Jon Nakamatsu—California
Birth
Jon Nakamatsu was born in California.
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Education
Jon Nakamatsu at the Peninsula Symphony concert, San Mateo, California on October 21, 2005 Jon Yasuhiro Nakamatsu is a Japanese American pianist. Nakamatsu was born in California and as of 2007, he is 39 years old. Jon resides in San Jose, California but mostly performs away from home. He is the son of David Y. Nakamatsu (San Jose engineer) and Karen F. Maeda Nakamatsu (city employee). In June 1997 Nakamatsu won the Gold Medal playing from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 at the Tenth ...
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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.
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Fame
In honor of the persons who support various educational programs sponsored by the United States Embassy in the Dominican Repubilc, Ambassador Hans H. Hertell and Mrs. Marie Hertell offered a piano recital in the residence of the diplomatic mission featuring famous United States pianist Jon Nakamatsu, winner of the Gold Medal in the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, who played a repertoir which included melodies of the great classics.
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The Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet and Jon Nakamatsu: Nakamatsu is winner of the 1997 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, and he will open the season performing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?s Piano Quintet and Francis Poulenc?s "Sextour," along with 20th-century wind music.
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Work
Twenty-eight-year-old teacher Jon Nakamatsu wins the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the world's premier piano prize, which carries a $200,000 purse.
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Jon Nakamatsu, a Cliburn Competition winner, plays the formidable "Dante" Sonata and other works drawn from the second book of Liszt's Années de pèlerinage.
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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 star in classical music overnight. When Mr. Nakamatsu performed in Reno in 2004, Jack Neal wrote, He brings a sensational technique to the concerto's extensive demands, but never lapses into mere keyboard athletics.
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Jon Nakamatsu - Piano 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 Clibum International Piano Competition, the first 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 current season includes orchestral engagements, recitals, and chamber music collaborations throughout the United States and Europe. ... In addition to his heavy touring schedule, Mr. Nakamatsu also appears in speaking engagements, master classes, and in various media broadcasts. ... 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.
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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. ... In recital, he is heard in Bellevue (WA), Bozeman, Columbus (GA), Corrales (NM), Fort Worth, Fort Myers, Knoxville and San Jose as well as Milan, Italy, while chamber music activities include performances with the Ives Quartet.
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Jon Nakamatsu, a native Californian, claimed a distinguished place on the international music scene when he was named the Gold Medalist of the 1997 Van Cliburn Piano Competition, the only American to have achieved this distinction since 1981. A former high school German teacher, he became a popular hero. During the summer of 1997, Jon was invited to replace Vladimir Ashkenazy in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro as soloist with the Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin, and performed at Tanglewood with the Boston Pops and the Montpellier Festival in France.
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Jon Nakamatsu to perform with Bates Orchestra Classical pianist Jon Nakamatsu, gold medalist in the 10th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, will perform Edvard Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Bates College Orchestra at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.
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