Recital: Nikki Naghavi '23, Violin

NEC: Pierce Hall | Directions

241 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States

NEC's students meet one-on-one each week with a faculty artist to perfect their craft. As each one leaves NEC to make their mark in the performance world, they present a full, professional recital that is free and open to the public. It's your first look at the artists of tomorrow.

Nikki Naghavi '23 studies Violin with Ayano Ninomiya.

This is an in-person event with a private stream available to the NEC community here:
https://necmusic.edu/live

Artists
  • Nikki Naghavi '23, violin
  • Lorena Tecu, piano
  • Chris Laven, double bass
  • Ayano Ninomiya, studio teacher
  1. Béla Bartók | Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 56

    Bot tánc/Jocul cu bâta (Stick Dance)
    Brâul (Sash Dance)
    Topogó/Pe loc (In One Spot)
    Bucsumí tánc/Buciumeana (Dance from Bucsum)
    Román polka/Poarga Românească (Romanian Polka)
    Aprózó/Mărunțel (Fast Dance)

  2. Johannes Brahms | Violin Sonata No. 3 in D Minor, op. 108

    Allegro
    Adagio
    Un poco presto e con sentimento
    Presto agitato

  3. Amy Beach | Romance, op. 23

  4. Andrea Clearfield | three songs for oboe and double bass (after poems by pablo neruda) (1996)

    Body of a Woman
    The Light Wraps You
    Every Day You Play

    Artists
    • Chris Laven, double bass
  5. Pablo de Sarasate

    from Spanish Dances, op. 22
             I. Romanza Andaluza

    Spanish Dances, op. 23
              Playera
              Zapateado

  6. Thank you to my amazing teacher, Ayano Ninomiya,
    for showing me how we can touch lives through music.

    Thank you to my best friends
    for all our memories over the years and always being my support system.
    I've learned so much from every one of you.

    Thank you to my
    parents and my family
    for being my biggest source of love and making me the person I am today.