Jonathan Golove is the world’s sole active performer on the theremin cello (aka fingerboard theremin), one of the earliest electronic instruments. For nearly 25 years, he has been a passionate advocate and ambassador for this once forgotten marvel by the inventor of the theremin, Lev Termen. Mr. Golove has been a theremin cello soloist with the London Sinfonietta, Asko/Schoenberg Ensemble, 1. Deutsches Stromorchester and International Contemporary Ensemble, among others, at venues including the Holland Festival (Amsterdam), Festival d’Automne (Paris), Southbank Centre (London) and Lincoln Center Festival. Golove is an associate professor in UB’s music department and former Artistic Director of the Robert and Carol Morris Center for 21st Century Music and June in Buffalo festival. He has made concert appearances as a cellist and chamber musician throughout the North America and Europe, and he has recorded for the Albany, Centaur, FMR, pfMENTUM, and Nine Winds labels. His performances and interviews have been heard in broadcasts by numerous National Public Radio stations, as well as on Radio France, West German Radio, Radio Nuevo León and the CBC. He is also active as an electric cellist, particularly in the field of creative improvised music. He has performed and recorded with jazz groups including the Michael Vlatkovich Tryyo and Quartet, Ubudis Quartet, and Vinny Golia’s Large Ensemble, and made appearances at the Vancouver Jazz Festival, the Eddie Moore Jazz Festival (Oakland), and the International Meeting of Jazz and New Music (Monterrey, Mexico). Mr. Golove’s original compositions have been played at venues including the Kennedy Center (Washington D.C.), Venice Biennale, Festival of Aix-enProvence, Lincoln Center Chamber Music Society II and the Kitchen. His electronic chamber opera Mental Radio, featuring an ensemble of theremin cello and other analog electronic instruments, received its German premiere at the Centre Court Festival in Cologne in 2022.