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Extractions: Home About Publications Contact Interview Education Production Interview Jon Nakamatsu - the Gold Medallist of the 1997 Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Mr. Nakamatsu was recently named Debut Artist of the Year by NPR's Performance Today. He is featured in Playing with Fire, a documentary about the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which began airing nationwide in October 1997 on PBS. Harmonia mundi issued a CD of works by Frederic Chopin in the fall of 1998, in addition to the previously released recording of live solo performances from the Competition. Mr. Nakamatsu has also made a live CD recording at the Dvorak Hall in Prague with the Brno Concert Orchestra and the Masterworks Chorale. He has studied piano privately with Marina Derryberry since the age of six and has also worked with Karl Ulrich Schnabel as well as pursuing extensive studies in chamber music and musicology. In addition, he studied composition and orchestration with Dr. Leonard Stein of the Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California. Mr. Nakamatsu is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in German studies and a master's degree in education. During the 1998-99 season, Mr. Nakamatsu toured the United States and Europe including recitals at Jordan Hall in Boston; Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley; the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; and appearances in France, Italy, and Switzerland. His Carnegie Hall recital debut had taken place on October 26, 1998.
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Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features Acclaimed pianist performing in isles. By Tim Ryan tryan@starbulletin.com.jon nakamatsu claimed a distinguished place on the international musical scene in http://starbulletin.com/2004/11/12/features/story4.html
Extractions: tryan@starbulletin.com Jon Nakamatsu claimed a distinguished place on the international musical scene in 1997 when he was named the Gold Medalist of the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the only American to achieve the distinction since 1981. A former high school German teacher, Nakamatsu, who has several relatives in Honolulu, became a popular hero overnight in the highly traditional medium of classical music. Where: Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Academy of Arts When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Admission: Call: 524-0815, ext. 245 Also: Following a summer that included returns to San Francisco's Midsummer Mozart Festival, Connecticut's Summer Music at Harkness festival and Colorado's Strings in the Mountains, Nakamatsu's current season is highlighted by solo appearances from New York City to Hawaii, where the San Jose, Calif., resident will perform five solo recitals statewide from tomorrow through next Friday. Also significant were two international debuts: Performances last month with Kazuyoshi Akiyama and the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and a recital in the new "Sandvika Master Series" marked Nakamatsu's first appearances in Japan and Norway, respectively.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Features HONG KONG pianist jon nakamatsu steps off the silver train that takes 20 minutes with pianist jon nakamatsu. Bullet In concert 730 pm tomorrow at http://starbulletin.com/1999/08/26/features/story4.html
Extractions: Star-Bulletin HONG KONG Pianist Jon Nakamatsu steps off the silver train that takes 20 minutes to reach downtown Hong Kong from the airport. He pulls a small, wheeled suitcase as he searches the 5 a.m. crowd at Central Station for his ride to the hotel. When someone mistakes him for one of the 106 students attending the Asian Youth Orchestra "Rehearsal Camp" in Hong Kong, Nakamatsu smiles, saying: "You're very kind." "I'm the soloist playing with AYO," the 30-year-old whispers. "I'm Jon Nakamatsu." The former high school German teacher from Sunnyvale, Calif., who two years ago won the Gold Medal at the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, is as modest as he is talented. The AYO kids with whom Nakamatsu plays tomorrow and Saturday at first eyed Nakamatsu with admiration and disbelief. "He looks so young," one says. "Look how strong his hands are, but he touches the keys so gently," says another.
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Extractions: Foothills College, CA Celebrated pianist Jon Nakamatsu will receive his overdue associate degree at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, Calif., this spring when he delivers the commencement address there. When he transferred to Stanford, he thought his 78 credits were insufficient for a two-year degree, so he never applied for it. Following the ceremony, Nakamatsuwho leapt from obscurity to top-billing in classical music by winning the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano competitionwill perform a concert to benefit Foothills Fine Arts and Communications Division. When Nakamatsu, then 28, won the competition, he was the first American in 16 years to win the coveted prize and the only contestant who was not conservatory trained. "Its fabulous. Its such a great opportunity," Nakamatsu says of fulfilling his life-long dream to become a concert pianist. His technique and interpretation are winning sustained applause from audiences and critics at home and abroad. "Ovations galore for Cliburn winner," proclaimed The San Jose Mercury News. "Nakamatsu belongs to that rare order of pianists capable of making this material [by Chopin and Liszt] come alive," said The Washington Post. "He played William Bolcoms Nine Bagatellesthe required new work for all contestants at the 1997 Van Cliburn Competitionwith such devotion and panache that it was easy to believe that performance alone had helped him to victory," said The San Francisco Chronicle.
