Jonathan Morris
Piano
Jonathan Morris is currently completing a doctorate degree in piano performance at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music in the USA, studying with Andrew Cooperstock. After growing up in Wexford, he moved to London and received his bacherlor's and master's degrees from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He has received numerous awards in many prestigious competitions; last year, he won second prize in the Mu Phi Epsilon International Competition and first prize in CU Boulder's Honors Concerto Competition.
The 2017 concert season included a performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the CU Symphony Orchestra in Macky Auditorium, while the 2016 season included a performance as part of the City of London Festival, a solo concert in the National Concert Hall, and a solo concert as part of the New Ross Piano Festival, alongside performers Nicholas Angelich, Piers Lane, Finghin Collins, and Nathalia Milstein.
Jonathan has played in many notable venues, including Wigmore Hall, Abbey Road Studios, the Bishopsgate Institute, and the National Concert Hall, as well as several international venues, including Institut Montana in Switzerland. He will be travelling to New York in November to play in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, representing CU Boulder in a showcase of some of its most promising young musicians.
The 2017 concert season included a performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 3 with the CU Symphony Orchestra in Macky Auditorium, while the 2016 season included a performance as part of the City of London Festival, a solo concert in the National Concert Hall, and a solo concert as part of the New Ross Piano Festival, alongside performers Nicholas Angelich, Piers Lane, Finghin Collins, and Nathalia Milstein.
Jonathan has played in many notable venues, including Wigmore Hall, Abbey Road Studios, the Bishopsgate Institute, and the National Concert Hall, as well as several international venues, including Institut Montana in Switzerland. He will be travelling to New York in November to play in Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, representing CU Boulder in a showcase of some of its most promising young musicians.
Jonathan appears in Instrumentalising Folk Song on 24 June 2018 and Words and Music on 30 June 2018
