Jonathan Vinocour

Principal
 

SFS member since: 2009

Hometown: Rochester, NY

Music school I attended: Eastman Preparatory, New England Conservatory

Began playing music: At age 10     

Musical inspirations:  Great chamber music experiences in high school

If I were not a professional musician, I might be a: Surgeon (original childhood ambition)

Favorite composers: Bach, Kurtág, Beethoven, Bartók, Schumann

Favorite works featuring my instrument: Berlioz, Harold in Italy; Britten, Lachrymae; Walton, Viola Concerto

When I’m not working, I enjoy: Tennis, soccer, cooking for friends, backpacking

Recent reading: On Love, by Alain de Botton; A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, by Dave Eggers; Everything and More, David Foster Wallace; John Muir’s nature writings

On my CD player/iPod: Modest Mouse, Arcade Fire, Led Zeppelin

Favorite thing to do in the Bay Area: Hiking, oyster happy hours, checking out all the weird street fairs, farmers’ market shopping and cooking