Violinist Nathan Olson is currently the sole participant in the Cleveland Institute of Music's prestigious Concertmaster Academy, studying with Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil. Nathan received his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music (with Academic Honors) degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Paul Kantor and William Preucil. A native of Berkeley, California, Nathan began his music studies at the age of 6 and has studied with Kathleen Winkler, Itzhak Perlman, Henryk Kowalski, and the late Anne Crowden. A winner of the Joseph and Elsie Scharff prize in violin at CIM, he has performed as soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Berkeley Symphony, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and the Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra. He is scheduled to perform solos in the coming year with CityMusic Cleveland, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, and the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra.
Nathan is concertmaster of the Canton Symphony Orchestra, as well as principal second violin of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland. At the Cleveland Institute of Music, he has held the positions of concertmaster and principal second violin. As a member of the Kashii String Quartet, he served on faculty at the Innsbrook Music Festival and won the silver medal at the 2005 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. In March 2006, the Quartet recorded Aaron Jay Kernis's quintet 100 Greatest Dance Hits with guitarist David Tanenbaum. As a chamber musician, Nathan has performed with Robert McDuffie, Roberto Diaz, Andres Diaz, Hsin-Yun Huang, Elaine Douvas, Gary Graffman, Peter Salaff, Franklin Cohen, Sharon Isbin, David Tanenbaum, and the Cavani String Quartet. While completing his B.M. at the Cleveland Institute of Music, he earned minors in both mathematics and music theory.
Violinist Nathan Olson is currently the sole participant in the Cleveland Institute of Music's prestigious Concertmaster Academy, studying with Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil. Nathan received his Master of Music and Bachelor of Music (with Academic Honors) degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music, studying with Paul Kantor and William Preucil. A native of Berkeley, California, Nathan began his music studies at the age of 6 and has studied with Kathleen Winkler, Itzhak Perlman, Henryk Kowalski, and the late Anne Crowden. A winner of the Joseph and Elsie Scharff prize in violin at CIM, he has performed as soloist with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, the Berkeley Symphony, the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and the Lexington Bach Festival Orchestra. He is scheduled to perform solos in the coming year with CityMusic Cleveland, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, and the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra.