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NEC students match energies with Borromeo Quartet

By Matthew Guerrieri

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  February 28, 2012

To play alongside the Borromeo String Quartet is to risk seeming bland; violinists Nicholas Kitchen and Kristopher Tong, violist Mai Motobuchi, and cellist Yeesun Kim purvey musical fervor, extremes both fierce and intimate. Nevertheless, as a New England Conservatory ensemble in residence, the quartet sponsors Guest Artist Awards; the winners, NEC students both undergraduate and graduate, matched energies with the group Sunday night in Jordan Hall.

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