Classical Music Reviews
Concrete / Descriptive / Commentary
Nicolas writes reviews for the Boston Musical Intelligencer. He is a savvy and fair musical critic, placing high value on aesthetic interpretive choices. His writing is both concrete and descriptive in its discussion of musical terms and compositional structure. He employs a unique rhetorical style that is inter-disciplinary in nature, with commentary informed by socio-political, cultural, historical, and philosophical perspectives.

Tone Poem Traversal at the BSO

Nordic Mythos and Majesty at the BSO

Powerhouse BSO Debuts

BPO Ineffable in Earth Song

A BSO Debut: Miraculous

BSO Closes Without the Veils

Principal Cellist Pens New Book and Plays Concerto

Blomstedt Shares Tonal Tanglewood Idyll

Rendering Warhorses with Apollonian Clarity

Sonorous Musicianship from Joshua Bell and the ASMF

Pagliacci: An Immersive Extravaganza

Haitink Closes in Style

Berlin Phil Anoints Kirill Petrenko

Wispelwey Con Anima

The BPYO Serves Cosmic Justice

A Hallows’ Eve in Jordan Hall

Apotheosized Form From the Jupiter Quartet

Programmatic Metamorphosis: “Loss – Resurrection”

Hearty Germanic Fare with a Russian Twist
