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Rising star of the cello Jonathan Swensen is the Joint 1st Prize Winner of the Naumburg International Cello Competition 2024, recipient of the 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant and was recently featured as both Musical America’s ‘New Artist of the Month’ and ‘One to Watch’ in Gramophone Magazine. Jonathan first fell in love with the cello upon hearing the Elgar Concerto at the age of six, and ultimately made his concerto debut performing that very piece with Portugal’s Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música.
Jonathan wins joint 1st prize in the prestigious Naumburg International Cellocompetition
Three eras and three distinct musical worlds, from the first stirrings of Romanticism to the bold innovations of modernity. Beethoven's 1797 trio unfolds with dramatic intensity across sharply contrasting movements, and Brahms's piano quartet stands as a masterpiece of Romantic chamber music balancing passion and virtuosity. Between them, Kodály's solo work marks a true revolution in the cello repertoire, drawing on Hungarian folk traditions through startlingly inventive technique.
A walking trail through three of Sion's churches in a single afternoon, ending with Schubert's String Quintet in C major — one of the absolute pinnacles of the chamber music repertoire.