History-making pianist Julian Jacobson to perform at Clare Hall, Cambridge
Julian Jacobson – one of the UK’s most creative and distinctive pianists – will play a selection of works by Haydn, Weber and Beethoven at Clare Hall this Saturday (October 15) at Clare Hall, Cambridge.
Julian has had a distinguished career as pianist, composer, writer, teacher and conductor. He trained at the Royal College of Music in London, where he now teaches (as well as at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire) and at Oxford University. He was also the inaugural pianist of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Great Britain.
The musician has frequently performed in China, where he is guest professor at Xiamen University, and gives masterclasses internationally. He is chairman of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe and is in the process of recording the 32 sonatas.
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In 2004 and 2013 he made history by performing all the sonatas from memory in a single day. He will repeat this ‘marathon’ performance on November 12 in London and November 18 in Uruguay to mark his 75th birthday.
The pieces he will be performing on Saturday are as follows:
- Haydn – Variations in F minor HOB.XII:6
- Weber – 2nd Sonata in A flat Major opus 39
- Beethoven – Sonata opus 31 number 3 (the Hunt)
For more information, and to buy tickets, visit bit.ly/3ejO24J. For more on Julian, go to julianjacobson.com. To see what else is coming up at Clare Hall, visit clarehall.cam.ac.uk.
