Jonathan Crow
Super Nova Quartet
violin
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Born in Prince George in 1977, Jonathan Crow began the Suzuki violin
method at age six and continued studies at the Prince George Music
School. When he was fifteen, Jonathan studied at the Victoria
Conservatory of Music with Sydney Humphreys and attended the Banff
Centre Master Class Program. He earned his Bachelor of Music in Honours
Performance from McGill University, studying with Yehonatan Berick.
Upon graduation from McGill University, Mr. Crow joined the Montreal
Symphony at the age of 19 as Associate Principal Second Violin, and won
the Associate Concertmaster chair 5 months later. He was appointed
Concertmaster in 2002, a position he held until 2006, becoming the
youngest Concertmaster to lead a major North American orchestra.
Jonathan is currently Assistant Professor of Violin at McGill
University.
In May 1997 Jonathan performed Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in a
specialbenefit for the Victoria Symphony under the baton of Sir Yehudi
Menuhin. Lord Menuhin was so impressed that he invited him to perform
again with the Vancouver Symphony in April 1998. Jonathan continues to
perform in North America, having been featured as soloist with most
major Canadian orchestras. He is heard frequently on Chaîne Culturelle
of Radio-Canada, CBC Radio Two, and National Public Radio, along with
Radio France, Radio Allemand, and the RAI in Europe.
An avid chamber musician, Jonathan has performed at chamber music
festivals throughout North America, South America and Europe.
Recently, Jonathan became the new violinist of the Canadian string trio
Triskelion, joining violist David Harding and cellist Bryan Epperson.
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