Bard Conservatory of Music Events

Degree Recital: Christopher Nelson, violin, with pianists Neilson Chen and Yilin Li

Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

Saturday, April 27, 2024

Degree Recital: Christopher Nelson, violin, with pianists Neilson Chen and Yilin Li

Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space
1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4
Works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alfred Schnittke, and Dmitri Shostakovich

Raised in Southern California, Christopher Nelson is a violinist who has performed music ranging from Monteverdi to Kurtág. He has participated in music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Round Top Festival Institute, Taconic Chamber Intensive, and Madeline Island Chamber Music. Influential teachers include William Fitzpatrick, Moni Simeonov, Daniel Phillips, Paul Kantor, and Gail Mellert. Christopher is currently a student of Carmit Zori in the Graduate Instrumental Arts Program at Bard College (MM ‘24).

Free and open to the public.

Download: IAP Degree Recital_ Christopher Nelson (1).pdf

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

Time: 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm EDT/GMT-4

Location: Bitó Conservatory Building, Performance Space

Bard College Conservatory of Music Presents

Degree Recital: Christopher Nelson, violin, with pianists Neilson Chen and Yilin Li

Works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alfred Schnittke, and Dmitri Shostakovich


Raised in Southern California, Christopher Nelson is a violinist who has performed music ranging from Monteverdi to Kurtág. He has participated in music festivals including the Aspen Music Festival, National Repertory Orchestra, Round Top Festival Institute, Taconic Chamber Intensive, and Madeline Island Chamber Music. Influential teachers include William Fitzpatrick, Moni Simeonov, Daniel Phillips, Paul Kantor, and Gail Mellert. Christopher is currently a student of Carmit Zori in the Graduate Instrumental Arts Program at Bard College (MM ‘24).

Free and open to the public. Download: IAP Degree Recital_ Christopher Nelson (1).pdf