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Jonathan lives and works in the greater Los Angeles area. He also performs occasionally in Orange, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties.

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Yes! Jonathan loves performing holiday music of all kinds in orchestral, choral, and chamber ensembles. Click here to hear what Jonathan sounds like with a choir.

Like many violists, Jonathan started playing the violin at the early age of 5. In middle school, Jonathan’s orchestra teacher suggested he try the viola, and he hasn’t looked back since!

As a musician for weddings and private events, Jonathan finds joy in presenting chamber music to audiences seeking special ambience and mood. He has performed at over 500 gala events, charity balls, weddings, funerals, devotional services, memorials, bar/bat mitzvahs, birthday parties, holiday parties, dinner parties, and award presentations. Before relocating to California, Jonathan was the violist of Adagio Strings aboard the Holland America cruise ship Zuiderdam, which toured Caribbean destinations.

As a session musician in Los Angeles, Jonathan has recorded original music for film and television media, and music by mainstream pop, rock, rap, and alternative artists around the world, such as Katherine Farnham, Victor Bellomo, Seung Hwan Lee, Nell, Jong Shin Yoon, Si-kyung Sung, Sae Byul Park, Joon-Il Jung, and Lucid Fall. Recent film credits include performances in the scores for the documentary film Sound of Identity: Lucia Lucas as Don Giovanni, which chronicles the first transgender woman ever to perform as Don Giovanni in a professional opera, and the film G.O.D. (Givers of Death) - a 2019 apocalyptic sci-fi tale of redemption, and the film Rampant - a South Korean period action zombie horror. He’s also performed in orchestras for the soundtracks of the films Under The Skin, Jackie, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Kingdom, and Train to Busan.

As a recitalist, Jonathan has given solo and chamber music performances of new and standard repertoire at festivals, conferences, retreats, and numerous concert series like Synchromy, Tuesdays at Monk Space, the Carlsbad Music Festival, Society for Electro-Acoustic Music In the United States (SEAMUS), NOW Festival, UCSB Summer Music Festival, Chatter, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, Montecito Summer Music Festival, Yehudi Menuhin Chamber Music Seminar, Texas Music Festival, and the Brevard Music Festival. Jonathan spent two weeks at the Avaloch Farm Music Institute collaborating with composers and fellow performers in the idyllic New Hampshire countryside. Jonathan was one of only 11 musicians chosen by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to attend the Domaine Forget chamber music course on the banks of the St. Lawrence River. At the Banff Center, Jonathan was a festival artist and participated in masterclasses, chamber and orchestral performances, and impromptu recordings of original music by Osvaldo Golijov, later used in the Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

Yes! Jonathan loves to collaborate closely with composers, performers, and producers to bring music to life through dynamic performances and recordings. He co-founded the Now Hear Ensemble, recording Made in California and the video for Florent Ghys’ 4 Bucolic Machines. He has also appeared for several years as a guest musician with the Grammy-nominated Wild Up.