Eric Nathan

The music of ERIC NATHAN (b. 1983, New York NY) has been performed in the United States and abroad at music festivals including the Aldeburgh Music Festival (UK), Tanglewood, Aspen, Ravinia Festival Steans Institute, Banff Centre, World Music Days, Yellow Barn as well as at the Louvre Museum and Carnegie Hall.

In June 2013, Nathan served as composer-in-residence at the Chelsea Music Festival (New York) and at Chamber Music Campania (Italy). Recent commissions include those from the New York Philharmonic for its 2014 Biennial, Tanglewood Music Center, Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra, and a Jerome Fund for New Music commission for the Momenta Quartet. Nathan’s music has been presented by ensembles including Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, the Momenta Quartet, American Composers Orchestra, American Modern Ensemble, Omaha Symphony Chamber Orchestra, and Aspen Concert Orchestra, among others.

Nathan is a recipient of the 2013 Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize, four ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, ISCM-IAMIC Young Composer Award, BMI William Schuman Prize, and American Academy of Arts and Letters Charles Ives Scholarship. He received his Doctorate in Composition from Cornell University, an M.M. from Indiana University, and his B.A. from Yale College. His principal teachers include Steven Stucky, Roberto Sierra, Claude Baker, Sven-David Sandstrom and Kathryn Alexander.