Jonathan Weber leads an eclectic career as a violinist, violist, conductor, composer, teaching artist and more. Known for his dynamic energy as a performer, and versatility with musical genres, Mr. Weber has worked with some of the most iconic artists in the industry, on stage, on screen, and in recording studios.
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In the classical arena, Mr. Weber has collaborated with members of the Orion String Quartet, members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, and members of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. He has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Reading Symphony, Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Haifa Symphony and more. Mr. Weber has also appeared with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Chamber Music Society, the Bach Aria Group, and is currently an active member of the two-time Latin Grammy nominated string quartet: Cuartetango.
As an orchestral conductor, Mr. Weber has performed on The Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon, guest conducted for the New Conductors Orchestra of New York City, and has conducted for various music festivals in the United States. Mr. Weber has also conducted for college and pre-college programs, and has guest coached for the Grammy award winning New York Youth Symphony.
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​Branching into non-classical realms, Mr. Weber has performed with Billy Joel, Taylor Swift, Peter Gabriel, Roger Daltrey, Josh Groban, Father John Misty, Idina Menzel, Sarah McLachlin, Barry Manilow, Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett, Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Jay Z, Beyonce, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Herbie Hancock, Rufus Reid, Luis Miguel, Questlove and the Roots, Alicia Keys, Corey Glover, Janelle Monae, Eryka Badu, the Mahavishnu Project, The Trans Siberian Orchestra, and more.
Hailed by the Boston Globe as “inspired” for his manipulation of electronics, Jonathan Weber performs regularly as an electric violinist and violist. He was a core member of the fusion band DBR & The MISSION, which toured internationally, making appearances at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center (NYC), the Library of Congress in Washington DC, the Adelaide Music Festival in Australia, in addition to college campuses and performance venues throughout the United States. Mr. Weber has also appeared with Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, tap dance legend Savion Glover, and as a featured musical guest of comedian Sarah Silverman during her Carnegie Hall debut at the New York Comedy Festival.
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​A native New Yorker and sought after freelancer, Jonathan Weber has performed with over twenty Broadway shows, the Radio City Orchestra, and has appeared in venues ranging from Lincoln Center, to the New York jazz clubs, to Madison Square Garden. Mr. Weber has appeared with musical guests on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jimmy. Fallon, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Rachael Ray Show, Christmas: Live at Rockefeller Center, PBS Great Performances: Soundstage, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. He has appeared on screen in HBO’s Succession, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Joker, The Greatest Showman, Annie, Sex and the City 2, Mildred Pierce, and Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. Recording credits include Lilyhammer: The Score with Steven Van Zandt (Volume I), Boardwalk Empire with Elvis Costello (Volume 3), Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium, Albert Hammond Jr. "Como Te Llama", Jay Z: Kingdom Come, The Glorias film soundtrack written by Elliot Goldenthal, and numerous film scores of Ruichi Sakamoto.
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Mr. Weber is currently an adjunct professor of violin and chamber music at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College (CUNY), where he previously served its Pre-College Division as Orchestra Director, Director of Chamber Music, and founder of a groundbreaking summer workshop for young musicians wishing to focus their energies on developing versatility in multiple genres of music. Mr. Weber has also been on the faculties of the 92nd Street Y, the University of Buffalo (SUNY) Summer Strings Workshop, the New York Summer Music Festival (NYSMF), the Odyssey Chamber Music Festival at the University of Missouri, and the Middlebury Summer Chamber Music Festival in Middlebury, VT.
Jonathan Weber holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in classical performance from the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College (CUNY), where he studied exclusively under violinist Daniel Phillips, founding member of the Orion String Quartet.