Jonathan Swensen

Jonathan Swensen – cellist

Jonathan Swensen is a laureate of Young Concert Artists 2018 and winner of both the 2019 Windsor International String Competition and the 2018 Khachaturian International Cello Competition. Other accolades include first price at the Øresunds-soloist, the Gold and Talent-prize at the Berlingskes Classical Competition, the Jacob Gades Talentprize, first prize at the Danish String Competition and first prize at the Swedish International Music Competition.

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Jonathan Swensen made his concerto debut in March 2017, performing the Elgar Cello Concerto with the Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música. Since then, he has performed orchestras including the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, the Venice State Symphony Orchestra, the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra and the NFM Leopoldinum Orchestra. He is also a frequent performer at festivals in his native Denmark, appearing at the Schubertiaden, the Copenhagen Summer Festival and the Hindsgavl Summer Festival.

In the 2019-20 season, Jonathan Swensen makes his debuts with the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Copenhagen Philharmonic, and the Sun Symphony Orchestra in Vietnam, and returns to the Aarhus Symphony Orchestra. Recital and chamber music appearances include a return to Yerevan to take part in the Khachaturian Festival, the Usedomer Musikfestival in Germany, the Tivoli Festival in Copenhagen and his South Korean debut at the Seoul Arts Centre. As part of the YCA programme, he will also embark on an extensive series of recitals in the US.

A graduate of the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Jonathan Swensen currently studies with Professor Torleif Thedéen at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo.

June 2019

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Videos

Elgar: Cello Concerto
Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música – April 2017

Debussy: Cello Sonata
with Marianna Shirinyan (piano) – April 2019

Bach: Cello Suite No.5, Allemande and Sarabande
April 2019

Schubert: Arpeggione Sonata, 1st movement
with Elias Holm (piano) – April 2018

Ligeti: Sonata for solo cello
April 2019

Alberga: String Quartet no.2 (excerpt)
with Thomas Bowes, Oscar Perks, Andres Kaljuste – June 2018

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Concert Dates

August - December 2019

Date & Time	Venue	Details
Thursday 8th August – Sunday 11th August	Kerteminde, Denmark	*Kerteminde Chamber Music Festival*
Sunday, 18th August 12:00	Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen, Denmark	DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata MESSIAEN: ‘Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus’ from Quatuor pour la fin du temps FAURÉ: Élégie, op.24 FRANCK: Cello Sonata piano: Elias Holm
Sunday, 25th August 19:30	Roskilde Gymnasiums Sal Roskilde, Denmark	FAURE: Élégie for Cello and Piano, op.24 DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata MESSIAEN: ‘Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus’ from Quatuor pour la fin du temps FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Elias Holm
Sunday, 1st September 19:30	Nordfalsters Koncerthus Nørre Alslev, Denmark	FAURE: Élégie for Cello and Piano, op.24 DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata MESSIAEN: ‘Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus’ from Quatuor pour la fin du temps FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Elias Holm
Saturday, 14th September 19:30	Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark	FAURÉ: Piano Quartet no.1, op.15 RAVEL: String Quartet MESSIAEN: Quatuor pour la fin du temps violin: Kirstine Schneider violin: Kern Westerberg viola: Nicholas Swensen piano: Søren Rastogi clarinet: Mathias Kjøller Aarhus Chamber Music Festival
Sunday, 15th September 13:00	Musikhuset Aarhus, Denmark	SHOSTAKOVICH: Sonata for cello and piano, op.40 piano: Gustav Piekut Aarhus Chamber Music Festival
Wednesday, 18th September 19:30	Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle, UK	TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 *Philharmonia Orchestra* conductor: Thomas Carroll *Windsor Festival*
Thursday, 26th September 19:30	Roskilde Kongrescenter Denmark	SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto no.2 in G minor, Op.126 *Copenhagen Philharmonic* conductor: Stefan Asbury
Friday, 27th September 19:30	Konservatoriets Koncertsal Copenhagen, Denmark	SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Concerto no.2 in G minor, Op.126 *Copenhagen Philharmonic* conductor: Stefan Asbury
Wednesday, 2nd October – Sunday 6th October	Downton, UK	*Arcadia Music Festival*
Thursday, 10th October 19:30	Hotel Esplanade Usedom, Germany	BEETHOVEN: Cello Sonata no.2 in G minor, op.5 no. 2 DEBUSSY: Cello Sonata BRAHMS: Cello Sonata no. 2 in F major, op.99 piano: Elias Holm
Friday, 15th November 19:30	Hanoi Opera House Hanoi, Vietnam	TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 *Sun Symphony Orchestra* conductor: Oliver Ochanine
Friday, 20th December Time TBA	Komitas Chamber Hall Yerevan, Armenia	KODALY: Cello Sonatina KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 KHACHATURIAN: Sonata-Fantasy, for cello solo in C major SHOSTAKOVICH: Cello Sonata in D minor, op.40 piano: Hripsime Aghaqaryan