Extractions: JON NAKAMATSU, pianist In 1999, Jon Nakamatsu played to a packed house in Downers Grove. After several ovations, he graciously met with audience members and signed programs at a reception after the concert. On June 8, 1997, pianist Jon Nakamatsu was the Gold Medal winner of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the first American to have achieved this distinction since 1981. Named Debut Artist of the Year (1998) by National Public Radio's "Performance Today," Mr. Nakamatsu has made three recordings, two of which are available on the harmonia mundi label. Jon Nakamatsu's extensive recital tours throughout the United States and Europe have featured debuts in New York City (Carnegie Hall), Washington, DC (John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), Boston, Chicago, Paris, London and Milan. He has worked with various chamber ensembles - among them the Brentano and Tokyo String Quartets - and was the recipient of the Steven De Groote Memorial Award for his semifinal round chamber music performances at the Cliburn competition. In July of 1999, Mr. Nakamatsu made his debut at France's famed Evian Music Festival. He has studied piano privately with Marina Derryberry since the age of six, and has worked with Karl Ulrich Schnabel as well as having pursued extensive studies in chamber music and musicology. In addition, he studied composition and orchestration with Dr. Leonard Stein of the Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California. Mr. Nakamatsu is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in German studies and a master's degree in education.
Saratoga News | Pianist Jon Nakamatsu To Perform At Sacred Heart Church jon nakamatsu pianist jon nakamatsu will be performing at Saratoga s Sacred HeartChurch. Photograph by Ellen C. Appel. Worldrenowned pianist nakamatsu in http://www.svcn.com/archives/saratoganews/04.10.02/nakamatsu-0215.html
Extractions: World-renowned pianist Nakamatsu in concert at Sacred Heart Church By Shari Kaplan As it has in past years, the Men's Club at Sacred Heart Church in Saratoga has engaged a world-renowned performer to appear in concert as a fundraiser for programs or improvements at the church. This spring Jon Nakamatsu will tickle the ivories of a Steinway concert grand piano on April 24 at 7:30 p.m. at the church, located at 13724 Saratoga Ave. Nakamatsu, a California native, earned a gold medal at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. He has also studied privately with Marina Derryberry since the age of 6, has studied composition and orchestration with Dr. Leonard Stein of the Schoenberg Institute at USC and has pursued extensive studies in chamber music and musicology. A former teacher of high school German with degrees in German studies and education, Nakamatsu became almost an overnight celebrity after his Van Cliburn Award. He currently travels and performs throughout the world. At Sacred Heart Church, he will perform five movements of Sonata in C Minor, Op. 25, by Joseph Wolfl; a scherzo from Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat Major, Op. 61, by Frederic Chopin; Three Preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff; four movements of Suite Bergamasqueincluding "Clair de Lune"by Claude Debussy and Apres une Lecture du Dante ("Fantasia quasi Sonata") by Franz Liszt.
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Extractions: January 5, 2005 'Chicago' Steinway Society Datebook Jazz Society Society Pianist Jon Nakamatsu performs at the Steinway Society the Bay Area. Top pianist rings in the new year for Steinway Society By Heather Zimmerman Steinway Society the Bay Area starts off the new year on a high note with a concert by piano star Jon Nakamatsu. The pianist will perform a diverse program Jan. 8 and 9 at Le Petit Trianon in downtown San Jose. The fact that Nakamatsu is a hometown artist further increases the drawif that's actually possibleto this Bay Area native's concerts, so this pair of concerts seem certain to sell out (in fact, the Jan. 9 concert has already sold to capacity, but tickets are still available for Jan. 8). Local pride isn't to be underestimated, but truly, it's the artistry of Nakamatsu's performances that pack the houses wherever he goes, including recital tours to Paris, London and Milan, as well as throughout the United States. Nakamatsu has also toured extensively with the Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet, and made solo appearances with numerous orchestras in cities across the United States and performed for former President and Mrs. Clinton at the White House. Nakamatsu is probably best known for earning international recognition when he won the gold medal in the tenth annual Van Cliburn competition in 1997. He is the only American since 1981 to claim Van Cliburn gold. The Stanford graduate, who holds a bachelor's degree in German and a master's degree in education from the university, was teaching German at a local high school as he practiced for the competition that would win him the prestigious Van Cliburn.
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Extractions: Symphony at August 3 Midsummer Night on the Green Music about the beauty of place is the theme of "A Midsummer Night on the Green" concert on Saturday, August 3 as Green Music Festival Director Jeffrey Kahane and Van Cliburn gold medalist, Jon Nakamatsu, take their listeners to re-imagined landscapes. Mr. Kahane will conduct the Santa Rosa Symphony orchestra in Gershwin's An American in Paris, Von Suppé's Morning, Noon and Night in Vienna and Respighi's Pines of Rome. Guest pianist, Jon Nakamatsu, a gold medal winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will join them for Grieg's Piano Concerto in A Minor, often referred to as "The Song of Norway."
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Extractions: A native of California, Jon Nakamatsu claimed a distinguished place on the international musical scene in June, 1997 when named the Gold Medalist of the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the only American to have achieved this distinction since 1981. A former high school German teacher, he became a popular hero overnight in the highly traditional medium of classical music. Jon Nakamatsu's extensive recital tours throughout the United States and Europe have featured debuts in New York City (Carnegie 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, Manhattan, Miami, St. Lawrence, Tokyo and Ying String Quartets. In both 2000 and 2002, he toured the United States with the Berlin Philharmonic Woodwind Quintet.
