Jonathan Carney is an American violinist, violist, and conductor.

Career

Carney grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey[1] and graduated from Tenafly High School.[2] He studied at the Juilliard School with Christine Dethier and Ivan Galamian.[3]

He moved to London on a Leverhulme Fellowship Award to study at the Royal College of Music with Trevor Williams.[4][5][6][7]

In 1991 he became leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and appeared as soloist with them in the UK and beyond.[3] In 1994 he was appointed Concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, having been joint leader on its American tour;[8] he recorded the Nielsen concerto with them in 1997 (on a Domenico Montagnana instrument).[3] As a member of the Michael Nyman Band he played on the soundtrack of several Peter Greenaway films.

Carney has been concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for over 20 years.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "BSO Concertmaster, Jonathan Carney, joins the faculty of Baltimore School for the Arts, will teach exceptional violin students in BSA’s music program beginning in the 2015-16 school year.", Baltimore School of the Arts, press released dated November 14, 2014. Accessed October 9, 2018. "He grew up in Tenafly, NJ in a family of six musicians, all of whom attended Juilliard."
  2. ↑ Rohan, Virginia. "Stars who went to Tenafly High School come home to raise money for their alma mater", The Record (Bergen County), June 5, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 9, 2014. Accessed October 9, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 Biographical note in leaflet accompanying Naxos CD 8.554189 (2000)
  4. ↑ "Jonathan Carney: A concertmaster steps forward". Washington Examiner. 2006-06-01. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  5. ↑ Siegel, Steve. "Classical: Pennsylvania Sinfonia guest conductor Jonathan Carney also will solo on violin". The Morning Call. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  6. ↑ "First Violin". Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  7. ↑ Giuliano, Mike. "It's just Carney, Sharkey and the music for Sundays at Three". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved 2018-08-11.
  8. ↑ Quarter Note: the magazine of the Bournemouth Orchestras. No.20 Autumn 1994, p4.
  9. ↑ Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, page for Jonathan Carney
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