Jacob Mason
American pianist Jacob Mason has played with numerous orchestras, in some of the world’s premiere halls, and has been invited to play at important festivals including the Miami International Piano Festival, Kaleidoscope MusArt, Impuls Graz, and the Birmingham New Music Festival.
Education
Born in Birmingham, AL, in 1998, Mason holds two Master of Arts degrees from the Hochschule für Musik Basel, where he studied piano performance with Claudio Martinez Mehner and later contemporary music performance. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music where he studied with Kevin Kenner, and previously studied at the New England Conservatory. In addition to the piano, he has studied harpsichord and continuo at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, organ with Joanne Schulte, and electronic music at the Elektronisches Studio Basel.
Experience
Jacob is the winner of the second prize at the John Cage Award in Halberstadt, DE. Critics have called him “clearly a talented player with a penchant for offbeat and demanding repertoire, and have lauded his “rock-solid technique and attention to detail” and “dazzling fingerwork and ear for phrasing.”
The son of two composers, he has been an active member of the global new music community. He has founded many chamber groups, including the Escape Ensemble in Seaside, FL, and Ex-Sentia, which has commissioned and premiered new works by various important composers.