Sundays @ Four: Nathan Olson, violin, and Arkadi Serper, piano March 21, 2010

Up-and-coming violinist and Berkeley native Nathan Olson returns home for a joyous musical reunion with pianist Arkadi Serper in Crowden Music Center's Sundays @ Four chamber music series!

Sundays @ Four presents internationally-respected chamber musicians in casual and intimate concerts. Artists reveal their personal inspirations and insights, and mingle with the audience in free receptions following the concerts.

Crowden alum Nathan Olson is emerging as a leading new violinist in the orchestral world after his recent graduation from Cleveland Institute of Music's prestigious Concertmaster Academy, where he studied with Cleveland Orchestra Concertmaster William Preucil. Born and raised in Berkeley, California, Nathan studied with Itzhak Perlman and Crowden's founder, Anne Crowden. He has performed as soloist with orchestras across the country, and as Guest Concertmaster with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (Canada) and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra (Arizona). He is currently Concertmaster of the Canton Symphony Orchestra and the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra, and performs regularly with the Cleveland Orchestra as a substitute. A dedicated chamber musician, Nathan served on faculty at the Innsbrook Music Festival and won the silver medal at the 2005 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition as a member of the Kashii String Quartet with fellow Crowden alums Aaron Requiro and Naumburg prize-winner David Requiro.

Russian-born composer, pianist, and educator Arkadi Serper is known for his soulful and impassioned performances as a soloist, a collaborative chamber musician, and as half of the two-piano team "Scorpio Duo" with fellow Crowden faculty member Miles Graber. He has served on Crowden's faculty since 1992.

Program: Stravinsky Suite Italienne; Ysaye Sonata No. 1 for Solo Violin, Op. 27, No. 1; Prokofiev Five Melodies for Violin and Piano, Op. 35; Grieg Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano in C minor, Op. 45

Official Website: http://crowden.org/Events/sundays.htm#nathan