Jonathan Hope was born in 1988, and brought up in Guildford, Surrey, where he was educated at George Abbot School. His teachers have included Stephen Lacey and John Belcher, and he currently studies at the Royal College of Music with Margaret Phillips and Sophie-Veronique Chauchefer-Choplin, and where he has taken part in masterclasses with Pieter van Dijk, Gordon Stewart and Dame Gillian Weir.
 
He has performed in venues across Britain, Europe and the USA, where recent performances have included recitals in Christchurch Priory (May 2009), Freiburg Cathedral, Germany (July 2009) and a concert in Chicago, USA (November 2009), playing to audiences of over 2000 in both the USA and Germany on these occasions. He has also appeared with the RCM Symphony Orchestra in Stockhausen's Trans in London's Southbank Centre. Plans for 2009-10 include a performance in Canterbury Cathedral, and tours of Australia and the USA.

Since May 2008, Jonathan has been Director of Music and Organist at John Keble Church, Mill Hill, in the north-west of London, where he presides over the mixed choir and the Henry Willis III organ.

Jonathan's interests outside of music include literature, real ale, fine wine and dining, and is a lifelong support of Manchester United.
 
Jonathan's partner is Australian soprano Allegra Giagu