JONATHAN OSHRY - CURRICULUM VITAE

 

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Birth date
Nationality
Email
Tel

: 21 March 1975
: South African
: joshry@hotmail.com
: +44 (0) 7776 220 240
Education

1993-1996
1995
1996
1997-2000
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2002

B. Mus (summa cum laude) (University of Natal)
UPLM (University of South Africa)
LTCL (Trinity College of Music, London)
B. Compt (University of South Africa)
PGRNCM (Royal Northern College of Music)
M. Mus (distinction) (RNCM)
PPRNCM
M. Mus (distinction) (Guildhall School of Music & Drama)
Teachers 1985-1987
1987-1996
1997-2003

Janet Rubin
Isabella Stengel
Ronan O'Hora
Scholarships 1993-1994
1994
1996
1997


1998
1999

2000
2001 		SAMRO undergraduate music bursary
Du Toit van Tonder Music Scholarship
PJ Lemmer Overseas Music Scholarship
Associated Board of Royal Schools of Music Scholarship
Marc Raubenheimer Trust Scholarship
Jim Joel Music Scholarship
Countess of Munster Scholarship
Royal Northern College of Music Scholarship
Wingate Scholar
Guildhall School of Music & Drama Scholarship
Prizes 1990
1992
1994
1995
1996

1997
1998
1998
1999

2001

2002

2003
 1st prize piano - National Youth Music Comp.
4th prize - Hennie Joubert Piano Competition
1st prize - University of Natal Competition
1st prize - Oude Meester Music Competition
3rd prize - Adolph Hallis Piano Competiton
1st prize - ATKV Forte (piano + overall)
Finalist - SAMRO Overseas Competition
2nd prize - UNISA National Piano Competition
2nd prize - RNCM Recital Prize
1st prize - Yamaha Music Foundation of Europe
2nd prize - RNCM Recital Prize
2nd prize - Karic International Piano Competition
Finalist - Dudley Piano Competition
Spencer Boney Prize (GSMD)
Sheriff's Prize (GSMD)
Royal Overseas League Music Competition - Philip Crawshaw Memorial Prize
Finalist - Dudley Piano Competition
Recitals

See comprehensive list under past engagements.
Venues include: Wigmore Hall, St John's Smith Square, Erin Arts Centre, Darlington Arts Centre, Wits Great Hall (Johannesburg), Pump Room (Bath) and more.
Concertos   See comprehensive list under past engagements.
Orchestras include: Halle, Johannesburg Philharmonic, Natal Philharmonic, Cape Town Symphony, National Youth Orchestra, Surrey Philharmonic, Westminster Philharmonic and more.
Recordings 1988-1996

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2001


2003 		Regular radio recordings for the South African Broadcasting Corporation - live and prerecorded.
Live radio broadcast of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini.All subsequent concerto performances in South Africa recorded for radio.
Jonathan Oshry: Piano Recital CD distributed in South Africa under the MTN label. Currently on the Classic FM play-list.
Featured in a television documentary on the magazine programme Top Billing
Pre-concert recital for the BBC Proms - John Adams 'Road Movies' - recorded live on BBC Radio 3
Finals of the Dudley Piano Competition recorded for BBC Radio 3.
Masterclasses

1993

1994
1995
1996
1997

1998
1999


2000
2001

Michael Schafer (Hochshule fur musik, Munich)
Neil Immelman (Royal College of Music)
Bela Siki (Johannesburg)
Leon Bates (Durban)
Andrjez Jasinski (Pretoria)
Irina Edelstein (Germany)
Arnoldo Cohen (Manchester)
Anne Queffelec (Manchester)
Pascal Roge (England)
Peter Donohoe (England)
Barry Douglas (Glories of Keyboard Festival)
Howard Shelley (London)
John O'Conner (London)
Angela Hewitt (London)
Imogen Cooper (London)

 


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