Jon Nakamatsu

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Start with Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, Gold Medal (1997) award, Only American gold medalist since 1981

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Jon Nakamatsu is an American classical pianist who won the Gold Medal at the 1997 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, the only American to do so since 1981. A former high-school German teacher with no formal conservatory training, he studied privately for over two decades before building an international touring, recording and teaching career. He joined the piano faculty of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2015

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