Jacob Shaw (musician)
| Jacob Shaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1988 (age 28–29) London, England |
| Genres | Classical, |
| Instruments | Cello |
| Labels | Roven Records |
| Website | http://www.jacobshaw.de/ |
| Notable instruments | |
| Patrick Robin (2007) | |
Jacob Shaw (born 1988) is a classical cellist. He directs the non-profit organisation Scandinavian Cello School.
Born in London in 1988 into a family of professional musicians, he first studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School in Surrey, before going to France to receive musical guidance from and entering into the class of Geneviève Teulières-Sommer at the École Normale de Musique de Paris. He became the youngest ever cellist in the history of the school to graduate with the Diplôme de Concertiste (Soloists Diploma) which he received with the "unanimous decision of the jury with congratulations", the highest honours available. Following a masters at the Leopold Mozart Zentrum (Augsburg University, Germany). Completed education on the soloists scheme at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, graduating 2014.
Shaw has given concerts across Europe, North America and Asia. His Carnegie Hall debut in January 2015 drew substantial attention and resulted in numerous North American bookings and signing his CD contract with New York-based international record label Roven Records. He has performed for numerous dignitaries and royalty across the world and is International Music Ambassador for Dulwich College International in Asia. He also dedicates a lot of his spare time to outreach projects, playing in hospitals, prisons, youth centers and has established "Radical Classic" as a way to get in touch with a new generation of classical music lovers. Shaw formed the Shaw String Trio with his father and sister, and in 2009, he founded with his family the Festival International de Musique de Chambre in south-west France in 2009. Especially dedicated to helping young cellists, in 2016 he founded the Scandinavian Cello School.
He played a cello made by Carlo Giuseppe Testore, kindly on loan to him from the Royal Danish Academy of Music. He also owns a cello made especially for him by the master luthier Patrick Robin in Angers (France), 2008, and a bow also made for him by Stephane Tomachot in Paris, 2002.
Live in Festival International de Musique de Chambre en Charente (2012 - private)
DEBUT (2015 - Roven Records)
From the Old World to the New (2016 - Divine Art)
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