Sanibel Music Festival - Jon Nakamatsu, piano

Since winning the Gold Medal at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Jon Nakamatsu, piano, has toured year-round to perform with today’s leading conductors and orchestras, and appeared in recital and chamber collaborations at festivals and music centers worldwide. Together with the renowned clarinetist Jon Manasse, Mr. Nakamatsu regularly tours as a member of the Manasse/Nakamatsu Duo and the Frautschi/Manasse/Nakamatsu Trio. Mr. Nakamatsu has also been a frequent guest with such celebrated ensembles as the Emerson, Tokyo, Prazak, Escher, Jupiter and Ying String Quartets, and toured extensively with the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet. In 2018, he was appointed Artist-in-Residence of the Chautauqua Institution Piano Program in New York State. He has released 13 CDs on the Harmonia Mundi USA label to critical acclaim.