Nancy Zeltsman
Nancy Zeltsman is a leading marimba performer, recording artist, teacher, author and festival director who has premiered over 125 solo and chamber marimba works, some of which are cornerstones of the literature. These include pieces by Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Simon, Gunther Schuller, Louis Andriessen, Carla Bley, Steven Mackey, Paul Lansky and Alejandro Viñao. She has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and in Mexico, China, and Japan as a soloist and chamber musician. Venues include the Tanglewood Festival of Contemporary Music, Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall in New York, subscription concerts with the San Francisico Symphony, the Purcell Room at London’s Southbank Centre, and Harmony Hall in Fukui, Japan. Zeltsman has three times been a member of the jury for the TROMP International Percussion Competition in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and will serve on the jury again in 2016.
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Nancy Zeltsman is a leading marimba performer, recording artist, teacher, author and festival director who has premiered over 125 solo and chamber marimba works, some of which are cornerstones of the literature. These include pieces by Michael Tilson Thomas, Paul Simon, Gunther Schuller, Louis Andriessen, Carla Bley, Steven Mackey, Paul Lansky and Alejandro Viñao. She has performed throughout the U.S. and Europe and in Mexico, China, and Japan as a soloist and chamber musician.
