performers
Nathan Meltzer
Recipient of a 2026 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2023 Concert Artists Guild Competition, violinist Nathan Meltzer is establishing a holistic and multi-faceted career, with passions for both standard and contemporary repertoire. A major prize winner at the 2022 Sibelius and Singapore International Violin Competitions, he has performed as a soloist with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Finnish RSO, the Helsinki Philharmonic, and the Alabama, Charlotte, Indianapolis, Montreal, and Pittsburgh Symphonies.
As a recitalist and chamber musician, Nathan has performed at the Chamber Music Society of Palm Beach, the Dresden Musikfestspiele, the Hawaii Concert Society, and Heidelberger Frühling, among others. He has been featured at festivals including ChamberFest Cleveland, IMS Prussia Cove, Krzyzowa Music, La Jolla SummerFest, the Montreal and Moritzburg Chamber Music Festivals, Music@Menlo, Newport Classical, and the Ravinia Festival Institute. Nathan is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of the Green Room Ensemble, a non-profit chamber music organization dedicated to new music and historically unexplored works by composers from a variety of backgrounds and heritages. Nathan is a graduate from the Juilliard School, where he studied with Itzhak Perlman and Li Lin. He plays on a 1682 Andrea Guarneri violin.
Performances
The Green Room Ensemble
Experience an extraordinary evening of live music featuring acclaimed works for strings and piano, including the U.S. premiere of Eleanor Alberga’s Three String Quartets and the world premiere of her Second Piano Quintet, with Alberga performing at the piano. This special performance offers a rare chance to hear a living composer’s newest work in the intimate setting of Brannan Center.