Jonathan Okseniuk

Violinist Jonathan Okseniuk made his orchestral debut with the Suprima Chamber Orchestra at the age of 5. Other solo appearances include Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra, The Phoenix Symphony, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, Grand Junction Symphony Orchestra, St. Petersburg String Quartet, and an engagement at the Mesa Arts Center.  Jonathan has placed first in many national and local competitions, most recently in the Senior Division of the 2023 Dorothy Vanek Youth Concerto Competition.  He was named first place laureate in the Junior Division of the 2022 Sphinx Competition, national winner in the 2022 Music Teachers National Association Senior String Competition, first in the Phoenix Youth Symphony Young Musicians Concerto Competition Senior Division and the Arizona Musicfest String Competition Division II. Jonathan was accepted into Curtis Institute of Music in 2023 and is studying with Midori Goto. Over the past fourteen years, since the age of three, he has been a student of Jing Zeng. He has also worked with distinguished teachers including Jan Sloman, Miriam Fried, Noah Bendix-Balgley, Peter Oundjian and William van der Sloot and with esteemed chamber groups including the Dover Quartet and members of the Manhattan Chamber Players. For over six years, Jonathan has played with various youth orchestras including the Metropolitan Youth Symphony, Youth Symphony of the Southwest, and the Phoenix Youth Symphony Orchestra as concertmaster, assistant concertmaster and principal second violin. He has participated in Morningside Music Bridge, Heifetz International Music Institute, and Chamber Music Northwest Young Artist Institute summer programs.