Jonathan Engle
flute

A native of Auckland, New Zealand, Jonathan Engle began flute studies at the age of 12. After moving to the United States, he won top prizes in numerous competitions including the Upper Midwest Flute Association Young Artists' Competition, the Southeastern Minnesota Youth Orchestra Concerto Competition, and the Minnesota-Iowa-Wisconsin Tri-State Concerto Competition. He was also the winner of the Wind, Brass, and Percussion division of the 2005 Mannes College of Music Concerto Competition and Third Prize winner of the New York Flute Club Young Artists' Competition in 2006 and 2007. Jonathan has performed with the Minnesota Orchestra, the Rochester Symphony, the New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Orion String Quartet, Ensemble 212, Aeolian Winds, NewMusicMannes, the New York Composers Circle, and the ground-breaking Helix Series Orchestra. In the summer of 2006, he toured Greece, performing in the Nafplio and Corfu Music Festivals. He currently serves as principal flute of the Mannes Orchestra.

Equally at home as soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician, Jonathan has performed in many of America's leading venues including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Merkin Concert Hall, Steinway Hall, the Yamaha and Bosendorfer Showrooms, Symphony Space, the United Nations, the Morgan Museum, and the University and Metropolitan Clubs in New York City, Verizon Hall in Philadelphia, and Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis. In addition, he has participated in master classes with such leading flutists as Bonita Boyd, Marina Piccinini, Julius Baker, Emmanuel Pahud, Judith Mendenhall, Trudy Kane, Joshua Smith, and Michael Parloff.

Jonathan received his Bachelors and Masters degrees with honors from Mannes College of Music and is currently a full-scholarship Professional Studies Diploma candidate at Mannes, where he is a student of Keith Underwood.