JACK LIEBECK
Violin
British/German violinist Jack Liebeck, praised for his 'flawless technical mastery' and 'beguiling silvery tone' (BBC Music Magazine), is the Royal Academy of Music’s first Émile Sauret Professor of Violin and Artistic Director of the Australian Festival of Chamber Music. Limelight magazine commended the Festival’s program as 'diverse and interesting.'
Liebeck’s repertoire spans elegant Mozart to Brett Dean’s impassioned The Lost Art of Letter Writing. He collaborates frequently with Professor Brian Cox, premiering concertos such as Dario Marianelli’s Voyager and Paul Dean’s A Brief History of Time, commemorating Professor Stephen Hawking.
In Summer 2023, Liebeck premiered Taylor Scott Davis’ To Sing of Love: a Triptych with the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra.
Upcoming highlights include performances with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Spokane Symphony, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He’ll also perform at Wigmore Hall, La Jolla Festival, and with the Australian Youth Orchestra.
Liebeck’s upcoming albums feature works with the VOCES8 Foundation Choir and Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, London Choral Sinfonia, and pianist Anna Tilbrook. His recording of Schoenberg & Brahms with the BBC Symphony Orchestra was BBC Music Magazine's ‘Recommended Recording’ for Brahms Violin Concerto. Other notable recordings include Ysaÿe’s Six Sonatas, The Lark Ascending with VOCES8, and collaborations with Michael Morpurgo and Alan Titchmarsh.
As Émile Sauret Professor of Violin, Liebeck recruits and nurtures future talent and collaborates with the digital teaching app NomadPlay. He has contributed to The Strad, Classical Music, and BBC Radio 3’s Inside Music.
Liebeck plays the Ex-Wilhelmj J.B. Guadagnini violin (1785) and a Joseph Henry bow, loaned by Kathron Sturrock in memory of her late husband, Professor David Bennett.