Jonah Levy

Jonah Levy is a trumpet player from San Francisco, California. He has made a name in the trumpet world as a teacher, recording artist, soloist and orchestral player. As an orchestral musician, he has most recently served as Second Trumpet with the San Diego Symphony, Associate Principal Trumpet with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Third Trumpet with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and Principal Trumpet of the Orquesta Filarmonica de Jalisco. Jonah currently plays with the Auckland Philharmonia and will be joining them as their tenured Sub-Principal Trumpet for the 2026 season.

Levy is equally at home in the worlds of studio recording, contemporary music, jazz, klezmer and experimental art, and was lauded by the New Yorker’s Alex Ross as an “assassin of the ordinary” for his appearance as a rooftop soloist in the Industry’s “Hopscotch” opera production in 2015. Over the past decade, Levy has been heard as a member of the Grammy nominated ensemble Wild Up, as well as a substitute musician with the Hollywood Studio Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, LA Opera, San Diego Symphony, St. Louis Symphony, Hawaii Symphony, LA Master Chorale, Santa Barbara Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Golden State Pops Orchestra, Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra, and The Bay Brass. Jonah’s studies included summers participating in the Lucerne Festival Academy, Orford Arts Academie, Spoleto Festival USA, and the Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale.

His primary teachers have been James Thompson at the Eastman School of Music, Edward Carroll at the California Institute of the Arts, and James Wilt at the Colburn School. As well as vital teachers/mentors whose influence remains, including William Mitchell, Jay Rizzetto, Mark Inouye, Markus Stockhausen, Jon Lewis, Ryan Darke, and Chris Smith.