On Wednesday, March 2 at 12:10 p.m. the Free Admission Glendale Noon Concerts program will be streamed. Cellist-composer Jonathan Flaksman will be the featured performer on a Facebook stream and YouTube.

Flaksman will perform his original compositions for solo cello “Total Stoke: Sending It On The Cello” and “Social Dissonance: Music Inspired by Life During the Pandemic.”

Born in Kent, Ohio in 1981, Jonathan Flaksman began playing the cello at the age of 5. His father, Michael Flaksman, a world-renowned cellist and teacher, was one of the major influences of his teaching and playing.

He also studied under many other world-class musicians including Madalena Burle-Marx, Richard Aaron and Fred Sherry. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Music, the Juilliard School and the University of Mannheim in Germany.

Flaksman was awarded fellowships to attend festivals and master classes throughout the U.S. and Europe, including Interlochen Arts Camp and music festivals in Portogruaro, Aspen, Schleswig-Holstein and Łancut, Aurora Chamber Music and Bayreuther Festspiele. He played in various orchestras in Germany, including the Nationaltheater Mannheim, Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, and the philharmonics of Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen, gaining invaluable musical knowledge and experience.

He performs regularly at the Ascoli Piceno Festival in Italy.

In 2015 he was appointed assistant principal cellist of the Santa Barbara Symphony and moved to Los Angeles. Other orchestras include the Pasadena Symphony and Pops, Modesto Symphony, New West Symphony and the New Mexico Philharmonic.

Flaksman records for major motion pictures and music albums and plays, composes, arranges and produces music of all genres.

He is a renowned cello yeacher and coaches strings and chamber music. He has given master classes in Germany, Italy and the USA. His students have been accepted to major universities and have won positions in leading orchestras and competition prizes.

He is also a ski instructor and yoga teacher.

Glendale Noon Concerts is celebrating its 14th year of presenting free admission, and now streamed, concerts every first and third Wednesday for Glendale and the Southland community.

More information about the program and artist, the link to the stream, and information about upcoming concerts can be found at http://glendalenoonconcerts.blogspot.com. For more information, email glendalesda@gmail.com.