Jon Behncke er fra Sandefjord og spilte i korps i hjembyen før han tok sin musikkutdannelse ved Østlandets Musikkonservatorium i Oslo og Guildhall School of Music i London. Han arbeidet som frilans og pedagog i noen år før han i 1999 ble ansatt i Forsvarets Distriktsmusikkorps Østlandet, Halden. Ansatt i Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester siden 2002. Jon Behncke comes from Sandefjord, a town south of Oslo. He started to play trumpet in a local school band, before he studied music at Østlandets Musikkonservatorium, Oslo and at Guildhall School of Music, London. For some years he worked as trumpet teacher and freelance musician before he in 1999 started to work in a military band in Halden, Norway. Since 2002 he has been working in Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Norway.