Jonathan Liu is a collaborative pianist based in San Francisco, California specializing in vocal accompaniment. As an undergraduate at the California Institute of Technology, he performed in numerous chamber music groups under the tutelage of Robert Ward and Delores Bing, as well as in the Caltech Jazz Band led by Bill Bing and Barb Catlin. He was the winner of the 2015 Caltech-Occidental Symphony Concerto Competition, performing Ravel’s Piano Concerto in G Major with conductor Allen Gross.
He has regularly accompanied solo and ensemble performances, most recently with the UC Berkeley University Chorus, the UC Berkeley Summer Chorus, the 2018 Mozart Mashup opera show, and the UC Berkeley Noon Concert series. Past and current collaborators include vocalists Alyssa Kim, Zachary Manlapid, Weslee Glenn, and Gabrielle Lochard. For several years he was the accompanist for the UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus.
In addition to playing piano, he is also an experienced choral tenor, having sung with the Munich International Choir, the Bay Area Classical Harmonies, the Berkeley City Symphony, and Resound Ensemble. As a singer, he has worked with conductors including Magen Solomon, Wei Cheng, Marika Kuzma, Ken-David Masur, and Christian Reif.
Please contact at jhkliu42 at gmail dot com for performance-related inquiries.