Warren Jones
Warren Jones, who was named as the 2010 Collaborative Pianist of the Year by Musical
America, performs with many of today's best-known artists-Stephanie Blythe, Christine
Brewer, Denyce Graves, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Dean Griffey, Bo Skovhus, Eric Owens, and
Richard Yongjae O'Neill-and is principal pianist for the exciting California-based chamber
music group Camerata Pacifica. In the past, he has partnered with such great performers as
Marilyn Horne, Håkan Hagegård, Kathleen Battle, Samuel Ramey, Barbara Bonney, Carol Vaness,
Judith Blegen, Salvatore Licitra, Tatiana Troyanos, James Morris, and Martti Talvela. He is
a faculty member of the Manhattan School of Music and the Music Academy of the West, and
received the 2011 Achievement Award from the Music Teachers National Association of
America, the highest honor granted from the organization. He has been invited to the White
House to perform for state dinners in honor of the leaders of Canada, Russia, and Italy;
and three times to the United States Supreme Court for musical afternoons in the East
Conference Room at the Court.
A graduate of New England Conservatory, he currently serves on the Board of Visitors for
that institution and has been honored with a doctoral degree from San Francisco
Conservatory. His most recent musical ventures include conducting, having led sold-out,
critically acclaimed performances of Mascagni's L'amico Fritz and Rossini's
Il barbiere di Siviglia in recent summers. Mr. Jones returns to the podium
for performances of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte in 2013. Visit warrenjones.com
for a complete biography, a listing of his upcoming engagements, and his discography of 29
recordings on every major label.