Virtuosic and daring - Canadian violinist NATO presents a program of adventurous music with pianist Tin Yi Chelsea Wong, through the late romantic era into the early 20th century.
Program:
Prokofiev Solo Violin Sonata in D major (1947)
Brahms Violin Sonata No.1 in G major (1879)
Debussy Violin Sonata in G minor (1917)
Ravel La Valse (solo piano) (1920)
About the artist: violinist Nato is a concert artist who describes himself as having ‘an unquenchable thirst for new music.’ As a recording artist, Nato is undertaking the challenging repertoire for the violin alone. In 2026, he released ‘Ysaÿe Six Sonatas for Solo Violin.’
Nato has been featured on CBC television in Canada and on CBS Sunday Morning with Eugenia Zukerman. He can be found on the web at https://nato.cc and teaches micro-masterclasses on YouTube on his @fullstackviolin channel.
About the artist: pianist Tin Yi Chelsea Wong’s international career spans a wide variety of performance spaces. Appearances include San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, Grace Cathedral, Salzburg Wienersaal, and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.
An advocate of contemporary music, she premiered many new works across the Bay Area. With a focus on extended techniques, Chelsea Wong invented the Harmonic Capo to create new possibilities for the instrument, and performs on the Liberated Piano. She is the founder of Atelier Kromatica, and hosts an annual Piano Beach Bonfire at Ocean Beach, San Francisco.