SELECTED PRESS

"…the music of young American composer Eric Nathan would seem to be as diverse as it is arresting ... there’s a constant vein of ingenuity and expressive depth”

- San Francisco Chronicle

“deeply compelling” , “brilliant”

– The Boston Globe 

“Nathan’s music moves with bracing intensity and impeccable logic.”

– Boston Classical Review

“Eric Nathan continues to establish himself as one of his generation's most formidable voices. Ample ground has already been covered in his career, with imagination, open-mindedness, and ingenuity distinguishing the work he's created.”

- textura

"Engaging, from a voice we will hear more of."

– The New York Times

SELECTED PRESS:

12.22.22 | The Boston Globe, “Highlights from a year of local listening,” by David Weininger
10.31.22 | Boston Classical Review, “Ng opens first New England Philharmonic season with a bracing blast,” by Jonathan Blumhofer
6.20.22 | The Boston Globe, “Yoichi Udagawa hits the right notes with New England Philharmonic,” by A.Z. Madonna
6.19.22 | Boston Classical Review, “Conductor Udagawa brings quiet strength to wide-ranging New England Phil finale,” by Aaron Keebaugh.
5.28.22 | An Earful, “Record Roundup: 22 for 22 (Part 1)”
5.13.22 | Stereophile Magazine, “May 2022 Classical Record Reviews” by Kurt Gottschalk
5.4.22 | Take Effect Reviews, “Eric Nathan: Missing Words”
5.2.22 | Boston Classical Review, “Conductor makes impressive showing with New England Philharmonic” by Aaron Keebaugh
4.15.22 | The Whole Note, “Eric Nathan Missing Words” by Michael Schulman
4.2.22 | The Arts Desk, “Classical CDs: Escalators, dead leaves and a sixth-century bard” by Graham Rickson
3.11.22 | Hyde Park Herald, “Grossman Ensemble glitters with four world premieres” by M.L. Rantala
3.1.22 | AllMusic, “Eric Nathan Missing Words” by James Manheim
2.28.22 | San Francisco Classical Voice, “Eric Nathan Goes Beyond Words” by Richard S. Ginell
2.24.22 | Lark Reviews, “CDs FEBRUARY 2022”
2.24.22 | VAN, “A fascinating and engaging project” by Olivia Giovetti
2.7.22 | Music City Review, “ERIC NATHAN’S ‘MISSING WORDS’ SPEAKS WHEN LANGUAGE FAILS US” by Katherine Aydelott
2.1.22 | Vital Weekly, “number 1321”
1.27.22 | Avant Music News, “AMN Reviews: Eric Nathan – Missing Words [New Focus Recordings FCR314]” by Daniel Barbiero
1.27.22 | Classical Modern Music, “Eric Nathan, Missing Words” by Grego Applegate Edwards
1.22.22 | Midwest Record, “ERIC NATHAN/Missing Words”
1.19.22 | Art Music Lounge, “Eric Nathan’s “Missing Words”” by Lynn René Bayley
1.15.22 | Blogcritics, “Music Review: Eric Nathan's Missing Words” by Jon Sobel
10.20.21 | The Boston Musical Intelligencer, “Let the Other Conductors Candidates Contend” by Elisa Birdseye
10.2.21 | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, “Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra musicians, audience members bond with new hall in a night to remember” by Jim Higgins
3.12.21 | Boston Musical Intelligencer, “Raw Emotion at Every Corner” by David Patterson
1.1.21 | Fanfare Magazine, “Eric Nathan” by Andrew Desiderio
11.9.20 | Boston Musical Intelligencer, “New England Phil Without the Phil” by Gareth Cordery
10.31.20 | Kathodik, “Eric Nathan: ‘The Space of A Door’” by Filippo Focosi
11.01.20 | American Record Guide, “Nathan” by Gimbe
8.01.20 | New York Music Daily, “A Bracing, Vividly Uneasy New Album of Eric Nathan Orchestral Works” by Delarue
8.01.20 | Textura, “Eric Nathan: the space of a door”
7.2.20 | WHRB 95.3FM Harvard Radio Broadcasting, “Imagination and Retrospections in ‘the space of a door’” by Kevin Wang
7.2.20 | Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review, “Eric Nathan, The Space of a Door, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Gil Rose”
6.1.20| Classical CD Review, “Nathan” by Robert Benson
5.1.20 | Fanfare Magazine, “Boston Symphony Commissions” by James H. North
3.1.20 | BBC Music Magazine, “Brief Notes: Boston Symphony Commissions” by Michael Beck
