 Nathaniel Rosen won the coveted Naumburg Competition for cello, and presented recitals in London and New York.Although he was a finalist in the prestigious International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966 at the age of 17, he returned in 1978 to win the Gold Medal, thrusting him into the forefront of the classical music circuit.The jury was composed of many Soviet cellists, so the chances that an American would win the competition was quite low.