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Nat Bartsch
12+ albums
pianoClassicalcontemporary classicalinstrumentalmodern
about
Nat Bartsch is a Melbourne-based jazz and contemporary classical pianist/composer who has gained a reputation for creating contemplative, reflective music across a variety of genres. In 2010 she was awarded the Melbourne Prize for Music Development Award, which cemented Nat’s reputation as an exciting new Australian artist. A graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (Honours) in music improvisation, she is best known for her work as pianist/composer for the Nat Bartsch Trio, which has performed across Australia, Japan and Europe, and released three critically acclaimed recordings. As a recipient of the inaugural Lionel Gell Travelling Scholarship, Nat travelled to Europe in 2008 to study with ECM artists Tord Gustavsen and Nik Bärtsch (no relation). She was also a 2010 Bell award finalist for Young Australian Jazz Artist of the Year. After putting the trio on hold at the end of 2014, Nat shifted her focus to composition of chamber music and solo piano works. She began an ongoing collaboration with fellow pianist Luke Howard, co-producing the Festival of Beautiful Sound and the annual Piano Day Melbourne. In 2015, the PLEXUS Ensemble commissioned her work Into the Light as part of their MRC concert series, and in 2016 she completed a commission for the Solstice Trio, For Mary. Nat recently released her debut solo album Hometime, co-produced with Luke and recorded on her own upright piano at home. Due to become a new mother, in 2018 she plans to compose and record a series