3.1.20 | Gramophone, “Boston Symphony Commissions” by Richard Whitehouse
3.1.20 | American Record Guide, “Boston Symphony Commissions” by Allen Gimbel
12.26.19 | The Boston Globe, “The Boston area’s best classical recordings for 2019” by David Weininger
12.25.19 | The Arts Fuse, “Top Classical Concerts and Recordings of 2019” by Jonathan Blumhofer
12.1.19 | Records International, “Boston Symphony Commissions”
12.1.19 | Pizzicato, “Boston Symphony” by Remy Franck
11.11.19 | The Arts Fuse, “Classical CD Reviews” by Jonathan Blumhofer
9.21.19 | Bachtrack, “The joy of music: The Boston Symphony opens with Poulenc, Beethoven and Nathan” by Kevin Wells
9.20.19 | The Boston Globe, “BSO and Andris Nelsons open the Symphony Hall season with a sweet, eclectic program” Zoë Madonna
9.20.19 | Boston Classical Review, “A world premiere makes sure impact amid BSO’s grab-bag season opener” by Aaron Keebaugh
9.20.19 | The Arts Fuse, “Concert Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra’s Opening Night” by Jonathan Blumhofer
9.12.19 | New York Times, “Fall Preview: 10 Months of Classical Concerts You Won’t Want to Miss” by Zachary Woolfe
1.9.19 | Theater Jones, “In the Nook: In the Nasher Sculpture Center’s Soundings series…” by Wayne Lee Gay
11.20.18 | Arts-Louisville.com, “The Siren’s Call” by Annette Skaggs
11.12.18 | Arts and Culture Texas, “DialoguesBetween Art and Music/Soundings: New Music at the Nasher” by Steven Brown
10.1.18 | Lucid Culture, “A Dynamic, Relevant Grand Finale to This Year’s Momenta Festival”
2.9.17 | The Washington Post, "How fine dining amplified one classical performance” by Anne Midgette
11.20.16 | The New York Times, “Review: Brahms at the Boston Symphony, With Hélène Grimaud” by David Allen
11.12.16 | MassLive.com, “Review: Helene Grimaud, Boston Symphony Orchestra at their best with Brahms” by Ken Ross
11.10.16 | The Boston Musical Intelligencer, “BSO Opens Brahms Mini-Festival” by John Ehrlich
11.9.16 | The Boston Globe, “BSO offers poignant election-night respite” by Zoë Madonna
11.9.16 | Boston Classical Review, “A premiere and a persuasive start to Brahms cycle from Nelsons and BSO” by Aaron Keebaugh
6.1.16 | The New York Times, “Review: Jennifer Koh Asks 32 Musicians to Respond to Paganini” by Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim
1.8.16 | San Francisco Chronicle, “Eric Nathan, ‘Multitude, Solitude’” by Joshua Kosman
1.1.16 | American Record Guide, “Nathan” by Barry Kilpatrick
12.24.15 | Jay Harvey Upstage, “Eric Nathan proves his mettle as a composer of unique skills in music for one player and more” by Jay Harvey
12.22.15 | Rhapsody, “Best of 2015: Top 10 Classical Discoveries” by Thomas May
11.1.15 | Rhapsody, “Top 10 Classical Albums, November 2015” by Thomas May
10.1.15 | The New Yorker, “Goings on about town: New Music at (Le) Poisson Rouge” by Russell Platt
9.10.15 | The New York Times, “Review: The Three Sopranos, at the Resonant Bodies Festival” by Zachary Woolfe
1.13.15 | The Boston Globe, "‘Why Old Places Matter’ debuts at Jordan Hall" by Matthew Guerrieri
1.12.15 | Boston Classical Review, "Nathan premiere headlines Boston Symphony Chamber Players' wide-ranging program" by David Wright
1.12.15 | Boston Music Intelligencer, "Elegant Polish Naturally Applied by BSOCP" by David Patterson
9.20.14 | New York Classical Review, "Eric Nathan's music receives sterling advocacy from Momenta Quartet and guests" by George Grella,
6.4.14 | New York Times, “Works by New Talents, Taken to a Power of One: Philharmonic Players Tackle Solo Works at SubCulture” by Zachary Woolfe
7.22.14 | The New York Times, “At 50, Festival Is Reunion of Sorts” by Zachary Woolfe
7.23.14 |  The Boston Globe, “Festival of Contemporary music showcases creative process” by Matthew Guerrieri
6.18.13 | New York Times, “A British Immersion, With Britten as the Focus: The Chelsea Music Festival Opens With a Homage” by Zachary Woolfe
1.9.13 | New York Times, “A Late-Night Show Where Cage Holds Sway” by Steve Smith
1.13.14 |  The Boston Globe by Jeffrey Gantz