JONATHON MAK – CANADA (27)

Pianist Jonathan Mak is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University with Jon Kimura Parker. Jonathan made his orchestra debut at the age of 4. Since then, he has been a guest soloist with numerous orchestras, most notably the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal. Jonathan’s recent accomplishments include first prize at the 2024 San Antonio Tuesday Musical Club Young Artists Competition, the first prize at the 2023 inaugural Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition, the Grand Prize at the Plowman Chamber Music Competition with Trio Menil, and third prize in the OSM competition. He has also received special prizes at the Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition in Slovenia, and the Maj Lind International Piano Competition in Finland.  

Named as one of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “30 hot Canadian classical musicians under 30,” Jonathan is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts Michael Measures award and the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, along with the 2023 Walter Prystawski Prize. 

In the upcoming 24/25 season Jonathan will be performing Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Kingston Symphony Orchestra and the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra. He has been invited to perform at various festivals including the Bravo! Vail Festival in Colorado, the Festival of the Sound in Ontario, Ottawa Chamberfest, and the Edinburgh International Festival.  

Jonathan is from Toronto, Canada, and holds degrees from the Cleveland Institute of Music and the Yale School of Music.