Nicky Swett

Cellist, writer, and music researcher Nicky Swett holds a PhD from the Music Department at the University of Cambridge, where he was a Gates Scholar. He writes program notes for many concert presenters, including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Music@Menlo, the BBC, the New York Philharmonic, the LA Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, and Carnegie Hall. As a performer, he has served as the principal cellist of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and has been heard in recital across the United States and Europe. In the summer of 2015, he got his start in music publishing by editing concert programs as the Music Office Coordinator at Bowdoin, and he is thrilled to be returning to the festival this season as an annotator.