Jacob Cordover
Jacob Cordover has established a vibrant and varied international career. He has appeared on stage throughout Australia, Canada, the US, Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and the United Kingdom as a soloist and in his chamber ensembles, Zoco Duo (with oboist Laura Karney) and the Australian Guitar Duo (with Rupert Boyd). His solo CD Stélé, recorded in 2004, is regularly featured on Australian radio and was hailed by Classical Guitar Magazine (UK) as “wonderfully sympathetic and highly accomplished… Cordover managing to get to the very soul of this striking and brilliant music.”
Mr. Cordover has appeared as soloist with the Orquestra Simfònica de Balears “Ciutat de Palma” conducted by Geoffrey Simon and the Orchestra dell’Accademia l’Ottocento conducted by Carlo Barone. He also works regularly with Maestro Barone in the application of appropriate performance practice of 19th-Century music, including performing this repertoire on a variety of period guitars.
Complementing his performance schedule, Mr. Cordover has won prizes and awards in international competitions the world over, and has been the recipient of grants from the Australia Council for the Arts, Arts Tasmania, the Ian Potter Cultural Trust, the Australian National University Friends of the School of Music, artsACT, Swiss Global Artistic Foundation and the Australian Music Foundation.
