Talent

 Nathan Belnap is 13 years old and an accomplished pianist. We were privileged to hear him in a Spring Recital at his home on 5 March 2021. He had quite a few nights of playing because due to Covid-19 restrictions, only a few people could gather at a time. I'm not sure if we were at the fourth or fifth performance night.  He is great!

At our recital there were about 10 of us watching, enjoying and listening to some really great music being played.

Rustle of Spring by Christian Sinding

Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland by Johann Sebastian Bach

Moonlight Sonata 1st, 2nd, 3rd movements by Ludwig van Beethoven

Nathan's hands were up and down that piano!

Rebecca is older by about four years and plays the piano very well also. She did not perform that night, but helped Nathan continue without stopping by turning pages when needed.

He played rapid arpeggios and then quiet waltz and more fast paced running up and down the keyboard.

It was great!

Nathan's family are very proud of him. His dad Brent Belnap explained how Nathan had extra time to devote to the piano because Covid-19 cut out a lot of his activities.

Nathan sought out some of the most difficult pieces to conquer as he had the time to do it.

We had an intermission and chatted and admired his piano style, and waited with anticipation for the next half.       

No one was disappointed!! Nathan was up and down the piano and even had one hand jumping over the other. The music was amazing. 

Deux Arabesques 1 &2 by Claude Debussy

Un Sospiro by Franz Liszt

Nathan Belnap started playing the piano in 2013 when he was six years old, while living in Moscow, Russia. Olga Novikova was his teacher and wanted him to "feel" the music.

After the family moved to Utah, Lisa Galbraith was his teacher. Moonlight Sonata was one of the last pieces Nathan learned to play while studying with her.

In 2018 the Belnap's moved to Accra, Ghana and Shelley Nash taught him theory fundamentals and encouraged Nathan to play difficult pieces. Just before the Nashes moved in 2020 he performed Malagueña by Ernesto Lecuona. 

Now he is studying under Julius Richardson, a professional pianist, piano teacher, music educator, and a pillar in the Ghanaian classical music establishment. 

I can tell you Nathan is thriving just fine!!