![]() ![]() ![]() It is easy to see how his enthusiasm for advancing the profession has made Dr. An advocate for the compositions of his UH colleagues Thomas Osborne, Donald Reid Womack, and Takuma Itoh, he welcomes working with composers and has premiered dozens of new works. “Jonathan Korth pushes the boundaries of the piano” (Arts Hawai’i) looking for new sound fields and techniques outside the mainstream repertoire. He has performed on concert series such as Chicago’s Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series, Honolulu Chamber Music Society, Chamber Music Hawaii, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Hawai’i Concert Society, and the Austin Chamber Music Festival. Korth also regularly plays with the Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra and finds frequent chamber music partners with many orchestral musicians. Korth’s deep appreciation and love for chamber music has led to recent partnerships with musicians such as violinists Martin Beaver and Robert McDuffie, and cellists Zuill Bailey and Sung-Won Yang. With the advent of the pandemic, he’s reimagined his live performances and played/co-produced regular online concerts from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa’s Music Department where he’s been a piano faculty member since 2008.ĭr. Korth is a prolific concertizer, with performances not only in Bangkok, Beijing, Brussels, London, Shanghai, Seoul, and Tokyo, but also in prized stateside venues like Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall. Hailed by the Des Moines Register as having “prodigious technique and keen sense of musicianship,” Dr Korth’s sizable presence piques the audience’s attention and delivers with the satisfyingly deep and colorful sound he has become known for. ![]() Pianist Jonathan Korth, enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborator, and teacher. ![]()
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