Jonathan Aner

"Ein Kammermusiker par excellence"
Frankfurter Rundschau

Described as “a chamber musician par excellence” (Frankfurter Rundschau) Jonathan Aner is a member of the Oberon Trio and plays regularly with clarinettist Shirley Brill. He has collaborated with such leading artists as tenors Ian Bostridge and Christoph Prégardien, violinists Guy Braunstein and Daishin Kashimoto, violists Tabea Zimmermann and Brett Dean, cellists Frans Helmerson, Jakob Spahn and Tristan Cornut and with the Vogler and the Ariel String Quartets. The winner of the Opus Klassik Award 2024, he has also won prizes at the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition in Australia, the Città di Trapani and the Vittorio Gui International Chamber Music Competitions in Italy, the Joseph Joachim and the “Erst-Klassik” Competitions in Germany, and the European Chamber Music Competition in France. Mr. Aner performed recitals and chamber music concerts in such prestigious concert halls as the Berliner Philharmonie, Carnegie Hall, Tonhalle Zürich, Auditorium du Louvre, Kennedy Center, as well as in Asia, Australia and in Israel. He has taken part in the Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Rheingau, Heidelberg and Radio France Festivals. Since 2010 Jonathan Aner has been a professor of chamber music at the Hanns Eisler School of Music in Berlin, where he is also the artistic director of the Centre for Chamber Music.

Der Pianist Jonathan Aner trat mit den führenden Orchestern Israels auf, u.a. mit dem Israel Philharmonic Orchestra unter der Leitung von Zubin Mehta. Er ist Preisträger zahlreicher internationaler Klavier- und Kammermusikwettbewerbe, u.a. in Melbourne, Florenz, Dortmund, Berlin, Weimar und beim Europäischen Kammermusikwettbewerb in Frankreich. Der „Kammermusiker par excellence” (Frankfurter Rundschau) und Opus Klassik Preisträger 2024 ist Mitglied des Oberon Trios und konzertiert regelmäßig mit der Klarinettistin Shirley Brill. Mit den Tenören Ian Bostridge und Christoph Prégardien, den Geigern Guy Braunstein und Daishin Kashimoto, der Bratschistin Tabea Zimmermann, den Cellisten Jakob Spahn und Tristan Cornut, dem Ariel Quartett und dem Vogler Quartett spielte er u.a. in der Berliner Philharmonie, der Carnegie Hall, dem Oriental Arts Center in Shanghai, der Tonhalle Zürich, dem Auditorium du Louvre, dem Bergen International Festival, dem Schleswig-Holstein-Musikfestival, dem Festival Radio France, dem Rheingau Musikfestival, dem Bachfest Leipzig und den Festspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Seine musikalische Ausbildung erhielt Jonathan Aner bei Arie Vardi an der Musikhochschule Hannover und bei Konrad Elser an der Musikhochschule Lübeck sowie am New England Conservatory in Boston. Jonathan Aner ist Professor für Klavierkammermusik und Leiter des Zentrums für Kammermusik an der Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin.

Concerts

Media

I was much taken by the pianism of Jonathan Aner
The Strad

Oberon Trio

A combination of technical mastery and thrilling emotional intensity.
FonoForum

Henja Semmler – Violin | Antoaneta Emanuilova – Cello | Jonathan Aner – Piano

The Oberon Trio was founded in 2006 and has performed in many of Europe’s most prestigious concert halls, such as the Berlin Philharmonie, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Dortmund Konzerthaus, and the Essen Philharmonie. The group is a frequent guest at festivals such as the Mozartfest in Augsburg, the Ludwigsburg Festival, and the Herbstgold Festival. “The Oberon Trio moves listeners with a combination of technical mastery and thrilling emotional intensity,” according to FonoForum, and the Gramophone says, “It’s a scintillating performance from start to finish.” These three musicians are committed to offering performances of lesser-known compositions alongside established masterpieces. Their repertoire extends from piano trios by CPE Bach and Joseph Haydn – the pioneers of the medium – to those by Jörg Widmann, Toshio Hosokawa and Charlotte Bray, whose trios were recorded for the first time by the ensemble. The trio also works together regularly with chamber music partners such as Tabea Zimmermann, Ian Bostridge, Christoph Prégardien, and Shirley Brill. A special passion for the Oberon Trio is to establish greater intimacy between public and performers. Through moderated concerts, by publishing their own program-notes of the performed works, among other approaches, they provide listeners with insights into the processes and background of their interpretations. The first album released by the Oberon Trio, entitled “Passacaglia,” was recommended by hr2, mdr figaro, and NDR Kultur. Their second CD appeared in 2016 under the title “Oberon Celebrates Shakespeare.” The magazine Das Orchester commented: “Featured here is an ensemble that merits serious attention: [the three musicians] display captivating technical virtuosity, musical verve, and consummate chamber music coordination.” The trio’s third CD, “Duality”, appeared in 2020. It contains works by Haydn, Schumann, and Copland, as well as the first recording of a trio by Toshio Hosokawa. The album was one of Journal Frankfurt’s top recommendations, and ORF (Austrian Radio) noted, “With a comprehensive engagement with the works, this recording persuasively demonstrates interpretational mastery and maturity.” RBB Kultur awarded the CD five stars and wrote, “With an imaginative concept and, most importantly, brilliant musicality, the ensemble successfully reveals the dualities inherent in the four works recorded here.” www.oberontrio.com

Brillaner Duo

A Chamber Music Dream Team
Rohrblatt Magazin

Shirley Brill – Clarinet | Jonathan Aner – Piano

Praised as a “marvellously harmonious duo” (Berliner Morgenpost), the Brillaner Duo exemplifies the scientifically proven fact that the clarinet’s warm and humanly sound blends into the piano better than any other instrument.

Winners of the Opus Klassik Award 2024, the Brillaner Duo performed at such celebrated halls as the Berliner Philharmonie and the Carnegie Hall. Their debut CD was hailed as a “fascinating mixture of two dazzling artists” (Das Ensemble Magazine). This was followed by the albums Petite Pièce, Sonatas, and Roots.

Their programs span the full breadth of the clarinet-piano repertoire, alongside the duo’s own arrangements for this instrumentation. Equally committed to contemporary music, they have premiered numerous new works. The Brillaner Duo has performed at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival (Germany), the Radio France Festival in Montpellier, the Ljubljana Festival (Slovenia), and the Bangalow Music Festival (Australia), and has collaborated with leading ensembles including the Borromeo and Terpsycordes String Quartets.

www.shirleybrill.com

Contact

Jonathan Aner

Email: aner@jonathananer.com

Germany

Konzertbüro Andreas Braun

Sülzgürtel 69
D- 50937 Köln
Germany

Tel: +49 221 9 420 430

Andreas Braun
braun@konzertbuero-braun.de

www.konzertbuero-braun.de

Japan

Ai-International Corp.

Kayabacho Tower 1806
1-21-1 Shinkawa Chuo-ku
104-0033 Tokyo
JAPAN
Tel: +81 3 6228 3732
Mobile: +81 80 13 42 49 75

Ms. Kotomi Yamazaki
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