Recipient of the 2020 Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant and the youngest person ever to win the Windsor Festival International String Competition, Nathan has performed as a soloist with the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Royal Northern Sinfonia, and the Aalborg, Berlin, Concepción, Evansville, Indianapolis, Medellín, and Pittsburgh orchestras, among others. He has performed in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Poland, Switzerland, the UK, and across the US.

As a recitalist and chamber musician, Nathan has performed at ChamberFest Cleveland, Giardini La Mortella, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Krzyżowa Festival, the Moritzburg Festival, the Musical de l’Orne, the Perlman Music Program Chamber Workshop, and the Verbier Festival Academy.

Nathan’s 2020-21 season included the release of his debut CD with Rohan De Silva, appearances with the Adelphi and Charlotte Symphony Orchestras, and the launch of Opus Illuminate, an organization dedicated to the works of composers from underrepresented communities.

Nathan studies with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin at The Juilliard School. He was the inaugural recipient of the 1734 “Ames, Totenberg” Antonio Stradivari violin from Rare Violins In Consortium.

PROGRAMME

FIRST ROUND

SESSION 1

J.S. BACH: Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003
E. YSAŸE: Sonata No. 2, Op. 27

SESSION 2

F. SCHUBERT: Sonata in A Major, D 574
F. KREISLER: La Gitana
K. SZYMANOWSKI: Nocturne and Tarantella, Op. 28

SEMI-FINALS

R. STRAUSS: Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
KOH CHENG JIN: Before Daybreak
E. YSAŸE/C. SAINT-SAËNS: Caprice d’après L’Etude en Forme de Valse, Op. 52, No. 6

FINALS

W.A. MOZART: Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493

GRAND FINAL

J. SIBELIUS: Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47