Bentz Puzzle Box (East Coast Premiere)
Upcoming Performances
Orchestra: Clarinet
Shostakovich 5
Chelsea Symphony
Chausson Poème, Op. 25 (Friday only)
Korngold Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35 (Saturday only)
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, op. 47
Choir: Baritone
Mozart Mass
Downtown Voices
Mozart Great Mass in C minor, K. 427/417a (completed by Robert D. Levin)
Choir: Baritone
Rose Ever Blooming
Downtown Voices
Takach / Hagen Rose Ever Blooming (East Coast Premiere)
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Clarinet
Brooklyn-based clarinetist Erik Jönsson is an artist who‘s active all across New York City, having appeared with the Chelsea Symphony, New York Repertory Orchestra, and the One World Symphony, among others. A versatile musician whose passions span beyond symphonic repertoire, he also performs annually in Christmas and Easter services at the Archdiocesan Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, and has performed with the Westchester Oratorio Society, Wind Ensemble Society of New York City, and in pit orchestras for Opera in the Slope's productions of Carmen and Rigoletto and the HERE Arts Center production of Whiskey Pants: The Mayor of Williamsburg.
Erik received a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Performance from Ithaca College, where he was a finalist in the IC Concerto Competition and the recipient of the J. J. Whalen Young Artist Award. He also received a Diplôme d’Exécution (Performer’s Certificate) from L’École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. Erik’s primary instructors include Michael Galván, Richard Faria, and Guy Deplus, and he has performed in master classes for Larry Combs and Laurie Bloom of the Chicago Symphony and David Shifrin of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.
Singing
Erik Jönsson is a Brooklyn-based baritone vocalist who began singing at a young age in his church’s choir in New York’s Hudson Valley. Decades later, he is still singing in church as a member of Trinity Church Wall Street’s semi-professional choir, Downtown Voices, with whom he has sung at Carnegie Hall with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) as part of the Mark Morris Dance Group’s production of L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, and Madison Square Garden in concert with Andrea Bocelli.
Able to interpret a variety of music styles, Erik has also sung as a chorus member with Takht al-Nagham, the performing ensemble of the Syrian Music Preservation Initiative, in performances at Roulette and Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall.