Biography

Toronto-born pianist Jonathan Mak has appeared as soloist with orchestras and at major festivals across North America and Europe. Recent concerto engagements include Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, and the Shepherd School Symphony Orchestra. Having made his orchestral debut at the age of four, he has also performed with ensembles including the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra.

 

Jonathan is the winner of the inaugural 2024 Concours international de musique de Sorel-Tracy and the Grand Prize at the 2023 Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition, as well as Grand Prize at the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music Competition with Trio Menil. Additional prizes include awards at the Ljubljana Festival International Piano Competition (Slovenia), the Maj Lind International Piano Competition (Finland), and the OSM Competition.

 

Named one of CBC Music’s “30 Hot Canadian Classical Musicians Under 30,” Jonathan is a recipient of the Michael Measures Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award, and the Walter Prystawski Prize.

 

He has appeared at festivals including Music@Menlo, Bravo! Vail, Festival of the Sound, Ottawa Chamberfest, and the Edinburgh International Festival. Jonathan is currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University with Jon Kimura Parker and holds degrees from Yale University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. He is a 2025–2026 Rebanks Fellow at the Glenn Gould School of the Royal Conservatory.