Nathan Heidelberger is a Presidential Fellow at the University at Buffalo, where he is pursuing a PhD in music composition. He holds a BM in composition and a BA in English from Oberlin College and Conservatory, where he was awarded the Walter E. Aschaffenburg Composition Prize and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honors society. Nathan's primary teachers have included David Felder, Lewis Nielson, and Richard Carrick, and he has participated in masterclasses with such composers as Helmut Lachenmann, Rebecca Saunders, and Bernard Rands. His piece Of songs for soprano and string quartet won the 2010 Frank Robert Abel Young Composers Contest through the University of Louisville, and Bone Alphabet Soup, a piano solo, is featured on the 2009 edition of Aural Capacity, the biannual CD release from Oberlin's Contemporary Music Division. He has received performances from Ensemble Linea, the New York New Music Ensemble, the Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Magnus Andersson, and the San Francisco Choral Artists. Sometimes a pianist, Nathan focuses on performing contemporary music. He worked closely with Helmut Lachenmann during the composer's 2008 residency at Oberlin to prepare his solo piano works Echo Andante and Ein Kinderspiel.
Jezioro, Jan. Program notes, “A Musical Feast performs works by John Bacon, W.A. Mozart, Bernard Rands, Nathan Heidelberger and Elliott Carter.” Concert. Buffalo, NY: Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, May 18, 2012.