Nicholas Cords


Nicholas Cords
Violist NICHOLAS CORDS has devoted his career to the advocacy of music drawn from a strikingly broad historic and geographic spectrum. Having played with the Silk Road Ensemble since its inception, Cords is additionally a founding member of the string quartet Brooklyn Rider and a member of The Knights. He performs internationally as an acclaimed soloist and guest chamber musician. His recent solo recording, Recursions, features music ranging from Biber to his own compositions. A prize-winning violist in his student days at the Juilliard School and the Curtis Institute, he currently teaches in the graduate program at Stony Brook University in New York.