Clarinet virtuoso Emil Jonason is one of the leading artists to newly emerge from Scandinavia. Being nominated by the European Concert Hall Organization for their Rising Stars recital series in 2009/10, Emil has already played at the prestigious venues such as Musikverein Vienna, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Philharmonie Köln, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Cité de la Musique Paris and many others. Since 2010, Emil is also teaching clarinet at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm.

In 2013, Emil will world premiere Christian Lindberg’s clarinet concerto together with the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; a concerto written to and commissioned by Emil through Anders Walls Foundations.

  • Maj 12 2012

    Recording in the summer

    Having always wanted to record, Emil is planning to record not one but two records at the same time. One completely solo and one together with pianist Peter Friis Johansson. The session will take place in the beautiful countryside at Giresta church. Release date in the fall of 2012. More details will unfold during the summer.

  • Apr 10 2012

    Nobel Prize Ceremony 2012 Soloist!

    Emil is extremely happy and deeply honored to be this year’s soloist at the Nobel Prize Ceremony. He will appear together with the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Daniel Blendulf at Stockholm Concerthouse, December 10th. Exact program TBA.