Jonathan Mak, Canada

Winner of the inaugural 2024 Concours International de Musique de Sorel-Tracy, pianist Jonathan Mak made his orchestral debut at the age of 4. Since then, he has appeared as soloist with numerous ensembles, including the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.

In recent seasons, Jonathan won the Grand Prize at the 2023 Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition, Grand Prize at the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music Competition with Trio Menil, First Prize at the 2024 Tuesday Musical Club Young Artists Competition, and Third Prize at the OSM Competition. He has also received special prizes at the Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition (Slovenia) and the Maj Lind International Piano Competition (Finland).

Named one of CBC’s “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30,” Jonathan is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts’ Michael Measures Prize, the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, and the 2023 Walter Prystawski Prize.

Recent engagements include performances of Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, and the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra. He has appeared at festivals such as Bravo! Vail (Colorado), Festival of the Sound (Ontario), Ottawa Chamberfest, and the Edinburgh International Festival.

Jonathan is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University under Jon Kimura Parker and holds degrees from Yale University and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

For more information, visit www.jonathanmakpiano.com.

First Round

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in f minor, No. 12, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 857
  • Franz Liszt: Transcendental Étude No. 10 in f minor, S. 139
  • György Ligeti: Étude No. 5, “Arc-en-ciel” (“Rainbow”)
  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata No. 6 in F Major, Op. 10, No. 2
    1. Allegro
    2. Menuetto. Allegretto
    3. Presto
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4

Quarterfinal Round

  • Olga Kern: Status Animae (State of Soul)—Two Pieces for Solo Piano
    1. Meditation
    2. Rhythm Obsession
  • Robert Schumann: Sonata No. 2 in g minor, Op. 22
    1. So rasch wie möglich
    2. Andantino. Getragen
    3. Scherzo: Sehr rasch und markiert
    4. Rondo: Presto—Prestissimo. Quasi cadenza
  • Marc-André Hamelin: Étude No. 8 in b-flat minor, “Erlkönig, After Goethe”
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 8 in B-flat Major, Op. 84
    1. Andante dolce—Allegro moderato
    2. Andante sognando
    3. Vivace

Semifinal Round—Chamber Music

  • Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
    1. Allegro brillante
    2. In modo d’una marcia: Un poco largamente
    3. Scherzo: Molto vivace
    4. Allegro ma non troppo

Final Round

  • Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, Op. 83
    1. Allegro non troppo
    2. Allegro appassionato
    3. Andante
    4. Allegretto grazioso

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