Nathan Felix


Nathan Felix is a classical music composer from Austin, Texas. He now resides in San Antonio. He is also the band leader for The Noise Revival Orchestra.

Career

His symphonies have been performed in Bulgaria, Portugal, Denmark, Mongolia and the United States with a performance of his 2nd symphony, Neon Heaven, at SPOT Festival.
In 2013, his 1st symphony, The Curse the Cross & the Lion, was featured by the BBC and later made into a documentary titled, The Curse & The Symphony. The documentary has screened at 28 film festivals, and was picked up by Gaiam TV. In 2015, PBS affiliate KLRU featured Felix's 6-Piano Project on an episode of Arts in Context, in which he restored abandoned pianos to premiere his works written for six pianos and then donated the pianos to lower income schools in Austin. 6-Pianos was nominated for a Lone Star Emmy in 2016. The 6-Piano Project has since been presented in San Antonio, Barcelona, Melbourne and Houston.
In 2018, Felix premiered his Headphone Opera titled, The War Bride, at Luminaria Festival in San Antonio with two concerts. Based on the memoir of Felix's grandmother, Jean Groundsell-Contreras, The War Bride examines the subject of immigration in the 1940s during World War II and in the present time. Felix also expanded on his music for six pianos with music for a musitronic six-sided keyboard and choir titled, Yachting with the Kennedys.
Felix serves as music director for the San Antonio choir, From Those Who Follow the Echoes, who most recently premiered Felix’s “Opera on a Bus“.

Personal life

He is of Mexican-American descent.

Discography

Albums