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Jeff Jacob Faculty Piano Recital

Presented by Moreau Center for the Arts - Saint Mary's College at Little Theatre | Saint Mary's College

April 25, 2010

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Described by the Warsaw Music Journal as "unquestionably one of the greatest performers of 20th-century music," Jeffrey Jacob received his education from the Juilliard School (Master of Music) and the Peabody Conservatory (Doctorate), and counts as his principal teachers, Mieczyslaw Munz, Carlo Zecchi, and Leon Fleisher. Since his debut with the London Philharmonic in Royal Festival Hall, London, he has appeared with over 20 orchestras internationally including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Indianapolis, Seattle, Portland, Charleston, Sao Paulo, and Brazil National Symphonies, the Silesian, Moravian, North Czech, and Royal Queenstown Philharmonics. A noted proponent of contemporary music, he has performed the world premieres of works written for him by George Crumb, Vincent Persichetti, Gunther Schuller, Samuel Adler, Francis Routh, and many others. He has performed solo recitals in London,Dublin, Cologne, Munich, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Prague, Warsaw, Bucharest, Budapest, Madrid, Milan, Helsinki, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Havana, Tokyo, Beijing, Hong Kong, Seoul, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Ottawa, and throughout the U.S. Mr. Jacob has recorded over 50 works for solo piano and piano and orchestra including his critically acclaimed series of CD's of the complete piano music of George Crumb and Samuel Barber and major works of Bela Bartok. Fanfare Magazine recently devoted a feature article to his series of eight CD's for New Ariel Recordings entitled, "Contemporary American Eclectic Music for the Piano." Additionally, he has made radio recording for Radio Prague, Radio Warsaw, Hong Kong Radio, and Brazilian National Radio as well as a series of recordings of American piano music for the BBC. As a composer, he has written three symphonies, three piano concertos, and numerous works for piano and chamber ensemble. Raymond Leppard and the Indianapolis Symphony premiered his SYMPHONY: WINTERLIGHTNING. ThePIANO CONCERTOS 1 and 2 were premiered respectively by the Moscow and St. Petersburg Symphonies with the composer as soloist. The Cleveland Chamber Symphony conducted by Edwin London premiered and recorded his PERSISTENCE OF MEMORY which was chosen by the Charles Ives Center for American Music for a performance by the Charleston Symphony at the 2002 Spoleto Festival. The Chamber Orchestra of the Rhein premiered and recorded Mr. Jacob's DE PROFUNDIS, and the Orquesta de Baja California premiered his SYMPHONY No. 2. Other premiere performances have featured the North Czech Philharmonic, the Cavani Quartet, and sopranos Mary Nessinger, and Laurel Thomas. Future premieres include major works for the Portland Symphony and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra. Two CD's of Jacob's orchestral music have been issued by Centaur Records. Mr. Jacob was recently named Artist of the Year by the International New Music Consortium at New York University for his work as pianist, composer, and educator. He is currently Artist-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, Indiana.