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East Coast Premiere of Nicholas Bentz's The Puzzle Box in NYC

Sep. 30, 2026

On October 2-3, the Chelsea Symphony will perform the East Coast premiere of Nicholas Bentz's The Puzzle Box at the DiMenna Center.  The composer describes his inspiration for the piece:

"Some of my earliest memories are of intricate boxes. My father, a furniture maker, often restores antique pieces, and I remember being fascinated by wardrobes and desks that had secret drawers and spaces. These are often only accessible by putting one’s hands in the right spot with the right pressure, a type of haptic code. In writing Puzzle Box, I wanted to create a work that pays homage to these beautifully compact pieces, where one has to explore around an object and test it in various ways until a hidden passageway opens. Puzzle Box was written for the Cabrillo Festival as part of the 2024 Conductors /Composers Workshop and is dedicated to my father."


Puzzle Box/Nicholas Bentz/Cabrillo Festival Orchestra/Omar El-Jamali, conductor

To learn more about Nicholas Bentz, visit universaledition.com.

Nicholas Bentz
The Puzzle Box (2024)
for orchestra
2(2.pic).2.2.2-​4.2.2.1-​timp.3perc.pno-​hp.str
6.5'

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