JF performs in Seventh Annual South Church Gala For Social Justice

Delicious food and delightful chamber music are presented at South Church in Dobbs Ferry, NY on November 19. This year’s theme: Hungary. Enjoy Goulash with Bartok, Brahms, and Haydn. For more information, click here.

Jonathan performs in a free multimedia concert with the Chappaqua Orchestra, led by Michael Shapiro, in works by Ives, Kern, and Thomson.

Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 8 pm
Chappaqua Library Auditorium
195 South Greeley Avenue, Chappaqua, NY

Allan Kozinn described Jonathan’s piano playing as “crystalline”, “lovely”, and “velvety”. Read the entire review here.

Jonathan plays solo piano works of Julia Wolfe and Eve Beglarian. The concert will be at 8 PM in the 10th Floor Performance Space of Riverside Church in Manhattan. For more information, click here.

On Saturday afternoon, April 2, 2011, five members of the Locrian Chamber Players, including Jonathan, gave a reading session/masterclass at Mannes College for Music for the composition students of the Preparatory Division.  Locrian participants included Cal Wiersma, Greg Hesselink, Diva Goodfriend-Koven, and Ben Fingland.  Mannes composition teachers represented were Eleanor Cory, Gordon Minette, and Steven Sacco.

Featuring Jonathan as pianist, composer, and co-producer, “Play On: Music for The Actors Company Theatre” is now offered as full album or individual track(s) download through CDBaby and other online outlets.

Last November, Jonathan took part in two charity events.  His orchestration of To tango tis Nefelis was performed by mezzo-soprano Ariana Chris and the Canadian Chamber Orchestra of New York City, conducted by Justin Bischof, in the Fourth Annual Outreach Benefit Concert for Children in Scarsdale, NY.


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The same evening, in Dobbs Ferry, Jonathan performed Turina’s Piano Quartet in A minor with Elizabeth Anderson, Katherine Anderson, and Calvin Wiersma and also shared the stage with Oren Fader, Annamae Goldstein, Mark Gould, and Josie LaRiccia at the 6th Annual Gala for Social Justice.

This is a repeat performance of the commissioned arrangement for voice, string quartet, and harp from 2006.  The incomparable Ron Raines will be singing with the excellent instrumentalists of the Carolina Chamber Music Festival.  September 25, 8 PM, New Bern, NC.  For more information, click here

9/24/10: Free concert featuring the music of Charles Jones at Mannes

Jonathan was recently interviewed on Pianists from the Inside. His interview is reprinted below:

What motivates you to play piano and compose?

A constant desire to discover new sounds and new ways of interpreting old sounds. Whether playing music by living or deceased composers, I seek to understand the composer’s intentions as faithfully as possible and eagerly present them to the audience. I also derive great physical pleasure from playing the piano as well as visceral satisfaction from creating new works. I also love to orchestrate! Read the rest of this entry »