Born in Gernika in the Basque Country (Spain), Jon has conducted numerous ensembles, demonstrating his versatility in symphonic and operatic repertoires that range from baroque to contemporary music. He has worked with orchestras such as the Orquesta Radio Televisión Española, Basque Country Symphony Orchestra, Bilbao Symphony Orchestra, Navarra Symphony Orchestra, Oviedo Filarmonía, Orquesta Sinfónica de Extremadura, Manchester Camerata, Liverpool Mozart Orchestra, Crosby Symphony Orchestra, Sheffield Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Malaga Philharmonic, among others.
Jon is currently the Musical Director of the Hallam Sinfonia in Sheffield and has previously held this position with the Basque Student Orchestra (EIO) and the Solihull Symphony Orchestra.
A committed advocate for contemporary music, Jon has premiered numerous works, including Simon Dobson’s Trombone Concerto with Peter Moore and the RNCM Brass Band, broadcast on BBC Radio 2. He conducted the world premiere of the Basque opera Saturraran in collaboration with the Arriaga Theatre in Bilbao and has led the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra at the Musikaste Contemporary Music Festival.
In the realm of opera, Jon has conducted productions of J.C. Arriaga’s works at the Arriaga Theatre and served as Assistant Conductor at the Liceu (Barcelona) and Teatro Real (Madrid) in productions including Bellini’s Il Pirata and La Sonnambula, Verdi’s Luisa Miller, Honegger’s Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher, and Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, alongside maestros such as Maurizio Benini and Juanjo Mena.
Jon is professor of Conducting Studies at Musikene in San Sebastián and has taught conducting at Junior RNCM and Leeds Conservatoire.
Following his studies in French horn at Roosevelt University in Chicago with Dale Clevenger, Jon moved to Manchester in 2010 to study orchestral conducting at the Royal Northern College of Music. Upon graduation, he received the Mortimer-Furber Prize in Conducting.