Nanae Iwata
Japanese violinist, Nanae Iwata has been a veteran of the stage since the age of three and has gone on to give performances across four continents to venues such as Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Paul Hall, Jordan Hall, Amadeo Roldand Hall in Cuba, Old University Auditorium in Austria, and Denki Bunka- Kaikan in Japan. Praised by critic, Anthony Aibel, “Iwata performed with the ideal contrast of rhythmical bite and expansive lyricism. The opening cadenza of Ravel’s Tzigane was riveting and exquisitely done, with lovely nuances of sound and phrasing.†(New York Concert Review)
Ms. Iwata has also made appearances at festivals such as the Aspen Music Festival, the Mozarteum Acadamie, and the Saito Kinen Music Festival. In 2005, by personal invitation of Seiji Ozawa, Ms. Iwata played in the Tokyo Opera no Mori Orchestra receiving recognition as its youngest member. During the 2008 season, Ms. Iwata gave her Carnegie Hall debut recital, performed Mozart’s D Major Violin Concerto with the Ichinomiya Chamber Orchestra (JAPAN) and was a guest soloist with the Lake George Chamber Orchestra performing Bach’s Concerto for Oboe and Violin.
Ms. Iwata earned both her BM and MM at The Juilliard School where she was a full-scholarship student under the tutelage of Masao Kawasaki and Ronald Copes. She has coached with world-renowned teachers such as Jacob Lateiner, Igor Ozim, Robert Mann, Earl Carlyss, Sadao Harada, Bonnie Hampton, and Jonathon Feldman. Currently, she is on faculty at Columbia College/Sherwood Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
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