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Jonathan Brown was the violist of the Cuarteto Casals, with whom he performed in all of the major concert halls in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as making numerous recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label including repertoire ranging from Bach through Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven to Bartók, Ligeti and Shostakovich. This performance is presented in collaboration with SFCM alumni, faculty, and students.

Program

Johann Sebastian Bach: Art of Fugue, Contrapuntus 1
Cuna Kim, violin 1
Qicong Ma, violin 2
Jonathan Brown, viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu, cello

György Kurtág: Aus der Ferne III
Cuna Kim, violin 1
Qicong Ma, violin 2
Jonathan Brown, viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu, cello

J. S. Bach: Art of Fugue, Contrapuntus 7
Cuna Kim, violin 1
Qicong Ma, violin 2
Jonathan Brown, viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu, cello

Sofia Gubaidulina: Reflections on the Theme B-A-C-H
Cuna Kim, violin 1
Qicong Ma, violin 2
Jonathan Brown, viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu, cello

J. S. Bach: Art of Fugue, Contrapuntus 14
Cuna Kim, violin 1
Qicong Ma, violin 2
Jonathan Brown, viola
Daniela Gonzales Siu, cello

Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in F Minor, "Serioso," Op. 95
     I. Allegro con brio
     II. Allegretto ma non troppo
     III. Allegro assai vivace ma serioso
     IV. Larghetto espressivo - Allegretto agitato - Allegro
Jeeihn Kim, violin 
Mark Chen, violin 
Jonathan Brown, viola
Linsday McKenna, cello

Robert Schumann: Piano Quintet in E-flat Major, Op. 44
     I. Allegro brillante
     II. In modo d'una Marcia. Un poco largamente - Agitato
     III. Scherzo. Molto vivace 
     IV. Allegro, ma non troppo
Rachel Choi, violin 
Cuna Kim, violin 
Jonathan Brown, viola
Alex Liu, cello
Jon Lee, piano

Featured Artists

Jonathan Brown, viola

From 2002 until 2024, Jonathan Brown was the violist of the Cuarteto Casals, with whom he performed in all of the major concert halls in Europe, North America and Asia, as well as making numerous recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label including repertoire ranging from Bach through Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven to Bartók, Ligeti and Shostakovich. Highlights included Beethoven cycles in Berlin, Vienna, London, Tokyo, Stockholm, Madrid and Barcelona in addition to a residency at the Royal Palace in Madrid, where the quartet played on Stradivarius’ only dedicated quartet of instruments. As a guest violist, Jonathan has performed with the Tokyo, Jerusalem, Kuss, Marmen, Miro, Zemlinsky, Quiroga, and Armida quartets, and has been on the jury of international quartet competitions in London, Salzburg, Prague and Katowice. Jonathan has also been an
artistic director of the Da Camara chamber orchestra, the contemporary ensemble FUNKTION and Musethica Spain.

Jonathan is currently Professor of Chamber Music at the Colburn School Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles and previously taught viola and chamber music at ESMUC in Barcelona and Escuela Reina Sofía in Madrid. He has given masterclasses in Köln, Basel, London, Aix-en-Provence, Den Haag, Weikersheim, Fiesole, Linz, Lübeck, Essen, Rotterdam, Cleveland and Chicago among many other cities. 

Originally from Chicago, Jonathan’s principal viola teachers were Martha Strongin Katz, Karen Tuttle, Heidi Castleman, Thomas Riebl and Veronika Hagen and he was deeply influenced by Ferenc Rados and György Kurtág.