Bertrand Stone is a Ph. D. student in pure mathematics at UCLA. He graduated from MIT with a double major in mathematics and music composition.
His Flute Concerto was premiered in Oct. 2017 by the MIT Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Adam Boyles, with Kyle Swanson playing the solo part. His String Quartet in A minor was premiered by the Aeolus Quartet in May 2017. Other compositions include the Song of the Night and In der Frühe for orchestra. In der Frühe was played and recorded by the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra as part of the BPYO’s 2018 Young Composers Initiative.
At MIT, Bertrand studied composition with Keeril Makan, Charles Shadle, and Peter Child. He plays the violin, and has studied most recently with Yuncong Zhang (Boston Symphony) and previously with Zhan Shu (Cleveland Symphony). He played in the MIT Symphony from 2014-18, and in the MIT Emerson Scholars program from 2015-18.
Bertrand received the 2018 Louis Sudler Prize for Excellence in the Arts, which is awarded annually by the Council for the Arts at MIT to a graduating senior who has demonstrated excellence or the highest standards of proficiency in music, theater, painting, sculpture, design, architecture or film. In 2018 he also received the David Epstein Award, presented in recognition of distinguished service and musical contribution to the MIT Symphony Orchestra. In 2017, he received the Gregory Tucker Memorial Prize, which is awarded by the MIT Music and Theater Arts Section in recognition of exceptional ability in composition, performance, music-historical studies, or music technology.