In 2022 Jonathan was both a prize-winner at the Young Classical Artists Trust and Concert Artists Guild joint International Auditions held at Wigmore Hall, and also nominated as a 2022 Classic FM ‘Rising Star’. Clara Schumann’s songs express contrasting themes of love and longing; intimacy and loss; lightness and darkness. The lyrical melodies translate beautifully to the expressive tones of the clarinet.

Jonathan Leibovitz & Joseph Havlat

Leeds Conservatoire

You should always be prepared for surprises with this young man. Asked what he would do if he had a whole day off, Sterling Elliott replied: "Work on my car. At the moment I'm trying to get the gearbox back into my car, a two-man job that I'm stubbornly trying to teach myself. It is not only in the garage that he is ambitious, otherwise the young man from Virginia would not have catapulted himself to where he now stands artistically: in the premier league of cellists of his generation. Elliott has long been a sought-after performer in the USA, but now he is also making a name for himself on this side of the Atlantic. Sterling Elliott presents himself in the Debut series and has another ambassador of the US classical music scene on board with the highly romantic Cello Sonata by Samuel Barber.

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Sterling Elliott, Violoncello

Alte Oper

4. Sinfoniekonzert

Kongresshaus

Frühlingskonzert

bigBOX Allgäu

Wundersam

Allerheiligen-Hofkirche

A diverse international group of excellent soloists, supported by the British Young Classical Artists Trust, makes you sit up and take notice: wind instruments and strings complement each other beautifully in Schubert's wonderful octet - and build a bridge to the present.

YCAT-Collective (Young Classical Artists Trust)

Museum Ludwig

Jonathan Leibovitz is “an extraordinarily gifted clarinetist” with “that singular ability to mesmerise the listener in everything he does, moulding every phrase with imagination, infallible control and above all with a commanding personality” (BBC Music Magazine). The program traces the lineage of the German-speaking musical tradition of the 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most fertile chapters in Western music and a world of Romantic introspection, rigorous craftsmanship and expressive depth. A winner of the prestigious Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship in 2024, he is the winner of the 2022 Arthur Waser Prize and the 2021 Crusell International Clarinet Competition, and a laureate of both the Israeli Wind Competition and the Aviv Competition of the America-Israeli Cultural Foundation. As a concerto soloist, Leibovitz has performed with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Israel Chamber Orchestra, and the Vaasa City and Kuopio Symphony Orchestras in Finland. In 2024, he released his debut album, Eastern Reflections, on Delphian Records.

Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet

Kaufman Music Center

Alex Ho’s distinctive musical voice, like that of Gustav Mahler, is open to a great diversity of influences and ideas. Ho’s art offers a bridge between East and West, narrowing the gap that all too often divides by speaking to universal concerns and shared human experiences. His latest chamber composition, created for Wigmore Hall’s Composer Focus Day, is prefaced by the all-encompassing song cycle, Das Lied von der Erde, performed in Mahler’s version for two solo voices and piano.

Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano; Shengzhi Ren tenor; Tom Poster piano; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective

Wigmore Hall

Jonathan Leibovitz ‘has that singular ability to mesmerise the listener in everything he does, moulding every phrase with imagination, infallible control and above all with a commanding personality,’ writes BBC Music Magazine. The young Israeli clarinettist, winner of the Crusell, Aviv and Carl Nielsen Competitions, is joined by Eylam Keshet in a beguiling programme crowned by Paul Ben-Haim’s seductive Songs without Words.

Jonathan Leibovitz

Events

Upcoming events

Nov 3, 2026

Jonathan Leibovitz, clarinet · Kaufman Music Center

Nov 21, 2026

Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano; Shengzhi Ren tenor; Tom Poster piano; Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective · Wigmore Hall

Dec 29, 2026

Jonathan Leibovitz clarinet; Eylam Keshet piano · Wigmore Hall

Past events

Mar 18, 2026

Jonathan Leibovitz & Joseph Havlat · Leeds Conservatoire

Mar 8, 2026

Sterling Elliott, Violoncello · Alte Oper Frankfurt

Future and recently performed repertoire

Clarinet in Octet by Schubert

Kölner Philharmonie

Clarinet in Das Lied von der Erde by Mahler

Wigmore Hall

Clarinet in Clarinet Sonata No. 1 by Brahms

Leeds Conservatoire

Clarinet in Nonet in F Minor by Coleridge-Taylor

Kölner Philharmonie

Clarinet in Three Songs without Words by Ben-Haim

Kaufman Music Center

Clarinet in Viola Sonata by Hindemith

Kaufman Music Center

Clarinet in Trio in B-flat major by Beethoven

Alte Oper Frankfurt

Clarinet in Three Romances by Schumann

Kaufman Music Center

Clarinet in Vier Stücke by Berg

Kaufman Music Center

Clarinet in Suite for Violin and Piano by Schulhoff

Kaufman Music Center

Clarinet in 3 Songs without Words by Ben-Haim

Wigmore Hall

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