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Born in 1980 near Munich, Germany, Nicholas Bootiman began learning piano at the age of four and violin at six. His family returned to England when he was seven, where he continued music lessons locally. At the age of 16 Mr. Bootiman won a scholarship to the Purcell School of Music, where he was lured to the viola, and continued to the Royal College of Music in London, where he earned his Bachelor degree and a Postgraduate Diploma in Performance with Distinction. During this time he participated in an exchange to the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech Republic.

While still a student at the Royal College of Music, Mr. Bootiman started his orchestral career, freelancing with many British orchestras including the London Philharmonic, London Symphony, B.B.C. Symphony, B.B.C. Philharmonic, City of Birmingham Symphony, Royal Scottish National, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, with whom he has recorded and toured extensively throughout Europe and America.

He has worked with conductors such as Lorin Maazel, Bernard Haitink, Colin Davis, Sakari Oramo, Antonio Pappano, Daniele Gatti, Matthias Bamert, Vassily Sinaiski, Gianandrea Noseda, Alexander Lazarev, Emmanuel Krivine, Douglas Boyd, and Leonard Slatkin.

As a chamber musician, he has been a member of prize-winning string quartets, and works regularly with two versatile London-based ensembles. He has performed in most major British concert halls and has played for the British Royal Family, both in public and by private invitation. His teachers were Milan Skampa, Ian Jewel, and Andriy Viytovich. Mr. Bootiman was a student of Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory, where he completed his Master of Music degree. Also an award-winning composer, Mr. Bootiman writes when he finds time, and attempts to actively maintain his piano playing as a violist's accompanist.

Performances

Jordan Hall at New England Conservatory | January 21, 2006

News and Press

[Concert Review] "Connection" proves spirited and spiritual

An indelible image from Saturday’s Boston Modern Orchestra Project concert was that of mezzo soprano Mary Nessinger, shouting through a megaphone some wisdom from St. Francis about perfect joy.

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[Press Release] BMOP presents 8th annual celebration of Boston composers

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), under artistic director and conductor Gil Rose, presents its 8th annual "Boston ConNECtion" concert on Saturday, January 21. BMOP is one of the few professional orchestras in the United States dedicated exclusively to performing and recording music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since its founding in 1996, BMOP has programmed 46 concerts of contemporary orchestral music, including 37 world premiere performances, released ten world premiere recordings, and won eight ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming.

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[Press Release] BMOP opens its season with the North American premiere of Louis Andriessen's Trilogy of the Last Day

The Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), under artistic director and conductor Gil Rose, is one of the few professional orchestras in the United States dedicated exclusively to performing and recording music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Since its founding in 1996, BMOP has programmed 46 concerts of contemporary orchestral music, released ten world premiere recordings, and won eight ASCAP Awards for Adventurous Programming.

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