Jacob studied classical guitar at the Royal College of Music with Carlos Bonell and Gary Ryan and postgraduate at the Royal Academy of Music with Michael Lewin and Timothy Walker. He studied renaissance lute and theorbo with Liz Kenny. He graduated from RAM with distinction and received the Robert Alva Memorial Prize. Subsequently he moved to Barcelona, Spain to study early plucked instruments with Xavier Diaz-Latorre and Monica Pustilnik at ESMUC where he graduated in 2016.
He has played continuo in many baroque operas in European venues. He has given concerts in major venues in the UK and Spain, including l'Auditori Sala 1 Pau Casals, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Purcell Room, St Jame’s Piccadilly, Kings Place, St Georges Bristol and the Sage Gateshead. He is regarded as an inspirational classical guitar teacher and has given workshops & lessons for children and adults all over the UK. He is currently guitar teacher at the British School of Barcelona (Castelldefels and Sitges), Music teacher at Kensington School Barcelona, and also gives private guitar classes in Sitges and Barcelona. |
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