NATHAN MELTZER
29 October 2021
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
On the Terezín Music Foundation Gala at Boston Symphony Hall: "dazzling technique".
1 December 2020
Gramophone (UK) - Editor's Choice
"... wonderful playing, supremely polished in technical terms and exuding maturity... In short, this is a stunning album ... this may now be my go-to recording of the Franck."
December 2020 / January 2021
The Whole Note (Canada)
"Ably supported by De Silva, Meltzer is quite superb. . . . It's an outstanding debut recording from a prodigiously talented player with an admirable sense of history."
1 November 2020
Gramophone (UK)
"Meltzer draws from [the Ames, Totenberg Stradivarius] a hugely cultivated sound, with a sweetness to his tone and gorgeously shaped legato lines. As with his teacher Itzhak Perlman, Meltzer's technique is of the sort that rarely draws attention to itself but enables a full expressive command of whatever he is playing. It is surely only a matter of time before a larger record label snaps him up."
27 October 2020
Presto Classical (UK)
"Nathan Meltzer bursts onto the recording scene with an original and absorbing recital."
27 October 2020
Pizzicato (Luxembourg)
"Meltzer and De Silva form a well-rehearsed duo which presents refined interpretations. Their style seems to recall earlier times. "
17 October 2020
Limelight Magazine (Australia)
Nathan Meltzer and the gift of the “Ames, Totenberg” Stradivarius -- Loaned the multi-million-dollar 1734 violin when he was still a student at Juilliard, the young musician tells us about being its custodian, and recording his debut album.
13 October 2020
The Daily Princetonian
Innovative yet grounded, Nathan Meltzer performs at Dreamstage
17 August 2020
Der neue Merker
"Die Ausführenden engagierten sich für das ernsthaft durchgearbeitete Quintett, angeführt von dem jungen, begabten Nathan Meltzer, der mit sanftem singendem Ton seine Mitstreiter inspirierte. "
22 May 2020
The Strad
Nathan Meltzer: Life Lessons. The up-and-coming US violinist on his early years in Austria and summertime chamber music by the sea
30 April 2020
The Violin Channel
"quickly building an international reputation as a rising young virtuoso of outstanding potential"
8 March 2020
WCRB Boston
On WCRB In Concert with the Longy School of Music, rising young violinist Nathan Meltzer plays sonatas by Bach, Beethoven, Szymanowski, and more on the long-lost stolen Ames-Totenberg Stradivarius violin, on demand.
16 November 2019
Associated Press
Totenberg Stradivarius Reborn 4 Decades After Theft
"Our father would have been so pleased to hear Nathan, a gifted young violinist, breathe life back into the violin. . . . I felt my father was in that hall listening and smiling." -- Jill Totenberg
15 November 2019
WBUR Boston
Roman Totenberg’s Stradivarius Returns To The Scene Of The Crime
25 October 2019
Jyllands-Posten (Denmark)
A teenager on his way to stardom visited Aalborg
“Den udprægede inderlighed og de papirstynde harmonier funklede som små stjerner på en stille nattehimmel, og Nathan Meltzer tog nænsomt på tonerne, som stod han med danefæ i hånden iført hvide bomuldshandsker. Generelt var nerven i violinkoncerten godt i live, og Nathan Meltzer imponerede i sine soli, der med sin stærke dolce smeltede som varm chokolade på julekonfekten.”
25 October 2019
NORDJYSKE (Denmark)
"Nathan Meltzer, the young soloist in Mendelssohn's violin concerto, proved to be a huge musical talent, his young age notwithstanding, with eminent technique and ability to shape the music and give it direction.”
19 August 2019
Der neue Merker
"19-year-old Nathan Meltzer played [Ysaýe and Kreisler] with enchanting sounds, true ‘witchcraft’ of breathtaking virtuosity, with sonorous double stops in unimaginable perfection, full of temperament and verve, and highlights of interpretive maturity."
“With very expressive string artistry and devotion, the brilliant young violinist Nathan Meltzer led the [Haydn] quartet with Ester Hoppe, Ulrich Eichenauer, and Guy Johnston … to an impressive, emotional sound experience.”
19 August 2019
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten
“I was most impressed in these days by the only-19-year-old American Nathan Meltzer, already a violinist of great stature with unobtrusive technical brilliance, a very individual musicianship and a supple tone.”
“The quartet with Meltzer, Hoppe, Eichenauer and Johnston lovingly took care of every melodic progression, every cadence and above all the numerous emotional music images ... a serious Haydn and an absolutely smashing performance full of musicality.”
18 August 2019
Neue (musikalische) Blätter
“The first violinist, here student Nathan Meltzer, is assigned the role of concert soloist in addition to leading. Meltzer succeeded excellently in this… From the front rows it was also easy to see how much trust and support the older or ‘seasoned’ players, especially Ulrich Eichenauer and Guy Johnston, showed him. It is well known that they rule in Moritzburg. But the fact that a nineteen-year-old student was so confident in solving his leadership task was astounding. In such cases, one can only look forward to hearing again!”
13 August 2019
Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten
“artistically brilliant … fascinating in his expressive power and playing technique”
6 July 2019
ClevelandClassical
"There are rare, perfect moments in chamber music where minds meld and hearts coalesce in beautiful synergy. Violinist Nathan Meltzer and pianist Evren Ozel, both young phenoms, did just that with their performance of Franck’s Violin Sonata… I doubt I will ever hear a better rendition."
6 April 2019
El Mercurio (Santiago)
Nathan Meltzer, el virtuoso violinista que llega con su Stradivarius lleno de historia
11 January 2019
Strings Magazine
A New Chapter Begins in the Tumultuous Life of the ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Stradivari
3 December 2018
Concert Classic (France)
“Under his bow – and on a sumptuous 1734 Strad (the Ames/Totenberg) – the Khachaturian Concerto assumes its share of brilliance and virtuosity with a poetic imagination and an intense lyricism that make this interpretation a memorable experience.”
28 November 2018
Yahoo! Finance
How one of the world's most precious violins was stolen and found
10 October 2018
The Strad
Long missing ‘Ames, Totenberg’ Stradivarius now on long-term loan to Nathan Meltzer
9 October 2018
New York Times
A Stolen Stradivarius Is Recovered, and Lent to a Student
9 October 2018
Washington Post
Stolen Stradivarius found after decades comes to life again
9 October 2018
National Public Radio
The Tale Of The Stolen Totenberg Stradivarius Ends With A New Legacy
15 May 2017
Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
"astonishing ... overwhelming ... unforgettable"
19 March 2017
The Strad
Nathan Meltzer, aged 16, wins Windsor Festival International String Competition
30 May 2016
Universidad de Concepción (Chile)
"an assurance, warmth and good taste which are absolutely unusual"