Jonas Stark has performed extensively with the Duisburg Philharmonic, German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern, Heidelberg Philharmonic, Munich Chamber Orchestra, and Vienna Symphony under the batons of Marin Alsop, Marcus Bosch and others.
Further achievements include the 1st prize at the Hong Kong International Piano Competition in 2022, a 2nd prize at the International Beethoven Competition Vienna in 2025, the 3rd prize at the International Schubert Competition Dortmund in 2021 and special prizes at the ARD International Music Competition Munich in 2022 and Deutscher Musikwettbewerb in Leipzig in 2025. Moreover, he twice received the special award of the state of Saarland for outstanding solo performance and became Young Steinway Artist in 2021.
Jonas Stark started piano lessons with Jelena Semenenko when he was five years old. After his Bachelor of Music in Saarbrücken with Professor Thomas Duis in 2018 he went on to a Master and Professional Diploma with Professor Ian Fountain at the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 2025 he completed his Konzertexamen with Professor Roland Krüger at the Music Academy of Hanover where he has also been holding a teaching position for piano since 2023. He complemented his studies with masterclasses by Imogen Cooper, Grigory Gruzman, Martin Helmchen, and Jörg Widmann, among others.
Jonas is scholar of the Countess of Munster Musical Trust, the German Academic Exchange Service, Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben, the German Academic Scholarship Foundation, the Hans und Ruth Giessen Foundation, the Imogen Cooper Music Trust, the Jürgen Ponto Foundation and the Konzertförderung Deutscher Musikrat.
Konzerte im Festival
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Chamber Music Finale
Telekom Beethoven CompetitionJonas Stark, Amir Ron, Seth Schultheis
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Orchestra Final
Telekom Beethoven CompetitionJonas Stark, Amir Ron, Seth Schultheis
