Nick Bentz Composer
Nick Bentz (b. 1994 in 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, Ensemble Dal Niente, Sandbox Percussion, and yMusic, and featured at Lincoln Center, Kimmel Center, and the Museum of Modern Art in Shanghai. His first opera, Having Guests for Dinner, was commissioned by /kor/ productions, and has been staged by Hillman Opera, Hartford Opera Theater, and New Opera West. Nick has received fellowships and held residencies at the Cabrillo Festival, Copland House Cultivate, and the Atlantic Center for the Arts, among others.
Current projects include co-commissions from Ensemble Intercontemporain and Wigmore Hall as well as a work for percussionist David Moliner to be premiered at the Musikverein. Nick is currently a doctoral candidate at Brown University, where he’s pursuing a PhD in Music and Multimedia Composition. Nick holds a BM in composition and violin and an MM in violin from the Peabody Institute, as well as an MM in composition from the University of Southern California.