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Jon Nakamatsu - Piano One of the most sought-after pianists of his generation, Jon Nakamatsu is a frequent concerto soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and solo recitalist throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. He enjoys a continuously expanding career based on a deeply probing and illuminating musicality as well as a quietly charismatic performing style. Highlights of Jon Nakamatsu’s current season include return engagements with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Annapolis, Bozeman and Greenwich symphony orchestras, Lexington and Reno philharmonics and Santa Fe Pro Musica, as well as performances with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and the orchestras of Cape Cod, Fremont, La Crosse, Lincoln and Norwalk. He reunites with his colleagues of the Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet for performances in Berlin and Detroit, and is presented in recital from coast to coast. With his duo-recital partner, clarinetist Jon Manasse, Mr. Nakamatsu performs at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and in New York City, Boston, Des Moines and Saratoga, CA. Initially brought to global attention in June 1997 by being named Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Jon Nakamatsu subsequently appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl and the Boston Pops at Tanglewood, as well as with, among many others, the orchestras of Buffalo, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Dallas, Dayton, Delaware, Detroit, Fort Worth, Honolulu, Memphis, Milwaukee, Naples, New Mexico, New World, Portland, Rochester, San Antonio, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Syracuse, Toledo and Utah. Abroad, he has been heard as soloist with Italy’s famed Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Berlin’s Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Costa Rica, Orquestra Sinfónica Nacional de Santo Domingo and Japan’s Tokyo and Hiroshima Symphony Orchestras. In 2005, he toured Spain as soloist with the San Jose Youth Symphony, followed by a 2007 tour with the Peninsula Youth Symphony that included performances in Budapest and Prague. Mr. Nakamatsu has collaborated with many of today’s leading conductors, among them Kazuyoshi Akiyama, Peter Bay, William Boughton, George Cleve, James Conlon, Grant Cooper, Leslie B. Dunner, Philippe Entremont, Neal Gittleman, Miguel Harth-Bedoya, Marek Janowski, Chosei Komatsu, Michael Lankester, Peter Leonard, Raymond Leppard, Jahja Ling, Keith Lockhart, David Lockington, Christof Perick, Larry Rachleff, Peter Rubardt, Matthew Savery, Alfred Savia, Carl St. Clair, Christopher Seaman, Stanislaw Skrowaczeski, Markand Thakar, Michael Tilson Thomas, Osmo Vänskä, David Wiley, Peter Stafford Wilson and Samuel Wong. His 1998-99 season was highlighted by a White House performance of Rhapsody in Blue, hosted by President and Mrs. Clinton. Jon Nakamatsu’s extensive recital tours throughout the United States and Europe have featured performances in New York City (Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall), Washington, DC (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Miami, Houston, San Francisco, Paris, London and Milan. The recipient of the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for his semifinal round chamber music performances at the Cliburn competition, he has subsequently collaborated with various chamber ensembles, among them the Brentano, Ives, Manhattan, Miami, St. Lawrence, Prazak, Tokyo and Ying String Quartets and the Stanford Woodwind Quintet. Mr. Nakamatsu has also made three United States tours as the guest soloist with the Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet. Jon Nakamatsu’s festival appearances include Tanglewood, the famed summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival with Christopher Seaman and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. He has also been a guest artist at France’s Evian and Montpellier music festivals and Germany’s Klavier Festival Ruhr, Festival Casals de Puerto Rico, performing with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Carl St. Clair, and at the Colorado Music Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Florida’s Brevard and Sanibel music festivals, Tacoma International Music Festival, Lincoln’s Meadowlark Music Festival, New York’s Skaneateles Festival and California’s Midsummer Mozart Festival. Named Debut Artist of the Year (1998) by NPR’s “Performance Today,” Jon Nakamatsu has been profiled by “CBS Sunday Morning” and Reader’s Digest magazine, and is featured in “Playing with Fire,” a documentary on the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, aired nationwide on PBS. Earlier, in 1995, he was named the First Prize winner of Miami’s Fifth United States Chopin Piano Competition. He records exclusively for harmonia mundi usa, which has released six CDs, including an orchestral album containing performances of Rachmaninoff’s Third Piano Concerto and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with Christopher Seaman and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as albums devoted to