRAMING BEETHOVEN" hosted by the Boston University Center for Beethoven Research March 24-March 27. This event is presented jointly by the Center for Beethoven Research and the New England Conservatory of Music.

Nicholas Kitchen will guide the audience through the music of Beethoven works Opp. 90, 92,93, 95, 96 and 97 paying special attention to the expression markings as they are seen in his autograph manuscripts.  Nicholas Kitchen has called attention to a much wider variety of expression marks used in Beethoven's manuscripts that are not shown in printed edition, and this event will show through performance the way these marks can be inspiring in shaping the expression of the music.

“NOTICING AND RESPONDING TO ALL THE EXPRESSION MARKINGS IN BEETHOVEN’S AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPTS”


LECTURE-CONCERT by Nicholas Kitchen and Colleagues

Saturday, March 26, 8pm, Jordan Hall of the New England Conservatory, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston

Concert in connection with the International Conference
“REFRAMING BEETHOVEN”
PRESENTED BY THE CENTER FOR BEETHOVEN RESEARCH, THE COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS, AND THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC AT BOSTON UNIVERSITY, IN HONOR OF THE 252nd ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN AND THE 91st BIRTHDAY OF LEWIS LOCKWOOD. With support from the Boston University College of Fine Arts, the Boston University Center for the Humanities, the New England Conservatory of Music, and the New England Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany.


Piano Sonata in E minor, Op. 90, first movement, Mit Lebhaftigkeit und durchaus mit Empfindung und Ausdruck Ludwig van Beethoven
Amir Siraj, piano

Violin Sonata in G Major, Op. 96, fourth movement, Poco allegretto Ludwig van Beethoven

Nicholas Kitchen, violin
Sean Gallagher, piano

Trio for Violin, Cello, and Piano in Bb Major, Op. 97 (“Archduke”), third movement, Andante cantabile ma però con moto/Poco piu adagio Ludwig van Beethoven

Nicholas Kitchen, Violin
Yeesun Kim, Cello
Haesun Paik, Piano

String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, fourth movement, Larghetto espressivo/Allegretto agitato/Allegro Ludwig van Beethoven
The Borromeo String Quartet
(Nicholas Kitchen, Kristopher Tong, Mai Motobuchi, Yeesun Kim)

Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, arranged for viola quintet, second movement, Allegretto Ludwig van Beethoven
The Borromeo String Quartet
with Peter Zazofsky

Symphony No. 8 in F Major, arranged for viola quintet, fourth movement, Allegro vivace
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Borromeo String Quartet
with Peter Zazofsky

Mar 19 2022

Bach Around the Clock from The Heifetz International Music Institute

StauntonVirginiaUSA
Christ Evangelical Lutheran

Bach around the clock treats audiences to an entire day of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach, usually finishing with cantata movments with full choir and orchestra.  This particular Bach Around the Clock will include Heifetz Institute Artistic Director Nicholas Kitchen playing all six of Bach's works for Solo VIolin and Cellist of the Borromeo Quartet Yeesun Kim playing 3 of the Cello Suites.

Mar 17 2022

Borromeo String Quartet Beethoven Project at NEC

BostonMAUSA
Burnes Hall - New England Conservatory of Music

Introductory remarks by Nicholas Kitchen for exactly 10 minutes:

GHOSTS OF PRIOR PLANS - UNDERNEATH THE SCRAPE MARKS

Beethoven Op. 18, No. 6

Beethoven Op. 74 "Harp"