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Jonathan Ware

American pianist

Jonathan Ware (born 1984) is an American pianist, Lied accompanist and academic teacher.

Life

Born in Texas, Ware studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, at the Juilliard School in New York City and at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler".^[1] As a Lied accompanist, he has performed in major venues in Europe and the US, including with Benjamin Appl, Christiane Oelze, Golda Schultz, Elsa Dreisig^[2]^[3] and Ludwig Mittelhammer. For several years, he participated to the Heidelberger Frühling Festival Academy. He teaches at the Hanns Eisler Academy of Music and the Barenboim–Said Akademie in Berlin.^[4]^[5]^[6]

Awards

2014: Internationaler Wettbewerb für Liedkunst [de] of the Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie [de] – 1st prize.^[7]
2012: International song competition "Das Lied" – Pianist award
2011: Wigmore Hall / Kohn Foundation International Song Competition – Pianist award
2005: Kingsville International Young Performer’s Competition – 1st prize
2002: Missouri Southern International Piano Competition – 2nd prize
2002: New York International Piano Competition – 4th prize

Recordings

2020: Morgen with Elsa Dreisig (Erato Records)
2019: Schubert – Wolf – Medtner with Ludwig Mittelhammer (Berlin Classics)
2016: A Portrait mit Emalie Savoy, Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt and Matthias Foremny [de] (Genuin)

References

^ Jonathan Ware's short biography on Les amateurs virtuoses
^ Elsa Dreisig, Jonathan Ware on Théâtre des Champs-Élysées
^ Jonathan Ware and Elsa Dreisig on ResMusica
^ "Jonathan Ware". deutscheoperberlin.de. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Jonathan Ware". classicalconnect.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ "Jonathan Ware". genuin.de. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ Internationale Hugo-Wolf-Akademie (ed.). "Preisträger". ihwa.de. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.