Jonathan Yates, Piano

Biography

Jonathan Yates has earned high praise as a solo pianist, conductor, and collaborative artist for his musicianship, intellect and the remarkable variety of his musical endeavors. He made his professional orchestral conducting debut at 23, leading the National Symphony Orchestra in a Millennium Stages Concert. The following year he made his Carnegie Hall debut as a pianist in the Isaac Stern Chamber Music Concerts. A graduate of The Juilliard School's conducting program, he has conducted on several occasions at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. He currently serves as Music Director of the Camerata Notturna, one of New York City's most exciting young chamber orchestras, and as conductor of the Sarah Lawrence College Orchestra.

Mr. Yates has been heard as a chamber musician at most major New York City venues, including Stern Auditorium and Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall, the 92nd Street Y, Miller Theater, Bargemusic and Merkin Hall, as well as at the Caramoor Festival and on the Ravinia Festival Rising Stars Series. He has performed as a concerto soloist with orchestras in North America, Europe and Asia, and has given solo recitals for the La Jolla Music Society, at the National Museum of American History (on fortepiano), and on the University of Chicago Concert Series. As a former member of the Amelia Piano Trio, he was presented by Isaac Stern at the Harvard Club of New York City and at Hill Auditorium at the University of Michigan, and was a finalist for the Walter F. Naumburg Chamber Music Prize. He participated as a pianist and conductor in Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble Tanglewood Workshops, and can be heard in chamber music of Hindemith on Cedille Records. He holds degrees from Harvard University, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and The Juilliard School.