Jonathan Rush

An emerging young conductor, Jonathan Rush brings passion, unique interpretation, and a refreshing energy to the orchestral experience.

As a conductor, Jonathan has served as Music Director of the Buckeye Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as a conducting fellow for the Baltimore Symphony Youth Orchestra. In 2018, Jonathan was named a Project Inclusion Conducting Fellow with the Chicago Sinfonietta, and in 2019 Jonathan was named their Assistant Conductor. As the winner of the 2018 Respighi Prize in Conducting at age 22, Jonathan made his professional orchestra debut with the Chamber Orchestra of New York, at Carnegie Hall. Jonathan has conducted both internationally, and throughout the United States.

Jonathan’s mentors and teachers of conducting are Marin Alsop, Mei-Ann Chen, and Joseph Young. Jonathan holds a Bachelor of Music Education degree from The Ohio State University, and a Master of Music degree in Conducting from the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University.