Extractions: Archive Article - Winter 1998 Index Jon Nakamatsu is the Gold Medallist of the 1997 Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Mr. Nakamatsu was recently named Debut Artist of the Year by NPR's Performance Today. He is featured in Playing with Fire, a documentary about the Tenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, which began airing nationwide in October 1997 on PBS. Harmonia mundi will issue a CD of works by Frederic Chopin in the fall of 1998, in addition to the previously released recording of live solo performances from the Competition. Mr. Nakamatsu has also made a live CD recording at the Dvorak Hall in Prague with the Brno Concert Orchestra and the Masterworks Chorale. He has studied piano privately with Marina Derryberry since the age of six and has also worked with Karl Ulrich Schnabel as well as pursuing extensive studies in chamber music and musicology. In addition, he studied composition and orchestration with Dr. Leonard Stein of the Schoenberg Institute at the University of Southern California. Mr. Nakamatsu is a graduate of Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in German studies and a master's degree in education. During the 1998-99 season, Mr. Nakamatsu will tour the United States and Europe including recitals at Jordan Hall in Boston; Zellerbach Hall in Berkeley; the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC; and appearances in France, Italy, and Switzerland. His Carnegie Hall recital debut will take place on October 26, 1998. Orchestral engagements will include appearances with, among others: the New World Symphony; the symphonies of Dallas, Detroit, Honolulu, Seattle, and San Francisco; and an appearance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl.
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Extractions: Idol Hands Pianist Jon Nakamatsu enjoys local-hero status at San Jose Symphony performance By Scott MacClelland J UDGING FROM the applause between movements, it must have been a long time ago when Leonid Grin and the San Jose Symphony played Brahms' Piano Concerto no. 2. Just when you think an audience was inspired to attend because "absence makes the heart grow fonder," you run right into that rock-hard disillusionment known as "out of sight, out of mind." Silly me! It was neither of the above, but rather "local boy makes good," Jon Nakamatsu, who was the real draw. Winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn Competition (without benefit of a conservatory education), Nakamatsu continues to enjoy matinee-idol status here at home. Brahms, eat your heart out. For better or not, Nakamatsu made the German composer his own. That is to say he exchanged the work's familiar muscle and grandeur for a kind of miniature version of itself. From the evidence of last Saturday's performance (and the list of concerto collaborations in his bio), Nakamatsu is still on the scanty end of orchestral experience. Where a minimal loudness is required by the terms of orchestral collaboration, Nakamatsu indulged himself in an intimacy that at times disappeared from the aural radar screen altogether.
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Extractions: Miami Virtues Jon Nakamatsu soars on Schumann with the Miami String Quartet By Scott MacClelland U NFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, the ambassadors from Fort Worth, do not enjoy diplomatic immunity. As soon as the glare of celebrity shines on them, legions of critics are waiting in the darkness behind the bright lights to eat and digest them in print. Such is the price of winning the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held in Texas. And like those who have gone before him, Jon Nakamatsu, gold medalist of the 1997 Van Cliburn, has learned to put distorting critics behind him and to focus on his art instead. After all, his mastery in competition only opened the door to his real education, that of mastering the repertoire, coming to terms with the great composers of different centuries, searching his instincts for vision and growing his art. The high school German teacher from Cupertino who electrified audiences and competition judges alike in Fort Worth makes his local post-Van Cliburn debut Thursday with the Miami String Quartet at UCSC's Music Recital Hall. However, the occasion does not give primary billing to Nakamatsu, who is scheduled to appear in only one of three works on the program, Schumann's celebrated Quintet in E flat, Op. 44.
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Extractions: National Arts Associates Mabry, George - choral director, Delta Pi 1998 Mabry, Dr. Sharon - educator/vocalist, Delta Pi 1983 Macurdy, John - bass, Greater Hartford Alumnae 1992 Magrill, Dr. Samuel M . - composer, Delta Iota 2000 Mailman, Dr. Martin - educator/composer, Denton Alumnae Mailman, Dr. Matthew - conductor, Alpha Zeta 2000 Mancini, Henry * - composer/performer, Delta Omega Mann, Dr. Alfred - musicologist, 2000 Marie, Mother Anne - educator, Philanthropies 1985 Marriner, Neville - conductor/violinist, Minneapolis/St. Paul 1985 Marsalis, Wynton - jazz trumpet, Delta Iota 2005 Martina, Harold - pianist, Greater Hartford Alumnae 1989 Martinson, Joel - music director, Dallas Alumnae 2005 Matson, Dr. Sigred - educator/composer, Iota Kappa 1983 Maves, David - composer, NEB Convention 1978 McBeth, Dr. Francis - educator/composer, Epsilon Delta 1991 McCarthy, Sr. Margaret Williams * - C.S.J, educator/author, Boston Alumnae 1984 McCoppin, Peter - conductor, Epsilon Theta 1995
