Born on 15 March 2007, he entered the Curtis Institute of Music in 2024, studying piano under Michelle Cann and Sasha Starcevich as a Gay Elliot Scott Scholarship Fellow. As a recipient of the US Chopin Foundation Scholarship, Nathaniel achieved the final of YoungArts Competition. He has performed as a soloist with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra and the Florence Luigi Cherubini Conservatory Orchestra. He has won 1st prize in the MTNA Competition, the Virginia Waring International Junior Solo & Concerto Competitions, and top prizes in the Hilton Head International Piano Competition, Nashville International Chopin Piano Competition and the Minnesota International Piano-eCompetition