Dave Nathanael
Registered Suzuki Violin Teacher
Dave Nathanael dedicates his life to be a good violin teacher asides of his time doing chamber and orchestra performances. He started his Bachelor of Music program at Pelita Harapan University in Indonesia with Dr. Tomislav Dimov, after he got the first place on the SPH-International Violin Competition. He then pursued his Master’s degree in violin performance and pedagogy at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in Canada, studying with Dr. Nancy Dahn. He was graduated Magna Cum Laude for both degrees.
Starting from his freshman year in his Bachelor program, he was invited to be the violin player with Jakarta Concert Orchestra and Jakarta Simfonia Orchestra. Later on, he’s also invited to play with Nusantara Symphony Orchestra, Twilite Orchestra, Jakarta Sinfonietta, as well as to lead Ananda Sukarlan Symphony Orchestra for an international piano competition. While he was in Indonesia, he was the associate concert master and assistant concert master in some of those orchestras. He was also invited to play as a soloist in the beautiful Aula Simfonia Jakarta.
Fortunately, music brought him out of Indonesia to broaden his experience in his musical journey. He was invited to be the associate concert master (and concert master) in Baroque Collegium ensemble in Singapore. In Australia, he is a violin player in Brisbane Concert Orchestra, Orchestra Concertino, and Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra. He also performed with Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, Watershed Ensemble, and few ensemble groups in Canada. He was also chosen to take part in ‘III-Красноярский международный музыкальный фестиваль стран Азиатско- Тихоокеанского региона’ (Third – Krasnoyarsk International Music Festival) in Russia. In those countries, Dave and his fellow musicians established few ensembles: Quartet Passioné, Soli Quartet, The Quintets, and a few smaller ones. He has also been playing with humble world-class musicians, such as: pianist Adam Gyorgy, pianist Sam Haywood, violinist Linus Roth, and Amsterdam Viola Quartet.
Dave has taken master classes from musicians of various backgrounds, and he has been a certified Suzuki Music violin teacher since 2008 in Indonesia. He has worked with trainers from Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Hong Kong, USA, Switzerland, Italy, Taiwan, and Korea. By that certification, Dave has been teaching Suzuki violin since 2009. Today, he’s enjoying his precious time teaching at Suzuki Talent Education Society in Calgary, both Early Childhood classes and violin teaching classes.