Cambry plays Chopin Scherzo No. 1

We are honored to select pianist, teacher and historian Jonathan Cambry of Chicago as our BEYOND MERE WORDS honoree of the week. The Chicago pianist recorded Chopin Scerzo No. 1 at Ganz Hall, Roosevelt University, He wrote that he had only had 2 hours to record 10 pieces! More than Mere Words is honored to introduce you to Chicago pianist Jonathan Paul Cambry.
After visiting the links on this page to listen to his music, please use your back button to return to this page. The ten recordings are on-line on Jonathan Cambry's You Tube OFFICIAL CAMBRY PIANO CHANNEL site.

Jonathan started playing piano at age 3 and studied with David Andrews for 15 years, a teacher at the Suzuki School. He studied at the Interlochen Camp in Michgan. He continued to study, play and compete throughout high school (University of Chicago Laboratory Schools). He has won numerous national and international competitions and following immediately graduation from high school, he studied (by invitation) in Milan, Italy under Sedmara Xakarian Rulstein of Oberlin Conservatory of Music and with pianist Mario Deli Poni, Josephn Schwartz and Sanford Margolis.

He earned a B.M. degree in music performance and a B.S. in computer science from Northern Illinois University while studying under Dr. William Goldenberg and Martin Canin of the Julliard School of Music.

Currently he is studying jazz piano. A music historian, Jonathan searches for works by Black classical composers who have been overlooked in history, such as s R. Nathaniel Dett and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. He documents and records their works for future generations. Currently he teasches students of all levels from beginner to advanced in his studio in downtown Chicago. For fun he designs websites, plays basketball, table tennis, online video games.

He will be invited to introduce our readers to artists of his choice.

For more videos of Jonathan playing classical piano: Visit his MEDIA PAGE
There you'll find videos of Cambry playing:
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Moment Musicaus No. 4, Frederic Chopin's Nocturne in F Major and Scherzo No. 2in B-flat Minor , and Trancendental Etude No. 10. I especially enjoy hearing him play Sciabin's Etude Op. 8 No. 12

By April 28th, nearly 34,000 viewers had watched his You-tube Chopin Scherzo No. Video. He's site on You Tube is among the top thirty most viewed musical videos on You Tube.

Visit his website:

Add to Technorati Favorites