title: Jonathan Carney
text: # Jonathan Carney
  
  Jonathan Carney is an American violinist, violist, and conductor.
  
  ## Career
  
  Carney grew up in Tenafly, New Jersey and graduated from Tenafly High School. He studied at the Juilliard School with Christine Dethier and Ivan Galamian.
  
  He moved to London on a Leverhulme Fellowship Award to study at the Royal College of Music with Trevor Williams.
  
  In 1991 he became leader of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and appeared as soloist with them in the UK and beyond. In 1994 he was appointed Concertmaster of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, having been joint leader on its American tour; he recorded the Nielsen concerto with them in 1997 (on a Domenico Montagnana instrument). As a member of the Michael Nyman Band he played on the soundtrack of several Peter Greenaway films.
  
  Carney has been concertmaster of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for over 20 years.
  
  