Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
Saxophonist Jonathan Hulting-Cohen has built a career on projects beautiful and unexpected. Co-laureate of the M-Prize Chamber Arts Competition in 2018, Hulting-Cohen has developed a saxophone and harp duo, vaudeville saxophone sextet, chamber wind ensemble, and premiered dozens of new works for a variety of chamber ensembles, including saxophone and piano. In recital, Hulting-Cohen deepens audiences’ familiarity with the classical repertoire, rendered in ways only possible through the breadth of musical experience they bring to the stage. Commanding as concerto soloist, Hulting-Cohen also brings a great deal of tenderness to repertoire from John Williams’ Escapades to Kevin Fuch’s Rush and even the Luciano Berio Chemins IV.
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Jonathan Hulting-Cohen
Saxophone
Saxophonist Jonathan Hulting-Cohen’s “adroit” (ModernJazz.gr), “impressive,” (Schenectady Daily Gazette), and “fun to watch” (Oregon Arts Watch) performances have led to concerto engagements with the Philadelphia Classical Symphony, Stockton Symphony, Sequoia Symphony Orchestra, and Adrian Symphony Orchestra. Collaborations with pianists Jiayan Sun, Steven Beck and Nadine Shank have precipitated adventures in repertoire from César Franck to Freddie Mercury, and from Astor Piazzolla to Charles Wuorinen. Duo venues include the Virtuosi Concert Series in Winnipeg, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Haverford College Concert Artist Series, and New York’s new OceanMusic series, among others. Passionate about new music, Hulting-Cohen’s commissions from Joan Tower, Ingrid Arauco, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Annika Socolofsky, Felipe Salles, Salvatore Macchia and Eric Wubbels can be heard on Innova Recordings.
Besides performing at Chamber Music Northwest and Carnegie Hall, Hulting-Cohen’s work in chamber music is defined by long-term membership in several ensembles. With New York new music specialists, New Thread Quartet, Hulting-Cohen has participated in the creation of dozens of new works by established and emerging composers, developed semi-staged productions, and championed annual concerts of acoustic and electro-acoustic music. In co-founding The Moanin’ Frogs saxophone sextet, Hulting-Cohen helped unleash an international touring sensation blending the antics of vaudeville with the high art of classical recitals. With harpist Jennifer R. Ellis, Hulting-Cohen premiered and recorded ten new duo works for Albany Records.
From 2022-2024, Hulting-Cohen co-chaired the North American Saxophone Alliance’s Committee for Gender Equity with Allison Balcetis. Hulting-Cohen and Felipe Salles steward the New England Saxophone Symposium through its fourth decade at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where they are Associate Professor of Saxophone. Hulting-Cohen trained at the University of Michigan under Donald Sinta and endorses Conn-Selmer, D’Addario Woodwinds, Silverstein and Key Leaves products.