Jonathan Stockhammer (born December 21, 1969, in Hollywood, California) is an American conductor based in Germany.
His mentors include Ian Krouse, Peter Eötvös, Daniel Lewis, Robert Spano, Jorma Panula, Myung-Whun Chung and Esa-Pekka Salonen.
[16] In the area of new music, Stockhammer has collaborated extensively with the Ensemble Modern,[17][18] musikFabrik[19] and as conductor in residence with the Collegium Novum Zürich (since 2013/14).
[31] A large part of Stockhammer's work is productions which defy classification such as his recordings and performances of Frank Zappa’s music,[32] his collaboration with the Jazz-Duo Chick Corea and Gary Burton,[33] or with the percussionist Peter Erskine,[8] with the Pet Shop Boys, the slam-poet Saul Williams[34] or the Swedish Saxophonist/Composer Mats Gustafsson.
[35] ▪ Kirill Kondrashin Award 1996 ▪ Accedemia Chigiana Merit Prize 1996 ▪ ECHO Klassik, 2004 ▪ Victoire de la Musique und Le Choc / Monde de la Musique, 2007 ▪ Grammy Award, 2009 ▪ Diapason d’or and Grand Prix du Disque / Académie Charles Cros, 2010 official Website of Jonathan Stockhammer (http://www.jonathanstockhammer.de) ▪ Biography on Karsten Witt Musikmanagement Website (http://de.karstenwitt.com/jonathan-stockhammer)