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.

EPSG:4326

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.

Jonathan Leibovitz

Events

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 Clarinet Sonata No. 1 by Brahms

Leeds Conservatoire

Clarinet in Nonet in F Minor by Coleridge-Taylor

Kölner Philharmonie

Clarinet in Trio in B-flat major by Beethoven

Alte Oper Frankfurt

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