The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts presents Jacob Shaw, Cello

By: Mar. 01, 2017
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The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts concludes its 2016-2017 Recital Series with a performance by international award-winning British cellist Jacob Shaw in Raitt Recital Hall at Pepperdine University at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, 2017.

Tickets are currently sold out for this performance. To be put on a waitlist, contact (310) 506-4522 or visit arts.pepperdine.edu. More information about Jacob Shaw available at http://www.jacobshaw.de/

His dynamic and lyrical concert highlights the includence of world and folk music on traditional western classical music. The program featues Ernst Bloch's Nigun from "Baal Shem" - Three Pictures of Chassidic Life; Edvard Grieg's Sonata for Piano and Cello; Robert Schumann's Five pieces "In Folk Style" (Op. 102); Franghiz Ali-Zade's "Habil-Sajahy" for Cello and prepared Piano; Manuel De Falla's Six Popular Spanish Songs; and Béla Bártok's Romanian Folk Dances.

With a vast repertoire and fresh approach to classical concerts, Jacob Shaw often tours his "Radical Classic" project as an alternative movement to build a diverse and new generation of classical music lovers. His passion for collaborating with different cultures and musical genres has led to projects with indie, jazz, folk, traditional and electronic musicians, as well as acclaimed concerts across Europe, USA and Asia in renowned venues such as Carnegie Hall, Salle Gaveau, Berlin Konzerthaus, Royal Albert Hall, Oslo Concert House, and the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

Later this year he will embark on a new project with Ask La Cour Rasmussen (solo dancer from the New York City Ballet), choreographing together the 3rd Solo Suite by Benjamin Britten for solo dancer and cello.

At 19 years old he became the youngest ever cellist to graduate with highest honors from the École Normale de Musique in Paris. During his studies in London, Paris, Augsburg and Copenhagen he won top prizes at national and international competitions (FLAME, David Popper, Stein, Haverhill Sinfonia, "Natexis" Banque Populaire, Danish String Competition) as well as honors from foundations such as the Harby, Virtuoso of the future - Sommets du Classique Festival, Raphael Sommer, Leopold Mozart and Anglo-Danish Society.

Highly in demand as a teacher, he has given master classes in music universities and conservatories worldwide and in 2016 created his own foundation to support, educate and promote young cellists, the Scandinavian Cello School (www.scandinaviancelloschool.com). All projects are free to participants, and to date the foundation has facilitated numerous projects including coaching sessions for a young cello soloist at the Berlin Philharmonic (with Berlin Chamber Orchestra), cello camps on the Costa del Sol in Spain, and shorter master classes in China, Poland, Romania, and Denmark.

Together with his family, Jacob Shaw is the founder and artistic director of the Festival International de Musique de Chambre en Charente, which is now in the 9th year, as well the International Music Ambassador for Dulwich College International in Asia.

The Recital Series at Pepperdine University has delighted audiences with new and emerging classical musicians since 1993. With intimate Sunday afternoon performances in Raitt Recital Hall, the series is nationally known for the high quality of its performances, the stunning location, the beautiful and acoustically superior venues, and the engagement and loyalty of its audience. Many of the featured artists have gone on to significant critical and professional acclaim, including cellist Johannes Moser, pianist Haochen Zhang, soprano Jessica Rivera, and cellist Alisa Weilerstein.

The Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts at Pepperdine University provides high-quality activities for over 50,000 people f­­rom 808 zip codes annually through performances, rehearsals, museum exhibitions, and master classes. Located on Pepperdine's breathtaking Malibu campus overlooking the Pacific, the center serves as a hub for the arts, uniquely linking professional guest artists with Pepperdine students as well as patrons from surrounding Southern California communities. Facilities include the 450-seat Smothers Theatre, the 118-seat Raitt Recital Hall, the "black box" Helen E. Lindhurst Theatre, and the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art.



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