Biography of Jacob Lakirovich

Jacob Lakirovich holds a Diploma of Graduation from the State College of Music, Baku, USSR, a Professional Studies Certificate from the Music Academy Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel and a Concert Artist Certificate from the Conservatorium of Music Luzerne, Switzerland. While attending these prestigious institutions Mr. Lakirovich studied with Rami Shevelov, Yair Kless, Boris Goldstein and Rudolph Baumgartner.

Mr. Lakirovich has held positions in numerous orchestras in Europe, Australia and Canada, including Heidelberg State Opera Orchestra, Germany, Principle Violinist for the Queensland Pops and Theatre Orchestras, Brisbane, Australia and Concertmaster for the Canadian Chamber Academy Orchestra. He appeared as soloist and conducted chamber and youth symphony orchestras in many European countries, Israel, Australia and Canada that were broadcasted on radio and TV.

He was a Co-Founder and Director of the Stoliarsky School of Music, Brisbane and Sydney, Australia and former faculty at Sydney Conservatorium, University of Wollongong, Australia and was involved in developing and teaching a program for gifted youth. He has also adjudicated and led many workshops on Violin Technique and Interpretation at international music festivals in Germany, Australia and Canada.

Many of his students are graduates from Universities and Conservatories of Music in Mannheim, Stuttgart, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, New York, Cincinnati and Michigan and hold positions with the leading orchestras and universities in Europe and Australia. Number of students was invited to continue their studies at the conservatories in Florence, Frankfurt and Moscow. His students from Australia, USA and Canada are scholarship recipients of the Aspen Music Festival and Meadowmount School. They also have been offered scholarships to attend the Juilliard School New York, Universities of Cincinnati and Michigan, Vanderbilt University of Tennessee, City University of New York and Royal College of Music London, UK. His students have won Silver Medals in the RCM Examinations, and are the top prizewinners of various competitions including CMC and Kiwanis.

He was Artistic Director of International Youth Music Festivals and International Master Courses and Workshops in Brisbane and Sydney, Australia. Guest artists includes Australian musicians: Roger Woodward, Professor John Hopkins, Alexander Semetsky, Max Olding, John Curro, as well as Professor Yair Kless (Israel), Professor Giuseppe Giglio (Italy), Dr. Felix Andrievsky (UK), Kurt Sassmannshaus (USA), Nelli Shkolnikova (USA), Ferdinand Schmitz (Germany) and Sir Yehudi Menuhin.

He also directed the series of Annual Charity Concerts in aid of various organizations including Children Hospitals, SPELD, Drug-Arm and Rotary International. Most of the concerts were recorded by 4MBS FM Brisbane for the special radio broadcasts.

Mr. Lakirovich is currently Head of the Violin Department of the New Conservatory of Music in Toronto and teaches privately in his studio in Thornhill. He is a member of the Royal Conservatory of Music College of Examiners and is very active as an adjudicator for music festivals and competitions. Mr. Lakirovich is a founding director of the JVL Summer School for Performing Arts that held annually at the beautiful Bark Lake in Haliburton Highlands and brings together some of the leading performers and teachers from North America and Europe. He is also a member of Rotary Club of North Scarborough and working on preparation of a special charity concert "Classical Interlude" that will be held in George Weston Recital Hall at the Toronto Centre for the Arts on April 2, 2006.