M.M. Cleveland Institute of Music

B.M. University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Académie Internationale d'Eté de Nice

Bösendorfer International Piano Academy, Vienna

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 Acclaimed for his masterful command of technique and sound,

Nathan J. Knutson continues to delight audiences worldwide,

provoking intellects,

captivating emotions and entertaining souls.

He is particularly noted as an interpreter

of a vast range of musical genres

“...allowing him to be versatile, understanding

and equally comfortable with composers and styles

that are very different, making his rendition

of a wide variety of repertoire natural,

thoughtful, and very musical.”

Earning highest marks in chamber music and

solo performance, Mr. Knutson holds a Master's

degree from the Cleveland Institute of Music

and a Bachelor's degree from the

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he

studied with internationally renowned faculty

including Paul Barnes and Antonio Pompa-Baldi.

Additionally, Knutson attributes much of his

technique to the well-known pedagogical

tradition of Joseph and Rosina Lhevinne.

A prize winner in more than fifteen competitions,

Mr. Knutson most recently won the

2007 National Federation of Music Clubs Young Artist

and Mason and Hamlin Prize.   He has been in high demand

as a teacher and performer across the United States,

performing in more than 25 U.S. states, and throughout Europe.

As a result of his competitive success as a

young artist by the age of seventeen, he made

his orchestral debut with the South Dakota Symphony

in a series of four concerts for the grand opening

of the Sioux Falls Washington Pavilion.

In addition to his pursuits as a pianist,

Mr. Knutson has a great interest in

sacred music and has held numerous

liturgical positions as director of

music and organist. His great passion for

Gregorian chant has found fulfillment

as director of schola cantori,

specializing in chant and Renaissance polyphony.

Together with wife Lisa, a choral director and organist,

they are proud parents

who advocate the sacred and performing arts.