First Prize: Nathan Meltzer

Second Prize: Jonian Ilias Kadesha

Third Prize: Luke Hsu

Audience Prize: Nathan Meltzer

Then we have Nathan Meltzer’s biography, quote, further photos and video only on this page.

Nathan Meltzer [Photo - Nathan Meltzer in performance]

Laureate at the 2017 Windsor Festival International String Competition, seventeen-year-old Nathan Meltzer has played solo violin with the Berliner Symphoniker, the Indianapolis Symphony, and the Pittsburgh Symphony, among others, performing in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Germany, Israel, the U.K., and across the U.S. This season, Nathan joins Omega Ensemble, solos with the Adelphi Orchestra and Ensemble 212, returns to the Charlotte Civic Orchestra and the Orquesta Sinfónica Concepción, and gives recitals at Juilliard, the Neue Galerie, and the 92nd St Y. Highlights of next season include a concerto with the Philharmonia Orchestra at Windsor Castle, a return engagement with the Evansville Philharmonic, and recitals at the Walton Gardens in Ischia, Italy.

Nathan studies with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin at Juilliard Pre-College, where he is a Starling scholar. He began his music education in a second-grade orchestra class in Vienna, joined the "Violin Virtuosi" at Indiana University in 2011, and entered the Perlman Music Program in 2013. Nathan has played on NPR’s From the Top, most recently with Mark O’Connor, appeared with The Piano Guys at Carnegie Hall, performed with Gilles Apap, David Chan, and Augustin Hadelich, and taken lessons and masterclasses with Joshua Bell, Pamela Frank, and Jaime Laredo.

Nathan plays an 1844 Italian violin by Johannes Pressenda on generous loan from Juilliard.

Website: http://www.nathanmeltzer.com

International Jury

Pierre Amoyal - violin

Edward Vanderspar - viola

Raphael Wallfisch - cello

And joining them for the final

Helen Sprott - Managing Director, Philharmonia Orchestra

Alexander Van Ingen - Executive Producer, Decca Records

Martin Denny - Director, Windsor Festival

For the Preliminary Round:

Simon Smith - violin

Jon Thorne - viola

Thomas Carroll - cello

Official Pianists:

Nigel Hutchison

Simon Lane