Jonathan Cohler
   HOME

TheInfoList



OR:

Jonathan Cohler (born June 19, 1959) is an American classical
clarinetist The clarinet is a single-reed musical instrument in the woodwind family, with a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. The clarinet family is the largest woodw ...
, conductor,
music educator Music education is a field of practice in which educators are trained for careers as elementary or secondary music teachers, school or music conservatory ensemble directors. Music education is also a research area in which scholars do origina ...
and record producer.


Early career

Jonathan Cohler graduated from
Harvard University Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
in 1980 with a degree in physics. He studied clarinet with Pasquale Cardillo, Harold Wright,
Karl Leister Karl Leister (born 15 June 1937) is a classical clarinet player from Wilhelmshaven, Germany. At a very young age, he learned to play the clarinet from his father, also a clarinetist, and later studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Berlin. As a ...
,
Charles Neidich Charles Neidich (born 1953 in New York City) is an American classical clarinetist, composer, and conductor. Early career A native New Yorker of Russian and Greek descent, Charles Neidich began his clarinet studies with his father, Irving Neidich ...
and Frank Martin. In 1978, he won the U.S. Components, Inc. Fellowship to the
Tanglewood Music Center The Tanglewood Music Center is an annual summer music academy in Lenox, Massachusetts, United States, in which emerging professional musicians participate in performances, master classes and workshops. The center operates as a part of the Tanglew ...
(then known as the Berkshire Music Center). He also played clarinet for the Colorado Philharmonic Orchestra (now known as the
National Repertory Orchestra The National Repertory Orchestra (NRO) is an American summer symphony orchestra that offers full fellowships to train young professional musicians for careers in music through performances, masterclasses and workshops. Based in Breckenridge, Col ...
) in 1979 under conductor Carl Topilow. He has performed at the
International Clarinet Association The International Clarinet Association is the main international organization bringing together players of the clarinet. It is based in Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in ...
'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 Gioachino Antonio Rossini (29 February 1792 – 13 November 1868) was an Italian composer of the late Classical and early Romantic eras. He gained fame for his 39 operas, although he also wrote many songs, some chamber music and piano p ...
's ''Introduction, Theme and Variations'' with
Boston Classical Orchestra The Boston Classical Orchestra was a chamber orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States ...
under Harry Ellis Dickson (1997),
Gerald Finzi Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata '' Dies natalis'' for solo voice and ...
'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 The Evergreen Symphony Orchestra (ESO; ) is a Taiwanese orchestra founded by the of Evergreen Group in 2001. The orchestra is featured by bringing up talented Taiwanese players and promoting Taiwanese folk music. Two of the many performances of ...
at the National Concert Hall of Taiwan in Taipei (2005),
Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...
's ''Clarinet Concerto'' with the Santo Andre Orchestra in Brazil (2006), Scott McAllister's ''Black Dog'' with the
Boston Conservatory Boston Conservatory at Berklee (formerly The Boston Conservatory) is a private performing arts conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, music, and theater. Boston Conservatory was founded o ...
Wind Ensemble (2011),
Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...
's ''
Première rhapsodie The ''Première rhapsodie'' (First Rhapsody (music), Rhapsody), L. 116, CD. 124, by Claude Debussy is a piece for accompanied clarinet. Composed between December 1909 and January 1910, it was dedicated to the French clarinet professor Prosper Mim ...
'' with the
Boston Conservatory Boston Conservatory at Berklee (formerly The Boston Conservatory) is a private performing arts conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, music, and theater. Boston Conservatory was founded o ...
Orchestra (2012), the
Gerald Finzi Gerald Raphael Finzi (14 July 1901 – 27 September 1956) was a British composer. Finzi is best known as a choral composer, but also wrote in other genres. Large-scale compositions by Finzi include the cantata '' Dies natalis'' for solo voice and ...
''Clarinet Concerto'' with the Orquestra Sinfônica do Teatro Nacional Claudio Santoro in Brasília, Brazil (2014), and the clarinet concerti and ''Concertino'' by
Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...
with the
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar) is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary. The chamber orchestra took its name from the great Hungarian composer Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 Jul ...
in
Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...
(2015). As a chamber musician Cohler has recorded and performed with the
Claremont Trio Claremont Trio is a New York-based piano trio including Juilliard School alumnae Emily Bruskin (violin) and Julia Bruskin (cello), and Yale School of Music alumna Sophiko Simsive (piano). The group was founded at Juilliard in 1999, and made its p ...
