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Beethoven Conversation Concert at Mill Hill Library

Please note that the final concert in Julian’s Beethoven Discussion Concert series at Mill Hill Library, which was due to take place on June 1st, has been postponed till September. Watch this space for the new date!
All information is here

June 12th and June 19th 2025

Following his triumphant sold-out 2024 concert with Debussy’s complete Preludes, Julian returns to the 1901 Arts Club to play both books of these iconic pieces, this time in two separate concerts each prefaced by a connoisseur’s selection of short works by composers who exerted a major influence on the great French composer.
All info on the Arts Club website is here


May 30th 2025 “Schiehallion” by Julian’s mother Margaret Lyell

On May 30 at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham Julian gives the first performance in modern times of the one-movement piano concerto “Schiehallion” that his mother Margaret Lyell wrote and performed as a 19-year old student. In the same concert he will also play the ever-fresh Robert Schumann Concerto in A minor.
All information is here

An archive of recent performances can be found on the past concerts page


    Julian’s “Vers La Valse”, for solo flute/alto flute and orchestra

    Ileana Ruhemann, flute
    Syred Sinfonia, conductor Julian Jacobson
    St James’s Church Piccadilly, February 2007


    “…Jacobson’s focused, colourful playing brought alive Beethoven’s late gems with thrilling drama…”
    Read more here…..
    Musical Opinion Quarterly

    “…A disarming technique coupled with an undoubted intellectual mastery
    made Julian Jacobson’s recital an awe-inspiring experience…”
    Daily Telegraph

    “…Real poise, delicacy of touch and judicious pedalling… stylish and enchanting…”
    The Guardian

    “…this major British voice in world-ranking pianism, so justly celebrated by his faithful following…”
    Music & Vision Daily

    Recital in the South of France July 2019 – photo taken by Jeremy Cook.

    Other photos

    Read more here…..http://www.theredhedgehog.co.uk/240328JulianJacobson.html