Artist Bio
Rising star Jonathan Swensen is the recipient of a 2022 Avery Fisher Career Grant and was featured as Musical America’s “New Artist of the Month” and “One to Watch” in Gramophone magazine. Swensen’s debut recording, Fantasia, on Champs Hill Records, received rave reviews from Gramophone, BBC Music, and the Strad, which printed, “An exciting young talent emerges. I would gladly buy a ticket to see Swensen on the strength of this appealing calling card.” He has performed with orchestras in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and made critically acclaimed debuts at the Kennedy Center, Merkin Concert Hall, Jordan Hall, Morgan Library and Museum, Vancouver Recital Society, San Francisco Performances, and the Krannert Center. Swensen joined the Bowers Program of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center in 2024. Swensen is Artist-in-Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapelle in Belgium, working with Gary Hoffman.
