Born in Tel-Aviv in 1997, Jonathan’s musical education began with Eva Wasserman. He went on to study with Yevgeny Yehudin at the Buchmann Mehta School of Music, winning numerous awards including First Prize laureate of the Aviv Competition (2020) and the Israeli Wind Competition (2016 and 2018). In 2022 Jonathan completed his Masters at the Music Academy in Basel with François Benda, and is currently staying on in Basel to complete a 'Master soloist' degree.

Jonathan was recently announced as a Borletti-Buitoni Fellowship Award artist (2024), and was previously a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) and Concert Artists Guild (New York) International Auditions in 2022. During the same year he went on to receive the prestigious Arthur Waser Foundation and Lucerne Symphony Orchestra Award, and was also a top prize winner at major competitions in Israel and Europe, including First Prize at the prestigious Crusell Competition in Finland and a Special Prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition in Denmark. He was also nominated as a Classic FM ‘Rising Star’ 2022.

Jonathan made his debut with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 18 performing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. He has since performed concertos with the Lucerne Symphony Orchestra, London Mozart Players, Gävle Symphony Orchestra, Slovak State Philharmonic Košice, Haifa Symphonic, Ostrobothnian Chamber, Lapland Chamber and Kuopio Symphony Orchestras.

An avid chamber musician, Jonathan has performed throughout Europe and beyond, including at the Kiel Musikfreunde, Brandenburgische Sommerkonzerte, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Bendigo Chamber Music Festival in Australia and on tour to Colombia. 

 

Highlights of Jonathan’s current season include performances at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Konzerthaus Berlin and Concertgebouw Amsterdam, plus numerous appearances in the UK, including at Saffron Hall, Wigmore Hall and St. George’s Bristol.