the music of Brahms, Chopin, Foss, Liszt and Wölfl. Mr. Nakamatsu’s most recent release is his second orchestral album with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring Gershwin’s Concerto in F and Rhapsody in Blue, conducted by Jeff Tyzik. Soon to be released is his first CD with clarinetist Jon Manasse, a recording of the Brahms Clarinet Sonatas. Jon Nakamatsu has studied privately with Marina Derryberry since the age of six, has worked with Karl Ulrich Schnabel, and studied composition and orchestration with Dr. Leonard Stein of the Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California. In addition, he has pursued extensive studies in chamber music and musicology. A former high school German teacher, Mr. Nakamatsu is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in German Studies and a master’s degree in Education. Jon Nakamatsu and his duo-partner, the renowned clarinetist Jon Manasse, serve as Artistic Directors of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival, an appointment announced during summer 2006. Performances for Season 25 (current season) Concert 4 Artists who also play the Piano Gregory Allen Alessio Bax Naida Cole Anne Epperson Leon Fleisher Grace Fong Helen Huang Sung-Mi Im Meng-Chieh Liu Alexandre Moutouzkine Gail Niwa Jon Kimura Parker Anna Polonsky Gustavo Romero André-Michel Schub Joyce Yang

Gregory Allen - Piano Grand Prize winner of the 1980 Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv; Second Prize at the 1978 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels. Atar Arad - Viola Distinguished soloist in prestigious festivals worldwide and Professor of Viola at the University of Indiana at Bloomington. Ik-Hwan Bae - Violin Winner of the Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels and Concertmaster of the Hwaum Chamber Orchestra in Korea Alessio Bax - Piano Winner of the 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant Jeff Bradetich - Doublebass Distinguished soloist and recording artist; Faculty member, University of North Texas Carter Brey - Cello Principal Cellist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra Che-Yen Chen - Viola First prize winner of the 2003 William Primrose Viola Competition and “Yuri Bashmet prize” winner of the 2003 Lionel Tertis Viola Competition. Naida Cole - Piano Pianist Naida Cole has been hailed as "a dazzling star" by Gramophone magazine. She has quickly established a reputation as an individual artist with her own unique voice. Paul Coletti - Viola Winner of the Naumberg International Competition in New York and Professor of Viola at UCLA Luba Daneman - Violin Winner of the Chamber Music Competition at the Moscow Conservatory. Susan Dubois - Viola Winner of the Tertis International Competition in England and Professor of Viola at the University of North Texas. James Dunham - Viola Professor of Violin and Chamber Music at Rice University. Former Violist with the Cleveland Quartet. Anthony Elliott - Cello "His emotional communication is often profound, and his glittering, silvery tone captivates the ear." Anne Epperson - Piano Distinguished performer, recording artist, teacher and clinician. Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Colorado at Boulder’s School of Music. Norman Fischer - Cello Distinguished chamber music artist and professor of cello at Rice University Leon Fleisher - Piano Renowned as a pianist, conductor and teacher, now in his sixth decade before the public with the dynamic CD Two Hands. Grace Fong - Piano Praised as a "true musical colourist with enormous style and taste," an artist of "rare eloquence and grace" Roland Glassl - Viola 1st Prize Winner of the 1997 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition in England and Violist in the Mandelring String Quartet in Germany Kenneth Goldsmith - Violin Professor of Violin at Rice University and Violinist of the Mirecourt Trio. He has taught on the faculties of colleges and universities throughout the United States. Yuval Gotlibovitch - Viola First prizes in 2003 Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition (U.K) and the 2004 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition (U.S.A) Augustin Hadelich - Violin Winner 2009 Avery Fisher Career Grant. Gold medal 2006 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. Jaymee Haefner - Harp Professor of Harp at the University of North Texas. Recent performances in Mexico, Moscow, and Prague. Lynn Harrell - Cello A consummate soloist, chamber musician, recitalist, conductor, and teacher, his work throughout the world places him in the highest echelon of today’s performing artists. Gary Hoffman - Cello Internationally renowned as first North American to win the Rostropovich International Competition International Competition in Paris (1986) Yi-Jia Susanne Hou - Violin Gold Medalist, 3 International Violin Competitions: Concours Jacques Thibaud,1999; Lipizer,1999; Sarasate,1997. Nai-Yuan Hu - Violin Gold Medallist of the 1985 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels and highly distinguished concert and recording artist. Director of the Taiwan Connection Music Festival. Helen Huang - Piano Winner of Avery Fisher Career Grant and Arthur Rubinstein