Jack Liebeck
Strings Adjudicator
Jack Liebeck is established as one of the most compelling young violinists on the concert platform. He made his concerto debut with the Halle Orchestra aged fiftenn and has since appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras under the baton of conductors such as Martyn Brabbins, Paul Daniel, Andrew Litton, Sir Neville Marriner, Sakari Oramo, Libor Pesek, Vasily Petrenko and Jukka Pekka Saraste.
Jack made his acclaimed London recital debut to a sold-out Wigmore Hall in 2002 and has gone on to perform recitals all over Europe, plus tours of Australia, China, Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand and the USA. Jack is a committed chamber musician and has appeared at many major festivals including Bath, City of London Festival, Cheltenham, Harrogate, Belfast, Aldeburgh Summer Proms, Kuhmo, Montpellier, Montreux, Reims, Spoleto, Stockholm and the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Jack has recently joined Paris-based piano trio, 'Trio Dali'.
Since a hugely successful recording debut on the Quartz label with pianist Katya Apekisheva (Classical Brit Award nomination), Jack has recorded two critically acclaimed discs for Sony Classical (Dvorak, awarded a 2010 Classical Brit Award and Brahms). He now has an exclusive recording relationship with Hyperion Records. Jack has an established bond with Oscar winning composer Dario Marianelli and is featured as soloist on the soundtrack of Jane Eyre (2011) and the Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA Nominated soundtrack for Anna Karenina (2012).
Jack is professor of violin at the Royal Academy of Music and is the Artistic Director of Oxford May Music Festival, a festival of Music, Science and the Arts.
