Anton Nel

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Anton Nel (born December 29, 1961) is an American classical pianist. Nel was born to Afrikaans-speaking parents in Johannesburg, South Africa. Nel made his debut at the age of twelve with Beethoven’s C Major Concerto after only two years of study. A student of Adolph Hallis, he went on to win top honors in several South African national competitions while still in his teens, toured his native country extensively and became a well-known radio and television personality. Nel graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg in 1982. He came to the U.S. in 1983, attending the University of Cincinnati, where he pursued his Masters and Doctoral degrees under Bela Siki and Frank Weinstock. He was appointed to the faculty of the University of Texas at Austin at the age of 23, followed by professorships at the Eastman School of Music, and the University of Michigan, where he was chairman of the piano department. In 2000 Nel was appointed as the Priscilla Pond Flawn Regents Professor of Piano and Chamber music at the University of Texas at Austin, where he heads the Division of Keyboard Studies. In 2010 he became the first holder of the Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Endowed Chair in Piano. Nel was winner of the first prize in the 1987 Naumburg International Piano Competition at Carnegie Hall. He also won several first prizes at the Joanna Hodges International Piano Competition in Palm Desert in 1986. An acclaimed Beethoven interpreter, Nel has performed the concerto

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Peter and the Wolf/ Carnival of the Animals

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Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals etc.

Saint-Saens: Piano Works

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Mozart / Sibelius / Granados / Debussy / Schubert: Piano Music

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Top 50 Most Popular Classical Violin

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Peter and the Wolf

BEETHOVEN: Sonatas and Variations for Cello and Piano

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Legend of the Orchestra

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Joaquin Rodrigo: The Complete Music for Piano

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Saint-Saëns: Piano Works

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Piano Recital

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Piano Sonatas - Anton Nel

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