Nick Dinnerstein is a Brooklyn-based composer and cellist whose music draws on classical models while integrating serial, minimalist, polystylistic, and popular-music influences. His work emphasizes transformation and stylistic allusion, shaping pieces with formal clarity and vivid, emotionally direct narrative.

Nick composes for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, and orchestra, and is active as a cellist, composer, and composer–performer. His works for cello and loop pedal explore layered textures, repeating structures, and evolving harmonic worlds within flexible, large-scale forms.

He has performed the music of Steve Reich at the Cape Cod Cultural Center, played baroque cello at the New York Historical Society, and presented chamber works at the Greensboro Music Festival and the Art Complex Museum. He has also appeared at the Thailand International Music Festival, premiering works by internationally recognized, award-winning composers.

Nick’s work also extends into popular genres, including an appearance on MTV Unplugged, performances with Mary Bichner, string arrangements for electronic duo Spooky and the Bear, and collaborations on meditation music with producer Jesse Gallagher.

As a composer–performer, Nick has presented original cello and cello/loop pedal works at Art Bath and The Lilypad (Cambridge), and has written commissioned works for cello/loop music, string quartet, and other chamber ensembles.

His recent album Dream Loop Spells (2026) brings together original works for cello & piano and cello & loop pedal, alongside solo piano pieces by Philip Glass and Leoš Janáček’s Pohádka for cello and piano.

Nick studied cello privately with George Neikrug and composition with John Howell Morrison. He holds a B.M. in Cello Performance from Mannes School of Music.