Nathan made his first public perforrmance at the age of 3 with the San Jose Chamber Orchestra, conducting a set of variations by Mozart.
This debut was made possible when a conductor saw him air-conducting at one of his mother's concerts. The next year, Chan conducted Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 with the Palo Alto Philharmonic.
Nathan began playing the cello aged 5. As a cellist, Nathan filmed a feature documentary on talented young musicians in New York with 6-time Emmy Award winning director Amy Schatz. The program called, 'The Music in Me' aired in October 2006 on the HBO network. It won the prestigious Peabody Award for 2007. This program led to invitations to perform in Carnegie Hall, the NAMM Convention, and it caught the attention of legendary singer Roberta Flack who invited Nathan (as a substitute for Yo Yo Ma who was unavailable for the project) to collaborate with her on her next CD of Beatles songs due for release on the Sony label.
Earlier this season, Nathan made his solo debut with the San Francisco Symphony and he has performed with the Peninsula Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Sunset Youth Orchestra as well as performances for the San Francisco Symphony League, Vancouver Recital Society's Young Masters Project, National Cello Institute, American String Teachers Association, and California Summer Music.
