Nicolas Hodges

About Nicolas Hodges

An active and ever-growing repertoire that encompasses such composers as Beet hoven, Schubert, Brahms, Debussy, Berg and Stravinsky reinforces pianist Nicolas Hodges’ superior prowess in contemporary music. His innate musicianship, astonishing range of colour and articulation, and assured command over the most strenuous technical complexities have helped establish him as one of the world’s leading contemporary music figures and a firm favourite among many of today’s most prestigious contemporary composers. Collaborating closely with such contrasting figures as John Adams, Helmut Lachenmann and Karlheinz Stockhausen has been central to Hodges’ career, and many of the world’s most revered composers have composed works especially for him, including Thomas Adès, Gerald Barry, Elliott Carter, James Clarke, Hugues Dufourt, Pascal Dusapin, Brian Ferney hough, Michael Finnissy, Beat Furrer, Isabel Mundry, Brice Pauset, Wolfgang Rihm, Rebecca Saunders and Salvatore Sciarrino.
Hodges has appeared as soloist with orchestras including Bamberg Sym phony, BBC Symphony, Berlin Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, City of Birming ham Sym phony, London Philharmonic, London Symphony, Los Angeles Philhar monic, Melbourne Symphony, MET Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philharmonia Or chestra, San Francisco Symphony, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philhar monic, Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln. Among the distinguished conductors with whom Nicolas Hodges regularly collaborates are Thomas Adès, Daniel Barenboim, George Benjamin, Martyn Brabbins, Sylvain Cambreling, James Levine, Susanna Mälkki, Cornelius Meister, Jonathan Nott, Emi lio Pomàrico, David Robertson, Pascal Rophé, François-Xavier Roth, Peter Rundel, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Pierre-André Valade, Ilan Volkov and Ryan Wigglesworth.
An avid chamber musician, Hodges appears regularly in recital at venues such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Wiener Konzerthaus, at festivals such as Lucerne and the BBC Proms, and collaborates regularly with artists including the Arditti Quartet, Colin Currie, Anssi Karttunen, Michael Wendeberg and as a member of Trio Accanto from 2013 - 2025.
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