, violinist
Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler (born June 2, 1963) is a Russian-born violinist. Born and educated in Moscow, Kaler is the only person to have won Gold Medals at all three of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986); the Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985); a ...
,Shenton, Andrew (2008). "Towards a 'manner of realization' for Messiaen's music" in Robert Sholl (ed.)
Messiaen Studies
', pp, 185–187. Cambridge University Press.
and pianists Janice Weber, Randall Hodgkinson,
Judith Gordon Judith Gordon (born 1963, Baltimore, Maryland) is a concert pianist and educator. Education Gordon studied at Oberlin Conservatory and at New England Conservatory where she studied with Patricia Zander. New York debut Gordon gave her New York re ...
, and Rasa Vitkauskaite. Cohler's conducting engagements have included
Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich), First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded ...
's Fifth Symphony with the Simon Bolivar Orchestra in Caracas, Venezuela, and Tchaikovsky's ''
The Nutcracker ''The Nutcracker'' (, ), Opus number, Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a '; ) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll. Th ...
'' with the Indian Hill Orchestra (Groton, Massachusetts) and the Granite State Ballet Company of New Hampshire, and Bartók's
Concerto for Orchestra Although a concerto is usually a piece of music for one or more solo instruments accompanied by a full orchestra, several composers have written works with the apparently contradictory title Concerto for Orchestra. This title is usually chosen to ...
with the Texas All-State Symphony Orchestra in San Antonio. For ten years, from 1996 to 2006, he was the Music Director of the Brockton Symphony Orchestra. Cohler has created and run various performing/teaching clarinet festivals since 2000 including well-known clarinetists such as Philippe Cuper (Paris Opera), Alessandro Carbonare (Orchestra of St. Cecilia),
Ricardo Morales Ricardo Morales may refer to: * Ricardo Morales (musician) (born 1972), American clarinetist * Ricardo Morales (tennis) (1907–2007), Cuban professional tennis player * Ricardo Morales (intelligence agent) Ricardo Morales Navarrete (June 14, 1939 ...
(Philadelphia Orchestra),
Paquito D'Rivera Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras (born 4 June 1948), known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, since the 1980s, he has established him ...
, Wenzel Fuchs (Berlin Philharmonic), and Luis Rossi (Chile). These include the International Clarinet Connection (2000, 2001), the International Clarinet and Saxophone Connection (2002), and the International Woodwind Festival (2005, 2007, 2010, 2012). Cohler's clarinet students have won top prizes in the Geneva International Clarinet Competition, the International AudiMozart Competition in Rovereto, Italy, the
International Clarinet Association The International Clarinet Association is the main international organization bringing together players of the clarinet. It is based in Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in ...
High School Competition, the Boston Woodwind Society's Harold Wright Clarinet Merit Award, and others. Cohler has coached groups that have won prizes in the
Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition The Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition is the largest and oldest continuous chamber music competition in the United States. In 1973, Joseph E. Fischoff and fellow members of the South Bend Chamber Music Society established a competition to ...
, the Coleman Chamber Music Competition and the Chamber Music Foundation of New England Competition. Cohler has been an adjudicator for international clarinet and music competitions including the 1st European Clarinet Competition (2010), the Young Artist Competition of the
International Clarinet Association The International Clarinet Association is the main international organization bringing together players of the clarinet. It is based in Columbus, Ohio Columbus (, ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of cities in ...
(1997, 2009, 2015), and the Canadian National Music Competition. , he is a member of the clarinet, chamber music and conducting faculties of the
Longy School of Music Longy School of Music of Bard College is a private music school in Cambridge, Massachusetts associated with Bard College. Founded in 1915 as the Longy School of Music, it was one of the four independent degree-granting music schools in the Boston ...
in
Cambridge, Massachusetts Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 United States census, ...
since 1998, and the
Boston Conservatory at Berklee Boston Conservatory at Berklee (formerly The Boston Conservatory) is a private performing arts conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. It grants undergraduate and graduate degrees in dance, music, and theater. Boston Conservatory was founded o ...
since 2005. Through 2011, he was also a faculty member of the New England Conservatory Preparatory School in Boston, where in addition to teaching clarinet and chamber music, he was the assistant conductor of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra.


