10.1.2024
Jakub Jakowicz studied violin at the Warsaw Fryderyk Chopin University of Music under the supervision of his father Krzysztof Jakowicz. He was also the last student of prof. Tadeusz Wroński – one of the Polish legendary violinists.
The artist made his stage debut at the age of 11. He has played with all leading Polish orchestras. In 1998 Krzysztof Penderecki invited him to play at the Penderecki Festival in Cracow, and in 2001 Jakub Jakowicz made his debut with Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, he has made solo appearances with several renowned orchestras in Europe and South America.
As a chamber musician Jakub has worked with many distinguished colleagues such as Heinz Holliger, Garrick Ohlsson, Michel Lethiec, Paavali Jumppanen, Daniel Möller-Schott and Andrzej Bauer. He has collaborated with two strings quartets: from 2008 to 2014 he was the primarius of the Lutosławski Quartet and since 2006 he has been a member of the Zehetmair Quartet – an ensemble founded by the Austrian violinist and conductor Thomas Zehetmair.
In 2018 the Witold Lutosławski Society awarded Jakub the Witold Lutosławski Centennial Medal for outstanding contributions in the dissemination of the composer’s music.
The artist obtained his PhD and works aa a lecturer at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music and the Karol Szymanowski Academy of Music in Katowice. He plays an instrument by Gand Frères (Paris 1859), courtesy of the Fondation Jerzy Semkow.
From Osvaldo Golijov to Béla Bartók’s virtuosic Violin Sonata and Georges Enescu’s dazzling Romanian Rhapsody, the concert is a journey through works inspired by the folk music of different cultures. On top of all this, the multi-talented South African Gareth Lubbe amazes listeners as the overtone singing viola soloist.
Emotive Paganini
8.6.
The Naantali Music Festival’s international ensemble will perform a collection of the best works by Italian composer Niccolò Paganini.
Jackpot
9.6.
The afternoon concert will feature pioneering works by Mozart and Schumann, works that immediately left their mark in the history of their form and never left.
Turning points
10.6.
The concert features compositions by Beethoven, Debussy and Schoenberg that changed the course of musical history.
Devil’s violin
11.6.
The concert will feature compositions that reflect the absurdity of war, as well as Tartini’s virtuosic Devil’s Trill Sonata.
