Jonathan Slaatto has been a member of Ensemble MidtVest since 2002.

He is an experienced chamber musician who loves to play with other musicians and appreciates in particular experiencing contact with the audience in both small rooms and large concert halls. He has been passionate about chamber music ever since his first introduction, and since then he has worked intensively, winning many international competitions.

However, with the passing of time, the pure joy of the music has taken over as his driving force. Jonathan is also an enthusiastic teacher and he is part of the artistic management of Schackenborg Musikfest.

He has studied with Torleif Thedeen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen and later at Edsberg Musikinstitut in Stockholm. In 1999 he was admitted to the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, where he was a student in Hannu Kiiski`s class. Jonathan has participated in master classes with Ferenc Rados, Gustav Rivinius, Ivan Monigetti and Jaap Schröder.He has been active in TV and radio broadcasts as well as performing as a soloist in Sweden, Norway, Finland Greece and Germany.