Robin Scott and Nathan Cheung Faculty/Guest Artist Recital

Nathan Cheung, Visiting Assistant Professor at Indiana University Bloomington, invited violinist, Robin Scott, to give a Faculty Recital on January 27, 2022 in Ford-Crawford Hall.
Program:
Fritz Kreisler: Caprice viennois, Op. 2
Eugène Ysaÿe: Poème élégiaque, Op. 12
William Grant Still: Mother and Child from the Suite for Violin and Piano
Francis Poulenc: Sonate pour violon et piano, FP 119
Béla Bartók: Rhapsody No. 1, Sz. 87
Lili Boulanger: Nocturne for Violin and Piano (encore)
Pages turned by Watcharit Kerdchuen (Jean).
Award-winning violinist Robin Scott has built a varied career as a soloist, chamber musician, and concertmaster. He has competed internationally, winning first prizes in the California International Young Artists Competition and the WAMSO Young Artist Competition in Minnesota, and second prizes in the Yehudi Menuhin International Violin Competition, the Irving M. Klein International String Competition, and the Stulberg International String Competition. He has appeared as a soloist with the Minnesota Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony, Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Montgomery Symphony, Orchestre National de Lille in France, and many others. He has given numerous recitals and performances throughout the United States and abroad in such venues as Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall and the Schubert Club (St. Paul, Minnesota). Scott is associate professor of string chamber music and violin at the Eastman School of Music, where he is the first violinist of Eastman’s Grammy-winning string quartet-in-residence, the Ying Quartet. An avid chamber musician, he has performed at such venues as the Kennedy Center, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Institution, and Jordan Hall. Festival appearances include the Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Institute for Young Artists, and Yellow Barn, among others. He has participated in the acclaimed Music from Marlboro tours, as well as tours under the auspices of the Ravinia Festival, and was a member of the Gesualdo String Quartet. He has served as concertmaster of the New York Classical Players and guest concertmaster with the Fort Wayne Philharmonic and performed with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra as guest principal second violin. From 2011 to 2013, he was the Montgomery Symphony’s artist-in-residence and concertmaster, performing with the orchestra and throughout the community as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician. A native of Indiana, Scott was a student of Mimi Zweig at Indiana University’s preparatory program. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree at the New England Conservatory (NEC) and an Artist Diploma at IU, where he studied with Miriam Fried. He pursued additional studies at NEC with Donald Weilerstein and Kim Kashkashian.
Pianist Nathan Cheung is postdoctoral resident scholar and visiting assistant professor of music in chamber and collaborative music at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. Hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, he is known for his versatility as a soloist, collaborator, composer, and improviser. These roles are fueled by his lifelong passion to discover artistry and accessibility-to understand the power of great music and tap into its potential to resonate with people from all walks of life. His education has aided him significantly in strengthening these endeavors, culminating in degrees from the Eastman School of Music (D.M.A. Piano Performance and Literature, M.M. Piano Performance and Literature, M.M. Accompanying and Chamber Music) and Stanford University (B.A. Music, concentrations in piano performance and composition). His principal instructors include Natalya Antonova, Nelita True, Jean Barr, and Thomas Schultz. Cheung won first prize in the 2019 Los Angeles International Piano Competition and top prizes in the Wideman International Piano Competition, Seattle International Piano Competition, and Lewisville Lake Symphony International Competition. He is also a winner of the Aspen Concerto Competition, American Prize concerto division, Music Teachers’ Association of California Solo Competition, and concerto competitions at both the Eastman School of Music and Stanford University. As a collaborative pianist, he works with highly trained professionals of all instruments and voice types. He has appeared at Music Academy of the West, SongFest, and the Aspen Music Festival as a select collaborative piano fellow. Cheung is a member of Happy Dog Duo with longtime piano partner Eric Tran. Together, they won first prize and the Abild American Prize at the 2017 Ellis Duo Piano Competition. They won the inaugural Music Teacher’s National Association Stecher and Horowitz Two-Piano Competition and the Ohio International Piano Duet and Duo Competition in 2018. Also an avid composer, Cheung has had his miniatures featured in the United States Open Music Competition and his string quartet premiered by the St. Lawrence String Quartet.