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ELGAR CELLO CONCERTO
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E Minor, op. 85

Adagio; Moderato

Lento; Allegro molto
Adagio

Allegro; Moderato; Allegro, ma non troppo

Narek Hakhnazaryan grew up in Evanston, IL and started
his musical training on the cello. He
earned a bachelor’s degree in Music
from Stanford University and a master’s
degree in Conducting from the Indiana
University Jacobs School of Music. In
2011 and 2012, he was a Conducting
Fellow with the Academy of Conducting
in Aspen and has participated in master
classes with Bernard Haitink and Michael
Tilson Thomas. Hersh is a two-time
recipient of the Solti Foundation Career
Assistance Award.
Hersh has had frequent arrangement
commissions from the BSO as well as
from the Cleveland Pops, the National
Repertory Orchestra and the Jackson
Symphony. His symphonic arrangement
of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” saw
worldwide success as a viral YouTube hit.
INTERMISSION Nicholas Hersh last appeared with
JOSEPH MEYERHOFF SYMPHONY HALL
Thursday, February 21, 2019, 8 pm
Saturday, February 23, 2019, 7 pm Off The Cuff
MUSIC CENTER AT STRATHMORE
Friday, February 22, 2019, 8:15 pm
Sunday, February 24, 2019, 3 pm
Off The Cuff
Nicholas Hersh, conductor
Narek Hakhnazaryan, cello
Claude Debussy
“Rondes de printemps,” No. 3 from Images
“Rondes de printemps,” Symphony No. 6 and Intermission are included
on February 21 and February 24 programs only.
the BSO in January 2019, conducting
Pulse, featuring Dan Deacon.
Sergei Prokofiev
Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Minor, op. 111

Allegro moderato
Largo
Vivace
Narek
Hakhnazaryan
The concert will end at approximately 10 pm on Thursday, 9:30 pm on Friday,
8:15 pm on Saturday and 5 pm on Sunday.
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About the Artists
Nicholas Hersh
Nicholas Hersh is
Associate Conductor
of the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra
(BSO) and Artistic
Director of the Baltimore Symphony
Youth Orchestras. Since joining the
BSO as Assistant Conductor in 2014,
he continues to make his mark on the
mid-Atlantic region with innovative
programming, notably as conductor and
co-curator of the acclaimed BSO Pulse
series, bringing together indie bands
and orchestral musicians in unique
collaborations. Hersh directs the BSO’s
educational and family programming,
including the celebrated Academy for
adult, amateur musicians, as well as a
variety of classical and popular programs.
Hersh made his BSO subscription debut
stepping in for an indisposed Yan Pascal
Tortelier and has since conducted the
BSO in a set of subscription concerts
each season. In the 2018–19 season,
Hersh makes his debut with the National
Symphony Orchestra and the Phoenix
Symphony. He has appeared with the New
World, Houston, Southern Great Lakes
and North Carolina symphony orchestras.
Hersh is a frequent collaborator and
guest faculty at the Peabody Conservatory
as well as the BSO’s OrchKids program
for Baltimore City schoolchildren. Hersh

Since winning the
Cello First Prize and
Gold Medal at the
XIV International
Tchaikovsky Competition at the age of
22, Narek Hakhnazaryan has performed
with major orchestras across the globe
and has established himself as one of
the finest cellists of his generation. The
Strad has described him as “dazzlingly
brilliant” and the San Francisco Chronicle
hailed his performing as “nothing short
of magnificent.” In 2014 he was named a
BBC New Generation Artist and in 2016
he made his highly distinguished and
critically acclaimed BBC Proms debut.
In the 2018-19 season, Hakhnazaryan
performs with the Vienna, Helsinki,
NHK and Western Australia symphony
orchestras; the Royal Stockholm and
Taiwan philharmonic orchestras; and
the Munich Chamber Orchestra. He has
performed with the BBC Philharmonic;
the Baltimore, New Zealand, Detroit,
Milwaukee, Toronto, Sydney and Moscow
symphony orchestras; the Royal Liverpool,
Royal Stockholm, Netherlands, Essen,
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