Jon Christos started playing the violin at the age of 4, he quickly graduated to the piano and eventually to the renowned Chetham's School of Music in Manchester and then onto The Royal Northern College of Music as a Major Scholarship recipient. He has taken leading operatic roles at home and abroad in operas such as Puccini's La Boheme (Rodolfo), Mozart's The Magic Flute (Tamino), Janacek's Jenufa (Steva) and, at the prestigious Aix-en-Provence music festival in the south of France, Rossini's The Barber of Seville (Count Almaviva). Very much in demand on the concert platform Jon has performed every major work from Handel's Messiah to Verdi's Requiem at venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, Symphony Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, The Phillharmonic Hall and The Bridgewater Hall.
The release of Jon's debut album "Northern Light" in 2006 was accompanied by the showing of a Granada TV documentary in the 'Chasing The Dream' series, giving a superb insight not only into Jon Christos the man, but also into the recording process. Included in the documentary was footage of Jon's trip to the USA on September 6th, 2005, to perform with the world renowned Erich Kunzel and his Cincinnati Pops Orchestra at a special '9/11' commemorative concert. Jon's artistry wowed Kunzel and his orchestra, while his impromptu performance of the US national anthem at the concert made him a legion of fans in America.
Since Northern Light, Jon has performed on nationwide TV a number of times; on December 24th, 2005, on an ITV Christmas Eve concert from Norwich Cathedral, in January 2006, on the ITV chat show 'Lunchtime with Des & Mel' and on a special ITV 'Act of Worship for Peace,' again from Norwich Cathedral. In February 2006, Jon performed on three consecutive episodes of BBC 1's Songs of Praise show and again performed for ITV in an Easter Service on April 16th. Jon again appeared on BBC Songs of Praise on June 18th, August 27th and October 1st 2006. Jon has been a judge on the BBC Radio 2's Young Chorister of the Year competition and has also performed three times on BBC Radio 2's illustrious Friday Night is Music Night show.
In July 2006 Jon performed a live concert at Hyde Park in Manchester, and three weeks later performed the "Sport Symphony" with Carl Davis in Pamplona, Spain. He returned to the "Sports Symphony" when he performed it live with Carl Davis and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra on October 19th and 20th 2006 in Glasgow and Edinburgh and again with the Halle Orchestra on May 19th 2007 at the Bridgewater Hall in Manchester. Jon next performed with Carl on June 28th with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and on July 6th & 7th at Leeds Castle in Kent. On July 14th Jon headlined the Northern Proms in Durham.
Jon has performed at a number of high profile sporting events including several half-time concerts at The City of Manchester Stadium, the Powergen Rugby Cup Final at Twickenham, the Heineken Cup Final at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and most recently was the first artist to perform at the New Wembley Stadium for an England Under 16 International and also performed at Wembley for the Championship play-off final. Jon is also a regular performer at The Willows, home of his local Rugby League team, the Salford City Reds.
On July 28th 2007 Jon performed with mezzo-soprano Juliette Pochin at the Tameside Splendid Weekend Proms in Hyde Park and on September 2nd 2007 he performed with the Halle at Heaton Park in north Manchester. In January 2007 Jon started his own radio show, Sacred Thoughts, on Premier Christian Radio. The one hour show which transmits at 9.00pm every Sunday and is repeated the following Saturday consists of Jon playing and performing a selection of sacred and uplifting songs, both his own favorites and those requested by his audience. On December 2nd 2007 Jon performed at the Professional Football Association Centenary Match at the City of Manchester Stadium and at the following gala Centenary dinner at Manchester's G-Mex center. The following weekend he sang at the launch of the new Cunard cruise liner The Queen Victoria at Southampton in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and a host of celebrities as one-third of the new Three Tenors.
Jon is currently working on his second album, due for release in 2008.