Ongaku records

In the early 1990s, Cohler founded the classical music record company Ongaku Records, Inc.Kaplan, Richard (March/April 2009
"Jonathan Cohler's Ongaku Records—More than a 'Clarinet Label'"
''Fanfare Magazine'', Vol. 32, Issue 4. Retrieved September 29, 2011


Climate change denial

Cohler publicly denied the scientific consensus on
anthropogenic global warming Present-day climate change includes both global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its wider effects on Earth's climate system. Climate change in a broader sense also includes previous long-term changes ...
, falsely claiming that "no model has ever correctly modeled any aspect of global warming", even though numerous climate models have produced accurate results over several decades. In another post, Cohler denied the existence of sea level rise, citing a pair of photos of the Sydney harbor as evidence, a claim that is, likewise, factually incorrect. In June 2024, Cohler claimed that "NOBODY who understands advanced math, statistics, and physics, AND who takes the time to investigate the data for themselves could possibly believe in the #ClimateScam.". As of 2021 over 99% of the peer reviewed scientific literature was in agreement regarding anthropogenic climate change.


Discography

*1993 ''Cohler on Clarinet'' with
Judith Gordon Judith Gordon (born 1963, Baltimore, Maryland) is a concert pianist and educator. Education Gordon studied at Oberlin Conservatory and at New England Conservatory where she studied with Patricia Zander. New York debut Gordon gave her New York re ...
(piano), recital of works by
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...
,
Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...
, Heinrich Joseph Bärmann, and Simon A. Sargon. Ongaku Records CD 024-101 (listed in ''The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs'' ''Yearbook 2006/7: Best Buys in Classical Music'')March, Ivan et al. (December 2006). ''The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs Yearbook 2006/7: Best Buys in Classical Music''. Penguin. pp. 525–526. *1994 ''More Cohler on Clarinet'' with Randall Hodgkinson (piano), recital of works by
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...
,
Francis Poulenc Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (; 7 January 189930 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodie, songs, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music. Among th ...
,
Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...
,
Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...
, and
Igor Stravinsky Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ( – 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945). He is widely considered one of the most important and influential 20th-century c ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-102 (listed in '' The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and DVDs'' ''Yearbook 2006/7: Best Buys in Classical Music'') *1994 ''Brahms Clarinet Sonatas'' with
Judith Gordon Judith Gordon (born 1963, Baltimore, Maryland) is a concert pianist and educator. Education Gordon studied at Oberlin Conservatory and at New England Conservatory where she studied with Patricia Zander. New York debut Gordon gave her New York re ...
(piano), Randall Hodgkinson (piano), recital of works by
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...
,
Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...
, and
Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...
. Cover CD, ''
BBC Music Magazine ''BBC Music Magazine'' is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. The first issue appeared in September 1992. BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, was the original owner and publisher together with ...
'', Vol. 3 No. 2, October 1994 *1994 ''Moonflowers, Baby!'' with
Judith Gordon Judith Gordon (born 1963, Baltimore, Maryland) is a concert pianist and educator. Education Gordon studied at Oberlin Conservatory and at New England Conservatory where she studied with Patricia Zander. New York debut Gordon gave her New York re ...
(piano), recital of works by
Paul Hindemith Paul Hindemith ( ; ; 16 November 189528 December 1963) was a German and American composer, music theorist, teacher, violist and conductor. He founded the Amar Quartet in 1921, touring extensively in Europe. As a composer, he became a major advo ...
,
Arthur Honegger Arthur Honegger (; 10 March 1892 – 27 November 1955) was a Swiss-French composer who was born in France and lived a large part of his life in Paris. Honegger was a member of Les Six. For Halbreich, '' Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher'' is "more even ...
,
Jean Françaix Jean René Désiré Françaix (pronunciation Fran-say or Fran-seks) was born on 23 May 1912, in Le Mans and died in 25 September 1997, in Paris). Françaix was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator known for his prolific outp ...
,
Ralph Vaughan Williams Ralph Vaughan Williams ( ; 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over ...
,
Darius Milhaud Darius Milhaud (, ; 4 September 1892 – 22 June 1974) was a French composer, conductor, and teacher. He was a member of Les Six—also known as ''The Group of Six''—and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His composition ...
,
Eugène Bozza Eugène Joseph Bozza (4 April 1905 – 28 September 1991)Grove Music Online: "Bozza, Eugène"; accessed 20 September 2014, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/03791. was a French composer and violinist. He was one of t ...
, and Meyer Kupferman. Crystal Records CD 733 (MusicWeb International "Recording of the Month", Oct 2010) *1995 ''The Clarinet Alone'', recital of works by
Donald Martino Donald James Martino (May 16, 1931 – December 8, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize winning American composer. Biography Born in Plainfield, New Jersey, Martino attended Plainfield High School. He began as a clarinetist, playing jazz for fun and ...
,
