Jonathan Weber is a violinist, violist, conductor, educator, arranger, and multidisciplinary performing artist whose career spans Broadway, television, film, orchestral performance, chamber music, commercial music, and arts education. Known for his dynamic presence and wide-ranging musical fluency, Weber has built a uniquely eclectic career performing and collaborating across classical, contemporary, jazz, tango, rock, pop, theatrical, and improvisational settings.
A winner of the 2025 BroadwayWorld Cabaret Award for Best Show Musician on violin, Weber has become a familiar presence throughout New York’s musical and theatrical communities, performing extensively on Broadway, in concert, on television, in recording studios, and at major live events throughout the United States. His playing has been praised by Theater Pizzazz as “infectious and close-to-dance (like) while playing,” and “lush” by BroadwayWorld.com. Broadway credits include The Great Gatsby, Chess, Moulin Rouge, Camelot, Funny Girl, The Music Man, The Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Frozen, Kinky Boots, Beetlejuice, Ain’t Too Proud, and more. He has appeared in major venues including Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, the Nassau Coliseum, Lincoln Center, Town Hall (NYC), Birdland Jazz Club, The Bitter End, and Radio City Music Hall.
Beyond Broadway, Weber has appeared alongside an extraordinary range of internationally recognized artists and productions. He performed as Principal Violist for Billy Joel’s historic Live at Shea Stadium concerts and for Jay-Z’s performances at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall. Additional credits include performances with Taylor Swift, Peter Gabriel, Roger Daltrey, Josh Groban, Idina Menzel, Sarah McLachlan, Tony Bennett, Chaka Khan, Dionne Warwick, Beyoncé, Nas, Herbie Hancock, Questlove and The Roots, Alicia Keys, Janelle Monáe, Erykah Badu, Corey Glover, Savion Glover, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks, and more.
Hailed by The Boston Globe as “inspired” for his work with electronics, Jonathan Weber was a core member of the fusion ensemble DBR & The MISSION, which toured internationally with appearances at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Washington D.C. Library of Congress, the Adelaide Music Festival in Australia, and venues nationwide.
Weber’s television appearances include performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Today Show, Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, The Rachael Ray Show, Great Performances, and NBC’s Christmas in Rockefeller Center, as well as the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and nationally televised primetime specials.
His on-screen film and television work includes appearances in HBO’s Succession, The Gilded Age and Mildred Pierce, Amazon Prime’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and feature films including The Greatest Showman, Joker, Annie, Sex and the City 2, and Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus.
As a recording artist, Weber’s credits include Billy Joel: Live at Shea Stadium, Jay-Z’s Kingdom Come, Boardwalk Empire Volume 3, The Glorias soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal, Lilyhammer: The Score, Atomic: The New Rock Musical, and numerous television projects, and commercial recordings.
Equally active in the classical world, Weber has performed with the Harrisburg Symphony, Reading Symphony, Hudson Valley Philharmonic, Pennsylvania Philharmonic, Radio City Christmas Orchestra, and numerous chamber ensembles and festival organizations throughout the United States. He is currently violist of the two-time Latin Grammy–nominated Cuartetango String Quartet and has collaborated with members of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and the Orion String Quartet. His appearances have included performances at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City festival and chamber music festivals throughout the Northeast and Midwest.
As a conductor, Weber has led professional, collegiate, youth, and festival orchestras for more than two decades. Conducting engagements have included appearances with the New Conductors Orchestra, Queens College Orchestra, Riverdale Country School Orchestra, the Nassau Music Educators Association All-County Festival, and multiple summer festival orchestras. In 2014, he appeared as guest conductor on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon alongside Dana Carvey, Questlove, members of The Roots, and chamber orchestra.
A passionate educator and mentor, Weber has held faculty and leadership positions at Queens College’s Aaron Copland School of Music, The Browning School, the Léman Manhattan Preparatory School Conservatory, the University at Buffalo Summer Strings Workshop, the Odyssey Chamber Music Festival at the University of Missouri, and the Queens College Pre-College Division, where he spent seventeen years directing orchestras, chamber music programs, and summer music initiatives. His former students have gone on to successful careers in major orchestras, chamber ensembles, and international competitions.
In addition to his artistic work, Weber has also been active in musician advocacy and labor representation through the Associated Musicians of Greater New York (Local 802), serving as a delegate to the Broadway Theater Committee and participating in collective bargaining negotiations on behalf of Broadway musicians.
Jonathan Weber holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in classical performance from the City University of New York (CUNY), where he studied extensively with violinist Daniel Phillips, founding member of the renowned Orion String Quartet.