Bio
Nathan Salazar holds a Master’s degree in Collaborative Piano from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Martin Katz, and received his vocal and piano performance degrees from the University of Kansas. Salazar has performed in England, Scotland, Italy, and Russia, as well as all over the United States. He performed in the International Festival of Spanish and Latin American Music with mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza and has been featured at Hill Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., Symphony Hall in Boston, and Carnegie Hall in New York City.
He has worked with composers Jake Heggie, John Musto, William Bolcom, Poul Ruders, and Libby Larsen; with pianists John Wustman, Margo Garrett, Graham Johnson, and Martin Katz; and with such singers as Marilyn Horne, Susan Graham, Wolfgang Brendel, Neil Schicoff, Christa Ludwig, Joyce Castle, and Jennifer Johnson Cano. He was invited by Marilyn Horne to perform at Carnegie Hall for The Song Continues. He has performed and coached with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale, the Santa Fe Opera, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Handel and Haydn Society, and the Boston Symphony. He serves on the voice faculty at the Boston Conservatory at Berklee and enjoys a full career as a tenor and pianist.