Introduction

Julian Jacobson

Julian Jacobson 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 and has performed frequently in China, where he is guest professor at Xiamen University. In 2004 and 2013 Julian 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.