Egon Wellesz Egon Joseph Wellesz, CBE, FBA (21 October 1885 – 9 November 1974) was an Austrian, later British composer, teacher and musicologist, notable particularly in the field of Byzantine music. Early life and education in Vienna Egon Joseph Well ...
,
Olivier Messiaen Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (, ; ; 10 December 1908 – 27 April 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithology, ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th-century classical music, 20th century, he was also an ou ...
,
Erland von Koch Sigurd Christian Jag Erland Vogt von Koch (26 April 1910 – 31 January 2009) was a Swedish composer. He wrote symphonies, ballets, an opera, and other compositions, including music for film. Life and career Born in Stockholm as the son of compo ...
, William O. Smith,
Vincent Persichetti Vincent Ludwig Persichetti (June 6, 1915 – August 14, 1987) was an American composer, teacher, and pianist. An important musical educator and writer, he was known for his integration of various new ideas in musical composition into his own work ...
, Willson Osborne, and
Niccolò Paganini Niccolò (or Nicolò) Paganini (; ; 27 October 178227 May 1840) was an Italian violinist and composer. He was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time, and left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique. His 24 Caprices ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-105 (nominated for a
NAIRD The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) is a trade association that represents independent record labels in the United States, founded in 2005. A2IM is headquartered in New York City, with chapters located in Nashville, Chicago, North ...
1995 Indie Award in the classical solo category) *1999 ''David Alpher: American Reflections'' with David Alpher (composer and piano), Maureen Gallagher (viola), Robert Honeysucker (baritone), Myron Lutzke (cello), Robert Lynam (string bass), Martha Moor (harp), Jean Newton (harpsichord), Kenneth Radnofsky (tenor saxophone),
chamber music Chamber music is a form of classical music that is composed for a small group of Musical instrument, instruments—traditionally a group that could fit in a Great chamber, palace chamber or a large room. Most broadly, it includes any art music ...
by David Alpher. Ongaku Records CD 024-112 *2004 ''Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time'' with
Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler (born June 2, 1963) is a Russian-born violinist. Born and educated in Moscow, Kaler is the only person to have won Gold Medals at all three of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986); the Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985); a ...
(violin), Andrew Mark (cello), Janice Weber (piano). Ongaku Records CD 024-119 *2008 ''Rhapsodie Française'' with Rasa Vitkauskaite (piano), recital of works by
Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...
,
André Messager André Charles Prosper Messager (; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor. His compositions include eight ballets and thirty , opérettes and other stage works, among which his ballet (1 ...
,
Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ sympho ...
,
Ernest Chausson Amédée-Ernest Chausson (; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer. Life Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a building contractor who made his fortune assisting Ba ...
,
Henri Rabaud Henri Benjamin Rabaud (10 November 187311 September 1949) was a French conductor, composer and teacher, who held important posts in the French musical establishment and upheld mainly conservative trends in French music in the first half of the t ...
,
Claude Debussy Achille Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most influe ...
,
Eugène Bozza Eugène Joseph Bozza (4 April 1905 – 28 September 1991)Grove Music Online: "Bozza, Eugène"; accessed 20 September 2014, http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/article/grove/music/03791. was a French composer and violinist. He was one of t ...
, and
Louis Cahuzac Louis (Jean Baptiste) Cahuzac (12 July 1880 – 9 August 1960) was a French clarinetist and composer. Cahuzac was an outstanding performer and one of the few clarinetists who made a career as a soloist in the first part of the 20th century. ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-121 *2009 ''Jonathan Cohler & Claremont Trio'' with
Claremont Trio Claremont Trio is a New York-based piano trio including Juilliard School alumnae Emily Bruskin (violin) and Julia Bruskin (cello), and Yale School of Music alumna Sophiko Simsive (piano). The group was founded at Juilliard in 1999, and made its p ...
, chamber music by
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
,
Johannes Brahms Johannes Brahms (; ; 7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period (music), Romantic period. His music is noted for its rhythmic vitality and freer treatment of dissonance, oft ...
, and
Ernst von Dohnanyi Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include: Surname * Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst" * Anton Ernst (born ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-122 (awarded the "Critic's Choice" by ''
BBC Music Magazine ''BBC Music Magazine'' is a British monthly magazine that focuses primarily on classical music. The first issue appeared in September 1992. BBC Worldwide, the commercial subsidiary of the BBC, was the original owner and publisher together with ...
'') *2013 ''Romanza'' with Rasa Vitkauskaite (piano), recital of transcriptions of works by
Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; ; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and music critic of the early Romantic music, Romantic era. He composed in all the main musical genres of the time, writing for solo piano, voice and piano, chamber ...
,
Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...
, and
