Jonathan began playing the violin at the age of 5 and made his concerto debut in the Royal Festival Hall performing the Bach Concerti at the age of 8.  Ten years later he was to turn professional, and commence his career playing with all the major London orchestras.  He soon progressed to commercial session work, where he has worked with such illustrious artists as Madonna, Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue.  This line of work has also led to film sessions where Jonathan has been involved with the soundtracks of many blockbusters including 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy, 'The Mummy Returns' and 'Sleepy Hollow'.

His classical experience does not end there though, having appeared in the cast albums for several musicals including 'Cats', 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang', 'Joseph', 'Jesus Christ Super Star' and 'Evita'.

Having given numerous solo performances, including recitals in New Zealand, Tahiti and Hong Kong, Jonathan was invited to join the classical/fusion group the ‘The Planets’ in 2000 and signed to E.M.I Classics.  Sure enough, the exhibitionist in him came bounding to the surface and he came into his own, performing to thousands of fans.

Jonathan has now returned to the classical and commercial session scene.  He was the leader of the hit show ‘Singing in the Rain’ (Sadlers Wells Theatre 2004) and continues to be the guest lead of 'Les Miserables' at the Queens Theatre.  From 2005-2007 Jonathan was lead violinist and second assistant Musical Director of 'Guys and Dolls' at the Piccadilly Theatre.

As well as filming and recording ‘Phantom of the Opera’- the movie, his other projects include recording several new solo albums with composer Helen Jane Long. 

Her piano album 'Porcelain' made great waves on myspace with 90,000 hits in 2006 and was picked up by Warner Classics and Jazz in 2007.

Singer/songwriter Tim Arnold, has kept him busy up until Christmas 2007 with string arranging and writing for three albums, all of which are available from itunes.

Jonathan has also started to arrange strings for commercial projects, score edit for movies and lecture on his experiences in film/television and the media.

In amongst this hectic schedule, Jonathan pursues his main interest of Shotokan Karate in which he is a first Dan Black Belt. With swimming, running, cycling and surfing as well, Jonathan  is seriously considering increasing the number of hours in his day….