During the 1980s he established himself as a fine duo and ensemble pianist, partnering artists such as Zara Nelsova, Sandor Vegh, Ivry Gitlis, Lydia Mordkovitch, David Geringas, Christian Lindberg and Manuela Wiesler as well as many leading UK instrumentalists including Nigel Kennedy, Steven Isserlis, Moray Welsh, Colin Carr, Alexander Baillie and Philippa Davies.
He made his London debut at the Purcell Room in 1974, followed immediately by the first of five appearances in the Park Lane Group’s annual Young Artists series and his Wigmore Hall debut as both solo recitalist and chamber musician. Further studies at the Royal College of Music and Queen’s College Oxford were supplemented by a period as the inaugural pianist in the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, as well as lessons from the great Hungarian pianist Louis Kentner. Julian studied in London from the age of seven with Lamar Crowson (piano) and Arthur Benjamin (composition), and had four songs published by the age of nine. Julian Jacobson was born in Peebles, Scotland to parents who were both distinguished musicians: his father Maurice Jacobson had some piano lessons with Busoni while his mother, pianist and composer Margaret Lyell, studied in Berlin with Else Krause, daughter of Liszt’s pupil Martin Krause. His 70th birthday in 2017 was marked by concerts in London and Paris where he performed the virtuoso “War Trilogy” of Prokofiev (sonatas 6, 7 and 8) together with sonatas by Schubert and Beethoven, to critical acclaim. In a career spanning five decades he has performed extensively in more than 40 countries as well as maintaining an intensive UK concert and recording schedule. One of Britain’s most creative and distinctive pianists, Julian Jacobson is acclaimed for the vitality, colour and insight he brings to his enormous repertoire ranging across all styles and periods. Exhausting and exhilarating in equal measure!” Julian writes: “It has been an extraordinary, unique privilege and pleasure to play these 32 masterpieces back to back, now for the fourth and fifth (and almost certainly last) times, following the unique technical and spiritual development of the genius of Beethoven from the rough diamonds of the early sonatas of the 1790s through to realised sublimity of the last three sonatas less than 30 years later. Julian is one of only two pianists to have ever performed the complete works, alongside the Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear. His monumental 11 hour performance was repeated just days later at the Festival of Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay on the performer's 75th birthday. In November 2022, alumnus Julian Jacobson (The Queen's College, 1968) performed the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas from memory in a marathon concert at St John's Church Waterloo.
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