Jonathan Cohler | |
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Born |
Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
June 19, 1959
Occupation | |
Website | jonathancohler |
Musical career | |
Genres | Classical |
Years active | 1978 – present |
Labels | |
Jonathan Cohler (born June 19, 1959) is an American classical clarinetist, conductor, music educator and record producer.
In 1978, he won the U.S. Components, Inc. Fellowship to the Tanglewood Music Center (then known as the Berkshire Music Center). He also played clarinet for the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra (now known as the National Repertory Orchestra) in 1979 under conductor Carl Topilow.
He has performed at the International Clarinet Association's annual ClarinetFest (1994, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016) and has appeared in the Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in Chicago.
His concerto appearances include Rossini's Introduction,Theme and Variations with Boston Classical Orchestra under Harry Ellis Dickson (1997),Gerald Finzi's Clarinet Concerto (2003) and Copland's Clarinet Concerto (2004) with the Orquesta de Cámara Municipal de Rosario in Argentina (2004),Copland's Clarinet Concerto with the Evergreen Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall of Taiwan in Taipei (2005),Mozart's Clarinet Concerto with the Santo Andre Orchestra in Brazil (2006),Scott McAllister's Black Dog with the Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble (2011),Debussy's Première rhapsodie with the Boston Conservatory Orchestra (2012), the Gerald Finzi Clarinet Concerto with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro in Brasilia, Brazil (2014), and the clarinet concerti and Concertino by Carl Maria von Weber with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra in Budapest (2015).