A native of Brookline, Massachusetts, Nicholas Gallitano is currently based in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he is a member of the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Previously, he made his home in New York City, where he performed extensively with the New York Philharmonic in their home at David Geffen Hall. Performances with the NY Phil have also taken him on tours to Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and the Bravo! Vail Music Festival.
A seasoned chamber musician, Nicholas has performed as a guest artist at the Smithsonian Chamber Music Society, where he joined the quartet-in-residence, the Axelrod Quartet, for performances of Brahms String Quintet No. 2 in G Major playing the set of Stradivari instruments on which the piece was premiered. His other recent chamber music associations include the Arazzo Music Festival, Music for Food, and Fort Greene Chamber Music Society. In his life as a young artist, he found homes at Kneisel Hall, the Perlman Music Program, Sarasota Music Festival, and the Music Academy, as well as at masterclasses such as IMS Prussia Cove and Internationale Sommerakademie Bad Leonfelden.
Nicholas began his studies with Gillian Rogell and Michele Parker in Brookline, MA, and holds degrees from The Juilliard School and Oberlin Conservatory, where his primary teachers were Roger Tapping, Peter Slowik, Molly Carr, and Samuel Rhodes. In addition to his degrees in music, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in East Asian Studies with a minor in History from Oberlin College. Nicholas returns to Manchester Summer Chamber Music for a third summer in 2025 and is so happy to be back in what has become a beloved summer home.
