Jonathan Leibovitz
Bio
Clarinetist Jonathan Leibovitz, based in Basel, performs across Europe and beyond as a soloist and chamber musician.
His debut album Eastern Reflections (Delphian Records, 2024), recorded with violinist Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux and pianist Joseph Havlat, features works by Bartók, Ligeti, and Weinberg.
He has performed at festivals including Verbier, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Marlboro Music Festival, and has worked with conductors including Elena Schwarz, Adrien Perruchon, and Tung-Chieh Chuang.
In recent seasons, he has appeared as soloist with orchestras including the Lucerne Symphony, Munich Symphony, Basel Symphony, and Israel Philharmonic.
Highlights of the 2026/27 season include performances at Wigmore Hall, Ukaria, Merkin Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Aldeburgh Festival, and Beethovenfest, and with the Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester.
A Borletti-Buitoni Fellow and laureate of the YCAT and Concert Artists Guild Auditions, Jonathan has won first prizes at the Crusell and Aviv competitions, and a special prize at the Carl Nielsen Competition. He studied with Yevgeny Yehudin at the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music in Tel Aviv and with François Benda and Claudio Martinez Mehner at the Music Academy in Basel.