Jack Liebeck is a British violinist. In 2010, he won a Classical Brit in the young British classical performer category. He was soloist on the score for the 2011 film Jane Eyre, directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga and also on the Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA nominated soundtrack for Anna Karenina . Both scores were composed by Dario Marianelli. He records exclusively for Hyperion Records. “His playing is virtually flawless in its technical ease, scintillating articulateness and purity of tone.”
Biography
Possessing flawless technical mastery and a “beguiling silvery tone”, violinist Jack Liebeck's playing embraces the worlds of elegant chamber-chic Mozart through to the impassioned mastery required to frame Brett Dean The Lost Art of Letter Writing. Liebeck's fascination with all things scientific has included performing the world premiere of Dario Marianelli Voyager Violin Concerto and collaborations with Professor Brian Cox; he programmes his own annual festival Oxford May Music around the themes of music, science and the arts. A professional photographer, he loves film and can be heard in the soundtracks of The Theory of Everything, Jane Eyre and Anna Karenina. Liebeck is a dedicated educator holding a professorship at the Royal Academy of Music – tips include “sing your way to string perfection”. He is also a member of Trio Dali “virtuosic brio… this is a group to watch”. A renowned soloist and chamber musician, Liebeck has performed with all the major British orchestras under conductors such as Andrew Litton, Leonard Slatkin, Karl-Heinz Steffens, Sir Mark Elder, and further afield with Royal Stockholm Philharmonic, Swedish Radio, Oslo Philharmonic, Belgian National, Polish Radio Symphony, Queensland Symphony, Moscow State Symphony, St Louis Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, and Melbourne Symphony among many others. Collaborators throughout his career include artists such as Renaud Capuçon and Gautier Capuçon, Angela Hewitt, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piers Lane, Julius Drake, Bengt Forsberg, Michael Collins, Ashley Wass and Katya Apekisheva. Liebeck released his debut album, Works for Violin & Piano with Katya Apekisheva, in 2002 on Quartz to critical acclaim. His next two recordings were for Sony Classics. Dvorak, won Liebeck the 2010 Classical Brit Award – Young Artist of the Year and his Brahms Violin Sonatas with pianist Katya Apekisheva was received with critical acclaim. “His tone is sweet and effortlessly expressive, his lyrical spans marked by many a tastefully judged portamento.” In 2014, Liebeck began his recording relationship with Hyperion Records with releases of Kreisler Violin Music with pianist Katya Apekisheva. His Bruch concerto series with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and Martyn Brabbins has received wide critical acclaim “delightful mix of charm and bucolic spirit through Liebeck’s remarkable artistry and imagination” while his last in the series, Violin Concerto No 2, was released in early 2017. Liebeck plays the ‘Ex-Wilhelmj’ J.B. Guadagnini dated 1785 and is generously loaned a Joseph Henry bow by Kathron Sturrock in the memory of her late husband, Professor David Bennett.
