A native of Berkeley, Calif., violinist Nathan Olson is co-concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, a position he assumed in 2011. In 2013, he was appointed adjunct faculty at the University of North Texas College of Music. Prior to his appointment with the DSO, Olson held the position of concertmaster with the Canton Symphony Orchestra and CityMusic Cleveland. Currently concertmaster of the Breckenridge Music Festival, he has participated in the Mainly Mozart Festival, the Bravo Vail Music Festival and the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival.

 

Olson is a graduate of the Cleveland Institute of Music's prestigious Concertmaster Academy, where he studied with William Preucil and Paul Kantor. He has soloed with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Canton Symphony Orchestra, the Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, CityMusic Cleveland and the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra.

An enthusiastic chamber musician, Olson served on faculty at the Innsbrook Music Festival and won the silver medal at the 2005 Fischoff International Chamber Music Competition. As a member of the Baumer String Quartet, he is on faculty with the Monterey Chamber Music Workshop and the Crowden Chamber Music Workshop. In recent seasons, Olson has appeared as guest concertmaster with the Symphony Orchestras of Toronto, Omaha and Tucson, and as principal second violin with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra.