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. In his native Denmark he was also a recipient of the Jacob Gades Scholarship in 2019, the Léonie Sonning Talent Prize in 2017 and the first prize at the Danish String Competition in 2016.

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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

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

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

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

November 2019 - July 2020

Date & Time	Venue	Details
Friday, 15 November 19:30	Hanoi Opera House Hanoi, Vietnam	TCHAIKOVSKY: Variations on a Rococo Theme, op.33 *Sun Symphony Orchestra* conductor: Oliver Ochanine
Friday, 20 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
Friday, 7 February 19:30	Squitieri Studio Theatre Gainesville, FL	BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Magic Flute, op.66 KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Noreen Polera
Sunday, 9 February 15:00	Port Washington Public Library Port Washington, NY	BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Magic Flute, op.66 KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Noreen Polera
Thursday, 13 February 19:30	The First Presbyterian Church of Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach, SC	BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Magic Flute, op.66 KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Noreen Polera
Sunday, 16 February 15:00	Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Urbana, IL	BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Magic Flute, op.66 KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Noreen Polera
Tuesday, 25 February 19:30	The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC	BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Magic Flute, op.66 KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Noreen Polera
Thursday, 27 February 18:00	Levine Music NW Washington, DC	BEETHOVEN: 12 Variations on “Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen” from Magic Flute, op.66 KODALY: Cello Sonata, op.8 FRANCK: Cello Sonata in A major piano: Noreen Polera
Tuesday, 3 March 19:30	Merkin Hall New York, NY	Programme TBA piano: Noreen Polera
Thursday, 23 April 19:30	Musikhuset Aarhus Arhus, Denmark	BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor, op.102 *Aarhus Symfoniorkester* conductor: Marc Soustrot violin: Éléonore Darmon
Friday, 24 April 19:30	Viborg Cathedral School Viborg, Denmark	BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor, op.102 *Aarhus Symfoniorkester* conductor: Marc Soustrot violin: Éléonore Darmon
Saturday, 16 May Time TBA	Congress Park Hanau Hanau, Germany	BRAHMS: Double Concerto in A minor, op.102 *Neue Philharmonie Frankfurt* conductor: Jens Troester