Jonathan Korth
Assistant Professor of Piano
Pianist Jonathan Korth enjoys a multifaceted career as a soloist, chamber musician, collaborator, and teacher, having performed recitals across the United States, Canada, and France to critical acclaim. A native of Forest City, Iowa, he made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2002 at the Weill Recital Hall and has returned for multiple performances including included the world premiere of Robert Sirota's Mixed Emotions.
Last season, Jonathan presented solo and chamber recitals at many important venues and series across the country and abroad, including New York's Weill Hall, Lincoln Center, and Piano Salon at Yamaha Artist Services, Washington DC's Phillips Collection, the Perlman Young Artist Recital Series in Sarasota, Spokane's Bing Theatre, the Jefferson Library in Monticello, and the l'Hôtel d'Assézat in Toulouse, France.
An active chamber musician, he has collaborated with musicians such as violinist Martin Beaver of the Tokyo String Quartet, former New York Philharmonic associate principal cellist Alan Stepansky, soprano Hyunah Yu, and members of many of America's leading orchestras. His chamber music residencies include the Banff Centre, Kneisel Hall, Sarasota, and Tuckamore Festivals and he has worked closely with artists like the Emerson String Quartet, members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Colin Carr, Pamela Frank, Ellen Mack, Seymour Lipkin, and Robert Levin.
As an avid proponent of classical music, he often returns to his native Iowa to play and promote the arts, including appearances with the Des Moines Symphony, Fort Dodge Symphony, and at the Des Moines Arts Center, Drake University, Simpson College, and Waldorf College. He is also a devoted advocate of new music. He enjoys programming new works, including premiers, and performs regularly for the "The Collected" and the Contemporary Chamber Players.
Dr. Korth is a graduate of the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University (BM) where he studied with Ann Schein and Boris Slutsky, and Stony Brook University (MM and DMA), where he was a student of Gilbert Kalish. He began teaching at the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the fall of 2008. He previously taught piano at Stony Brook University and Suffolk Community College.