Performances & Compositions

Performance History

Mr. Jacob has performed over 250 solo recitals and appeared as piano soloist with over 25 orchestras internationally. Below is a sampling of the venues and locations of some of his performances to date. Please contact Mr. Jacob directly for his current concert schedule.

Solo Recitals

  • Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, New York
  • Carnegie Recital Hall, New York
  • Merkin Concert Hall, New York
  • Wigmore Hall, London
  • The Purcell Room, London
  • Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
  • Oxford University, England
  • The Jerusalem Academy of Music
  • Bar Illan University, Isarael
  • The University of Glasgow, Scotland
  • Academie der Kunst, Berlin
  • The Warsaw Conservatory
  • The Prague Conservatory
  • The Bucharest Conservatory
  • Eger University, Hungary
  • The Beijing Central Conservatory
  • The Madrid Royal Conservatory
  • The Florence Conservatory, Italy
  • The Bari Conservatory, Italy
  • Tokyo College of Music, Japan
  • Hong Kong University and Hong Kong Baptist University
  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Three concert tours of China
  • University of Taipei, Taiwan
  • The Jakarta Conservatory, Indonesia
  • Seoul National University, Korea
  • The University of Auckland, New Zealand
  • Canberra University School of Music, Australia
  • The Helsinki Conservatory
  • Robert Schumann Hochschule für Musik, Düsseldorf, Germany
  • Cologne Hochschule für Musik, Germany
  • Richard Strauss Conservatory, Munich, Germany
  • Union of Composers’ Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • Moscow Music Institute, Russia
  • The Mexican Theater, Quito, Ecuador
  • Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • The University of Saõ Paulo, Brazil
  • The University of Santiago, Chile
  • Goethe Institutes of Toronto and Ottawa, Canada
  • Harvard University
  • The University of Southern California School of Music
  • New York University (four recitals)
  • Ohio University
  • Wittenberg University
  • The University of Rhode Island
  • School of Music, The University of Colorado, Boulder
  • The University of Denver
  • The University of Northern Colorado
  • University of California Santa Cruz
  • Cole Conservatory, California State University, Long Beach
  • Pacific Lutheran University
  • Humboldt State University
  • School of Music, Brigham Young University
  • Indiana University School of Music
  • School of Music, the University of Oregon
  • Central Washington University
  • University of California, Riverside
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • Whittier College
  • Lewis and Clark College
  • Portland State University
  • Pomona College
  • Smith College
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • The University of Hawaii
  • Many other colleges and universities throughout the U.S. and Canada

Orchestral Appearances As Piano Soloist

  • London Philharmonic
  • London Symphony
  • Moscow Symphony
  • St. Petersburg State Symphony
  • Cuban National Symphony
  • Saõ Paulo Symphony
  • Brazil National Symphony (Brasilia)
  • Seattle Symphony
  • Portland Symphony
  • Indianapolis Symphony
  • New Jersey Philharmonic
  • Cleveland Chamber Symphony
  • Charleston Symphony
  • South Bend Symphony
  • Bellingham (Washington) Symphony
  • Moravian Philharmonic
  • Silesian Philharmonic
  • North Czech Philharmonic
  • Royal Queenstown Philharmonic
  • Manhattan Chamber Orchestra
  • Chicago Chamber Orchestra
  • Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
  • Chamber Orchestra of the Rhein (Germany)
  • Orquesta de Baja California

Selected Compositions

Orchestra

  • Piano Concerto No. 1 premiered by the St. Petersburg State Symphony with the composer as soloist at the St. Petersburg Spring International Music Festival, April, 1991
  • Symphony: Winter Lightning premiered by the Indianapolis Symphony conducted by Raymond Leppard, September, 1992
  • Symphony No. 2 premiered by the Orquesta de Baja California conducted by Eduardo Garcia Barrios, June, 1994
  • Symphony No. 3 premiered and recorded by the London Symphony conducted by Daniel Spalding, April, 2013
  • Symphony No. 4 commissioned and premiered by the American Youth Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Spalding, April, 2014
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 premiered by the Moscow Symphony conducted by Joel Spiegleman with the composer as soloist, November, 1995
  • Awakening for Piano and Orchestra premiered and recorded by the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba conducted by Enrique Perez Mesa April, 2016
  • “The Lock before Sunrise” recorded by the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic conducted by Daniel Spalding, October, 2014
  • Music for Haiti performed and recorded by the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Spalding, October 2014
  • Remembrance of Things Past recorded by the Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra conducted by Daniel Spalding, June, 2012
  • De Profundis for Piano and String Orchestra premiered by the Chamber Orchestra of the Rhein conducted by Heiner Frost, March 1996
  • In the Deserts of the Heart premiered by the North Czech Philharmonic conducted by Charles Olivieri Monroe, November, 1997
  • The Persistence of Memory premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony conducted by Edwin London at the 1999 College Music Society National Convention
  • The Carol of the Bells premiered by the Moravian Philharmonic conducted by Toshiyuki Shimada at the Vienna Modern Masters, June, 1999
  • In Memoriam premiered by the Hdrec Kralove Philharmonic conducted by Jon Mitchell, Prague, May, 2004

Chamber Works

  • String Quartet, No. 2 recorded by the New England Quartet, March 2015
  • Awakening for piano and chamber ensemble premiered by the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra conducted by Richard Auldon Clark, Merkin Hall, June, 2005
  • To Rain a Shower of Commanded Tears for clarinet and piano premiered by Esther Lamneck, clarinet at New York University, fall, 2006
  • Poems for voice and piano, premiered by Mary Nessinger, mezzo-soprano, Saint Mary’s College, October, 2003
  • A Certain Slant of Light for soprano and string quartet premiered by the Cavani Quartet and Shannon Nelson, soprano, Saint Mary’s College, October 2004
  • Nocturne for soprano, oboe, and piano, premiered by Charlotte Orzel, soprano, Patricia Morehead, oboe, Saint Mary’s College, February, 2006
  • Three Emily Dickinson Poems for soprano, violin, clarinet, cello premiered by Laurel Thomas and the Orion Ensemble, Chicago, April, 2005
  • Breathing Against the Silent World for piano premiered by the composer, April, 2012
  • “Reawakening” for solo piano premiered by the composer, October, 2017
    At the Still Point for piano premiered by the composer, New York University, November 2003
  • Two Preludes for piano premiered by the composer at California State University-Sacramento, November 1989
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