NOON RECITAL

 

Jonathan Ware

Tuesday, June 17, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Program

Jonathan Ware, age 22, recently received the Bachelor of Music Degree and Performer’s Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, studying under professor Natalya Antonova. Before entering college, he traveled across the United States with his family, participating as a pianist and vocalist in his family’s music ministry. Jonathan, a native of Dallas, Texas, began his piano study at the age of five with Debbie Boerner, and continued his studies with Lois Emery Nielson in 1996.

Jonathan has garnered over 25 First Place prizes in local, state, national, and international competitions. Second Prizewinner in the Junior Division of the 2002 Missouri Southern International Competition, he has also won First Prize in the 2002 Dallas Symphony Orchestra’s Lynn Harrell Concerto Competition and Fourth Prize at the Inaugural New York Piano Competition, held under the auspices of the Stecher and Horowitz Foundation in June 2002. Last Spring, Jonathan won the Grand Prize in the 2005 Kingsville International Young Performer’s competition, and traveled to Japan as a scholarship student of the Hamamatsu International Piano Academy.

Jonathan has given solo recitals in cities including Dallas, Buffalo, Rochester NY, Miami, and Washington D.C., and his orchestra appearances include solo performances with the Richardson Symphony, the Plano Symphony (TX), and the Mississippi Symphony, among others. His 2003 debut with the Dallas Symphony was described as “quite impressive . . .he played with an ease and spontaneity that belied his years” (Fort Worth Star-Telegram). His performances have been broadcast on radio stations across the country including WQXR (New York) and WRR (Dallas), as well as on public television in the documentary about the New York Piano Competition titled Speaking with Music. In addition to his love of solo piano music, Jonathan is an avid chamber musician and collaborative pianist, having performed as a member of the Cape Cod Experiment and with many Eastman colleagues. Jonathan has also performed in master classes for numerous noted artist-teachers, including Michel Beroff, Marc-André Hamelin, Stephen Hough, Veda Kaplinsky, Alicia de Larrocha, Julian Martin, Bryce Morrison, Stephen Nielson, John Perry, and Arie Vardi.

Also active in the church community, Jonathan sings, accompanies, and uses his unique balloon twisting abilities for fellowships and charity events.