Jonathan Wyatt (b. 1997) is a composer, conductor, and sound artist whose musical works often explore conceptualism and multimedia storytelling. He is particularly interested in composing music that blurs the boundaries of form and medium. Jonathan is influenced by a number of visual artists, including Damien Hirst and Maggi Hambling. Currently some of his favorite musicians are John Prine, Thundercat, Supertramp, and Bohuslav Martinů.

 

Jonathan has been a fellow at the Atlantic Music Festival, the Red Note New Music Festival, the Lake George Composition Institute, and was a finalist for the 2015 ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers Award. He holds a Bachelor's in Music from Shenandoah Conservatory and a Master’s in Music from the Mannes School of Music at The New School. After graduating, Jonathan worked for two years as personal assistant to composer Philip Glass. He is now freelancing in New York City, and developing an operatic monodrama based on the artist Yves Klein.