Nigel Armstrong

Nigel Armstrong is the Second Prize winner at the 2010 Menuhin Competition. A graduate of the Colburn School and the Curtis Institute of Music, Nigel's teachers have included Arnold Steinhardt, Robert Lipsett, Zaven Melikian, and Donald Weilerstein, among others. He has performed with orchestras such as the Dusseldorf Symphony, the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic, Youth Orchestra of the Americas, and the Boston Pops, and with conductors including Sir Neville Marriner and Carlos Miguel Prieto. He has held the post of concertmaster of the Santa Cruz Symphony, and has been featured on international stages as a chamber musician.