Samuel Nebyu

Samuel Nebyu (he/him) has been a Scholar of Anne-Sophie Mutter’s foundation since 2022. He has performed as a soloist at international music festivals and venues such as the Musikverein, Berlin Philharmonie, KKL in Lucerne, Carnegie Hall, The Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, Verizon Hall and Perelman Theater in Philadelphia, Abravanel Hall in Salt Lake City, 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.  

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, “Majestic Classics,” where he performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the iPalpiti Chamber Orchestra and violist Juan Miguel Hernandez under the direction of Maestro Eduard Schmieder with whom he studied in Philadelphia at Temple University. Samuel studied chamber music and new music with Lambert Orkis and has received guidance and studied with Amy Oshiro from the Philadelphia Orchestra. In 2019, he was the featured soloist at the Kimmel Center Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, performing the “Singing Rooms” Violin Concerto with Choir and Orchestra composed by Jennifer Higdon, and also gave a recital with Lambert Orkis in Rock Hall, Philadelphia.  

In October 2019, Samuel joined Anne-Sophie Mutter’s Virtuosi on tour in South America. In January 2021, during the lockdown, Samuel performed a recital with Charles Abramovic on Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Philadelphia virtually for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. In the Fall season of 2021, he joined Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi on a month-long European tour, giving 19 performances. On September 1st, he performed a debut recital at the Lucerne Festival in Switzerland with pianist Charles Abramovic, which included a premiere that was written for Samuel “Grey Fireworks” by composer Tyson Davis. 

In January-February 2023, Samuel collaborated with Anne-Sophie Mutter on her US tour, where he performed the US premiere of Unsuk Chin’s “Gran Cadenza,” a piece written for two solo violins, alongside Ms. Mutter. Subsequently, in the summer of 2023, Samuel embarked on a 21-concert tour with Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Mutter Virtuosi. Throughout this tour, he was privileged to present the European premiere of the Previn nonet and perform Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, alongside his mentor Anne-Sophie Mutter. Since September 2023, Samuel has served as a Resident Fellow with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. In December 2023, Samuel was featured in the Deutsche Grammophon recording of Anne-Sophie Mutter.  

In the summer of 2024, Samuel had the privilege of joining the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra on their European tour under the baton of Gustavo Dudamel. Samuel will join the Colorado Symphony Orchestra in September as Assistant Concertmaster.