Young Artist
2024
Born in London, Nathan Perry began playing the double bass aged 8. A year later, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Yehudi Menuhin School, where he studied with Caroline Emery and graduated in 2023. Continuing his studies with Caroline, he has just completed his first year of study at the Royal College of Music, and is supported by a full ABRSM Scholarship.
Recent awards include 1st prize at the RCM Double Bass Competition 2024, 3rd prize at the International Society of Bassists Under 30s Solo Competition 2023, String Category Winner of Gregynog Young Musician of the Year 2022 and Prizewinner of the Haslemere International String Competition 2023. Nathan has performed as a soloist with the Dorking Chamber Orchestra and Menuhin School Orchestra, and has made solo appearances at the Lichfield Festival, North Norfolk Music Festival, and in Kings Place, London. Along with fellow RCM bassist Levi Andreassen, Nathan was featured in a duo performance on the Menuhin School’s first commercial album with Orchid Classics, ‘Around the World in 80 Minutes’.
Nathan is an avid chamber and orchestral musician, and led the Menuhin School Orchestra as principal during numerous concerts at the Menuhin Hall, as well as on a tour of the UK and Gstaad in 2023. More recently, he enjoys an active freelance career and regularly performs with outstanding ensembles like Le Foyer des Artistes and LGT Young Soloists, and has worked with many renowned conductors, including the late Sir Andrew Davies, Martyn Brabbins and Jac van Steen.