Winner of the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall, Anton Nel continues to tour internationally as a recitalist, concerto soloist, chamber musician, and teacher. Highlights in the U.S. include performances with the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas, Seattle, and Detroit Symphonies as well as recitals coast to coast. Overseas he has appeared at the Wigmore Hall in London, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, major venues in China and Korea and undertakes regular tours to South Africa. Much sought after as a chamber musician he regularly appears with some of the world’s finest instrumentalists at festivals on four continents. He holds the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, is currently also a Visiting Professor at the Manhattan School of Music, and annually presents masterclasses at the Glenn Gould School inToronto.
During the summers he is on the artist-faculties at the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Orford Music Academy in Quebec, and at the Steans Institute at the Ravinia Festival. Mr. Nel also frequently performs as harpsichordist and fortepianist. His recordings include four solo CDs, several chamber music recordings, and works for piano and orchestra by Franck, Faure, Saint-Saens, and Edward Burlingame Hill. The Johannesburg-born Mr. Nel is a graduate of the University of the Witwatersrand, where he studied with Adolph Hallis and the University of Cincinnati where he worked with Bela Siki and Frank Weinstock.
1st Violins
Amanda Swartz, Concertmaster
Allen Cornford
Meghan Knowles
Joe Berendse
Anthony Nesland
Patrick Knowles
Kolton Arthur
Brady Riker
2nd Violins
Marilyn Maxvold, Principal
Dori O’Connor
Katie Sprague
Connor Stuck
Rachael Bunger
Nicole Free
Katie Redinius
Carol Knowles
Cullen Knowles, Principal
Emily Pflaum
Charlie Savot
Laura Wilsey
Jennifer May
Susan Guthrie
Avery Massey
Chris Budd
Isabelle Schild
Caleb Van Fleet
Dominick Davis
Elizabeth Benusis, Principal
Carlynn Savot
Marta Koscak
Martha Robinson
Caitlin Gerdes
Karina Riggert
Cordelia Grey
Kraig Long, Principal
Christopher Johnson
Kate Mathews
Manuelito Trujillo
Sue Griffith
Julie Anderson, Principal
Helen Van Dam
Nancy Olney, Principal
Paige Werner
Deb Knowles, Principal
Jackie Ott
Julie Anderson, Principal
Helen Van Dam
Skye van Duuren, Principal
Victoria Palmreuter
Christopher Hahn, Principal
Rick Hamil
Andrew Simco
Overture to The Creatures of Prometheus, op. 43 – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
I. Molto Allegro
II. Andante
III. Menuetto – Allegretto
IV. Finale – Allegro assai
Intermission
Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat Major, op. 73 “Emperor” – Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 – 1827)
Anton Nel - piano
I. Allegro
II. Adagio un poco mosso
III. Rondo
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