YMF Showcase, 2004
![[Nicholas Trygstad]](images/2004sc/trygstad240.jpg)
Nicholas Trygstad began cello lessons at age four, and in his teens won many competitions in his native Minnesota. In 1998 he enrolled at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he studied with Ralph Kirshbaum and Hannah Roberts. Active both as soloist and chamber musician, he has received many awards through the RNCM. In 2002 he won the Bronze Medal in the London Symphony Orchestra scholarship competition, performing the Schumann Concerto with the LSO. Last year Nick received awards from the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition, the Pierre Fournier Award competition, and the Yamaha Music Foundation Scholarship Competition, the silver medal from the Worshipful Company of Musicians, and the Gold Medal from the RNCM, the institution's highest honour. Nick is also on the faculty of the Junior School at the RNCM where he teaches cello and chamber music.