Violinist Jonah Kartman will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s thrilling E Minor Violin Concerto with Festival City Symphony on Saturday, January 25 at 2pm at the Bradley Symphony Center. The Saturday Classics concert will also feature Maurice Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Beethoven’s beloved Eighth Symphony. Tickets for this performance are free with suggested donation and can be reserved online or obtained in person on the day of the concert through the Bradley Symphony Center box office.
Jonah Kartman is a member of the Chicago Civic Symphony Orchestra and a substitute violinist for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Currently based in Chicago, Jonah graduated from the DePaul School of Music under the tutelage of Janet Sung and previously I-Hao Lee. His performances as soloist have brought him in front of notable orchestras such as the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra as well as being broadcast on PBS and WFMT in Chicago. Through his studies, Jonah has had the honor of playing in lessons and classes with well-known violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman, Chee-Yun Kim, and Arnaud Sussman.
As an avid chamber musician, Jonah has competed in chamber competitions such as the Pasadena Chamber Music Competition and the Fischoff Music Competition during his studies at the Music Institute of Chicago Academy. Recently he has been performing with his mother and father in their own Skyline Trio. Their trio has made appearances in organizations and venues such as the Rembrandt Chamber Players and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.