Prize Sung-Mi Im - Piano “Her touch, phrasing, and sense of balance were magic” Tuscan Citizen. Jun Iwasaki - Violin First prize winner of Coleman Chamber Music Competition, Los Angeles Ko Iwasaki - Cello Winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. Sarah Kapustin - Violin Prizewinner in many competitions and distinguished soloist and chamber musician and member of the Atlas Piano Trio. Barnabás Kelemen - Violin Barnabás Kelemen’s performances at the 2002 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) “radiated such charisma that one could almost forget that anyone else had come before.” David Kim - Violin Concertmaster of the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra Eric Kim - Cello Received the first William Schuman Prize awarded for outstanding leadership and achievement in music from Juilliard Katalin Kokas - Viola Gold Medallist of the Carl Flesch International Violin Competition and the Joseph Szigeti International Competition in Hungary. Scott Lee - Viola Winner of a Nathan Wedeen Management Award at the 1996 Concert Artists Guild Competition. Philip Lewis - Violin Founder/Artistic Director of CMI; Professor of Violin, University of North Texas; Performs in festivals worldwide. Jungshin Lim Lewis - Cello Grand Prize Winner of the Dong-Ah International Competition in Korea and Principal Cellist with the Richardson Symphony Orchestra. Cho-Liang Lin - Violin One of the finest virtuoso violinists in the world today. Meng-Chieh Liu - Piano Performs with major orchestras world-wide; Faculty member, Curtis Institute of Music Jon Manasse - Clarinet Principal clarinetist of the American Ballet Theater Orchestra and one of the nation´s most highly sought-after wind players. Stefan Milenkovich - Violin Recognized internationally for both exceptional artistry and his life-long commitment to humanitarianism Alexandre Moutouzkine - Piano Winner of the Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Spain. Jon Nakamatsu - Piano Grand Prize Winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn Piano Competition. Paul Neubauer - Viola First violist chosen to receive an Avery Fisher Career Grant Hai-Ye Ni - Cello Principal Cellist with the Philadelphia Orchestra Gail Niwa - Piano Gold Medalist at the Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition Eugene Osadchy - Cello Associate Professor of Cello at the University of North Texas; Performs in music festivals throughout the USA and Canada George Papich - Viola Director of Chamber Music at the University of North Texas and distinguished violist. Jon Kimura Parker - Piano Internationally acclaimed concert pianist and Professor of Piano at The Shepherd School of Music at Rice University in Houston Anna Polonsky - Piano Member of the Chamber Music Society Two of Lincoln Center Gustavo Romero - Piano Gold Medallist of the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland; Professor of Piano at the University of North Texas Nathaniel Rosen - Cello Gold Medallist of the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow and highly distinguished concert and recording artist. Paul Rosenthal - Violin Founder and Artistic Director of the Sitka Chamber Music Festival in Alaska, performs concerts and master classes worldwide. Nikola Ruzevic - Cello International performer and Professor of Cello, University of North Texas. Frederieke Saeijs - Violin 1st Grand Prize Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud International Violin Competition in Paris, France (2005). William Scharnberg - French Horn Professor of Music at the University of North Texas and Principal Hornist of the Dallas Opera Orchestra, Dallas Chamber Orchestra, Dallas Bach Society and Breckenridge Festival Orchestra André-Michel Schub - Piano Grand Prize Winner of the 1981 Van Cliburn Piano Competition and a distinguished recording artist John Scott - Clarinet Internationally-known Clarinetist; Professor of Music at the University of North Texas James Scott - Flute Flutist, distinguished soloist and Dean of the College of Music at the University of North Texas. Michael Shih - Violin Violinist Michael Shih, currently Concertmaster of the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, has performed throughout the United States, his native Taiwan, and the rest of the world. Michael Tree - Viola One of the most widely recorded musicians in America and founding member of the Guarneri String Quartet. Bion Tsang - Cello Winner of an Avery Fisher grant and Bonze Medallist in the IX Tchaikovsky Competition. Keng-Yuen Tseng - Violin A native of Taiwan, Keng-Yuen Tseng began studying the violin at the age of five and made his performing debut at the age of seven. Ivo-Jan van der Werff - Viola Professor of Viola at Rice University and Violist with the Medici String Quartet for 24 years. William VerMeulen - French Horn Hailed as "an impeccable solo horn" by the Berlin Neue Zeit, William VerMeulen leads his generation of American Horn Soloists. Joyce Yang - Piano Silver medalist at the 2005 Twelfth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Carmit Zori - Violin Gold Medallist of the Naumberg and Leventritt International Competitions.

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