Soheil Nasseri

Soheil Nasseri is an Iranian-American recital pianist based in New York and Berlin. He has performed a Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, and Konzerthaus Berlin, among other venues. He has premiered over twenty-one works by contemporary composers since 2001. [ [http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/26/arts/music/27NASS.html?ex=1207713600&en=a019c95f44c404a2&ei=5070 A Young Pianist With a Big Appetite ] ] Also notably, he performed the world premiere of Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji's "Sonata No. 0" (written 1917) at Carnegie Hall in 2002, as well as created the first recordings of it. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022401700.html Pianist Soheil Nasseri: Local Boy Does Pretty Good - washingtonpost.com ] ] [ [http://www.gazette.net/stories/021308/poolnew213128_32365.shtml He took a risk, but former RM student returns with honor ] ] In the past seven years, he has performed twenty-eight of Beethoven's thirty-two piano sonatas at various major venues to fulfill his pledge to perform all of Beethoven's piano works (including chamber music and lieder) before his 250th birthday in 2020.

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* http://www.soheilnasseri.com/