Biography
American-Ethiopian-Hungarian violinist Samuel Nebyu has performed as a soloist at international music festivals and venues such as the Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie Concert Hall, KKL in Lucerne, Carnegie Hall in New York, The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Marian Anderson Hall in Philadelphia, the Centre of Performing Arts in Brussels (BOZAR), the Wiener Saal and Grosse Saal in Salzburg, Tel Aviv Museum of Arts, Crown Hall in Jerusalem, Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Teatro Mayor in Colombia, Gran Teatro Nacional in Peru.
Samuel has performed as a soloist with the Brussels Philharmonic, Bacau Philharmonic, Ion Dumitrescu Philharmonic, Wallonie Chamber Orchestra, Eurasian Symphony Orchestra, iPalpiti Chamber orchestra, and Anne-Sophie Mutter Virtuosi. His first CD, “Music by Composers of African Descent,” was released on the BCM+D label and was named Album of the Week by WRTI radio in Philadelphia and WQXR in New York. Samuel is featured on a second CD, called “Majestic Classics,” where he performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the iPalpiti Chamber Orchestra and violist Juan Miguel Hernandez. In 2019, he was the featured soloist at the Kimmel Center Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, performing the concerto for Violin with Choir and Orchestra “Singing Rooms” by Jennifer Higdon and also gave a recital with Lambert Orkis in Rock Hall, Philadelphia.
As an orchestral leader, Samuel is currently the Co-Concertmaster of the UAE National Orchestra. Previously he was the Assistant Concertmaster in the Colorado Symphony, and before that he was the Resident Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel. Samuel is a scholar of the Anne-Sophie Mutter foundation and has joined Anne-Sophie Mutter and her Virtuosi on numerous tours across the US and Europe performing chamber music and solo. He performed Mendelssohn’s Octet and Bach’s concerto for two violins as soloist with Anne-Sophie Mutter during the tours. He had the honor of recording the Nonet by Andre Previn on Deutsche Grammophon with Anne-Sophie Mutter and scholars of her foundation.