Guest Artist Nathan J. Knutson, piano

Pre-Recital Talk
Thursday, April 24, 2008, 6:30 p.m.
Phillips Recital Hall

Recital
Thursday, April 24, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
Phillips Recital Hall

Haas Fine Arts Center
UW-Eau Claire

All Events Free & Open to the Public

Sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Academic Affairs Professional Development Program, the College of Arts & Sciences, and the Department of Music & Theatre Arts.

Acclaimed for his masterful command of technique and sound, Nathan J. Knutson continues to delight audiences worldwide, provoking intellects, captivating emotions and entertaining souls. He is particularly noted as an interpreter of a vast range of musical genres “...allowing him to be versatile, understanding and equally comfortable with composers and styles that are very different, making his rendition of a wide variety of repertoire natural, thoughtful, and very musical.”  Earning highest marks in chamber music and solo performance, Mr. Knutson holds a Master's degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he studied with internationally renowned faculty including Paul Barnes and Antonio Pompa-Baldi. Additionally, Knutson attributes much of his technique to the well-known pedagogical tradition of Joseph and Rosina Lhevinne. A prize winner in more than fifteen competitions, Mr. Knutson most recently won the 2007 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist Competition and the 2007 Mason and Hamlin Prize. 

As a result of his competitive success as a young artist by the age of seventeen, he made his orchestral debut with the South Dakota Symphony in a series of four concerts for the grand opening of the Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion. Having pursued further professional study in Austria and France, he has been in high demand as a professor and performer across the United States.  In addition to his pursuits as a pianist, Mr. Knutson has a great interest in sacred music and has held numerous liturgical positions as director of music and organist. His great passion for Gregorian chant has found fulfillment as director of schola cantori, specializing in chant and Renaissance polyphony. Together with wife Lisa, a choral director and organist, they are proud parents who advocate the sacred and performing arts.

For further information on Mr. Knutson, including sample audio clips, please visit his website: www.nathanknutson.com

For More Information Contact: 
Dr. Nicholas Phillips
261 Haas Fine Arts Center
Music & Theatre Arts Department
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Phone: 715/836-5842
Email: phillins@uwec.edu