Jonathan Oshry will give a piano recital for Friends of Music on February 8. His programme includes Schubert’s Piano Sonata in C Minor D958, the Rachmaninoff Piano Sonata No 2 in B Minor and various works by Chopin.

Jonathan Oshry (24) began his music studies in 1985 with Janet Rubin and continued thereafter at the University of Natal under Isabella Stengel, graduating in 1996 with a BMus degree Summa Cum Laude. He entered the Royal Northern College of Music in 1997 to study under Ronan O’horn and recently obtained his MMus degree with distinction. He has won numerous scholarships, competitions and awards including those by the Yamaha Music Foundation in Europe (as a result of a UK national competition held in London in January 1999) and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust.

He has participated in private and public masterclasses with renowned pianists such as Bela Siki, Andrzej Jasinski, Arnaldo Cohen, Peter Donohoe, Pascal Roge and Tamas Vasary. He has performed with numerous orchestras in South Africa on many occasions and his recordings have been broadcast on radio. As a student of RNCM, he has been given many opportunities to perform in England in solo and chamber recitals.

Jonathan Oshry’s recital takes place on February 8 at the SABC Studios, 100 Old Fort Road at 19h45 and there is safe parking the SABC grounds. Book at Computicket.