Carlos Guastavino Carlos Guastavino (5 April 1912 – 29 October 2000) was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. His production amounted to over 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice, many still unpublished. Hi ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-123 *2014 ''American Tribute'' with Rasa Vitkauskaite (piano), recital of works by
Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein ( ; born Louis Bernstein; August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, pianist, music educator, author, and humanitarian. Considered to be one of the most important conductors of his time, he was th ...
,
Victor Babin Vronsky & Babin were regarded by many as one of the foremost duo-piano teams of the twentieth century. Vitya Vronsky (''Viktoria Mikhailovna Vronskaya'', 22 August 190928 June 1992) was born in the Crimean city of Yevpatoria, Russia. Victor Babin ...
, Robert Muczynski,
Simon Sargon Simon Arthur Sargon (April 6, 1938 – December 25, 2022) was a composer, pianist, conductor, music educator, and major creative figure in contemporary American Jewish music. His compositions include liturgical and secular pieces; opera and musical ...
, Dana Wilson, and
Paquito D'Rivera Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras (born 4 June 1948), known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, since the 1980s, he has established him ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-125 *2016 ''Cohler plays and conducts Weber'' with Jonathan Cohler (conductor), Rasa Vitkauskaite (piano),
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar) is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary. The chamber orchestra took its name from the great Hungarian composer Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 Jul ...
, playing and conducting clarinet concerti, overtures, and ''Polonaise brillante'' by
Carl Maria von Weber Carl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber (5 June 1826) was a German composer, conductor, virtuoso pianist, guitarist, and Music criticism, critic in the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Best known for List of operas by Carl Maria von Weber, h ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-126 *2020 ''Cohler plays and conducts Mozart'' with Jonathan Cohler (conductor/clarinetist), Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, including Clarinet Concerto in A Major, KV 622, Symphony No. 35 in D Major, KV 385 ("Haffner"), and the overtures to Don Giovanni, KV 527 and The Magic Flute, KV 620 by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-128 *2020 ''Rasa Vitkauskaite plays Mozart & Beethoven Concertos'' with Rasa Vitkauskaite (pianist), Jonathan Cohler (conductor),
Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra The Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra (Liszt Ferenc Kamarazenekar) is a chamber orchestra based in Budapest, Hungary. The chamber orchestra took its name from the great Hungarian composer Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 Jul ...
, Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, including Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, KV 466 by
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791) was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period (music), Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition and proficiency from an early age ...
and Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 by
Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-129 *2021 ''Latin Journey'' with Rasa Vitkauskaite (piano), recital of works by
Carlos Guastavino Carlos Guastavino (5 April 1912 – 29 October 2000) was an Argentine composer, considered one of the foremost composers of his country. His production amounted to over 500 works, most of them songs for piano and voice, many still unpublished. Hi ...
,
Arturo Márquez Arturo Márquez Navarro (born 20 December 1950) is a Mexican composer of orchestral music who uses musical forms and styles of his native Mexico and incorporates them into his compositions. His best known work is '' Danzón No. 2''. Life Márque ...
,
Paquito D'Rivera Francisco de Jesús Rivera Figueras (born 4 June 1948), known as Paquito D'Rivera, is a Cuban-American alto saxophonist, clarinetist and composer. He was a member of the Cuban songo band Irakere and, since the 1980s, he has established him ...
, and
Alberto Ginastera Alberto Evaristo Ginastera (; April 11, 1916June 25, 1983) was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical music, 20th-century classical composers of the Americas. Biography G ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-130 *2023: ''Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E Minor; Double Concerto in D Minor; Capriccio Brillant in B Minor'' with
Ilya Kaler Ilya Kaler (born June 2, 1963) is a Russian-born violinist. Born and educated in Moscow, Kaler is the only person to have won Gold Medals at all three of the International Tchaikovsky Competition (Moscow, 1986); the Sibelius (Helsinki, 1985); a ...
(violin), Rasa Vitkauskaite (piano), Jonathan Cohler (conductor), and Budapest Ferenc Erkel Chamber Orchestra. Works by
Felix Mendelssohn Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 18094 November 1847), widely known as Felix Mendelssohn, was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic music, Romantic period. Mendelssohn's compositions inc ...
. Ongaku Records CD 024-132


References


External links


Jonathan Cohler official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohler, Jonathan 1959 births Living people Musicians from Boston Longy School of Music of Bard College faculty Boston Conservatory at Berklee faculty American classical clarinetists American male conductors (music) American music educators Record producers from Massachusetts Contemporary classical music performers Musicians from Lexington, Massachusetts Classical musicians from Massachusetts 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American clarinetists 21st-century American male musicians Harvard College alumni