Jonathan Mak

Winner of the 2024 inaugural Concours international de musique de Sorel-Tracy, pianist Jonathan Mak made his orchestra debut at the age of 4. Since then, he has been a guest soloist with numerous orchestras, most notably the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. In addition to his win at the Bader competition, Jonathan's recent accomplishments include the Grand Prize at the 2023 Bader & Overton Canadian Piano Competition, Grand Prize at the 2023 Plowman Chamber Music Competition with Trio Menil, the First Prize at the 2024 Tuesday Musical Club’s Young Artists Competition, and the third prize in the OSM competition. He is a recipient of the Canada Council for the Arts-Michael Measures award and the Sylva Gelber Music Foundation Award. Currently pursuing a Doctor of Musical Arts at Rice University with Jon Kimura Parker, Jonathan also holds degrees from the Yale School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music.

Final Program

Musical Moment (2025)                                 Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961)

Pattern Preludes, Book 1 (2005)     Karim Al-Zand b. (1970)*

  1. Moderato; smoothly (after Bach)

  2. As quickly as possible, chirring

  3. Slowly; delicate thrumming (after Chopin)

  4. Very swiftly; restless, agitated

  5. Slowly; lyrically (after Debussy)

  6. Quickly; vibrant, full of life

Trois Études (1997-2013)                            Ana Sokolovic (b. 1968)*

Étude I - un rythme

Étude II - une harmonie

Étude III - une mélodie

where poppies still bloom and fall (2024)   Rita Ueda (b. 1963)*

  1. Voices in the Wind

  2. Lark

  3. Phoenix

  4. Dove (Dona Nobis Pacem)

Etude No.5, “Arc-en-ciel” (1985-2001) Gyögy Ligeti (1923-2006)

Étude No.8 in B flat minor “Erlkönig, after Goethe”   Marc-André Hamelin (1961)*

Two Andean Portraits (2024) Gabriela Lena Frank (1972)        

I. Introducción; Zampoñas                                          

II. Adagio del Altiplano

Fanfare Toccata (2021) Stephen Hough (1961)