Stefan Jackiw makes recording debut with Brahms
In December, Sony Classical released Stefan Jackiw's debut recording of the Brahms Violin Sonatas, made with the Grammy Award-winning producer Steven Epstein. Listen to sample tracks here. The Korea Times wrote a profile of Jackiw, in which pianist Max Levinson said, "Stefan has a young violinist's fire and energy but also maturity, rare depth and understanding." Read Article
December 2009: Artists to Watch
“The only question with this artist is how high he might climb,” wrote Pittsburgh Post-Gazette critic Andrew Druckenbrod of Stefan Jackiw’s Pittsburgh Symphony debut playing Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 5 last month with conductor Andris Nelsons. “He has a light but ravishing tone and a bow arm that made even the fastest runs flow like liquid.” Read Article
October 2009: Stefan Jackiw’s season of debuts
24-year-old violinist Stefan Jackiw has already appeared with over a dozen top orchestras nationally and internationally, including the Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic and Cleveland Orchestra. This season he debuts with the orchestras of Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Toronto, and on tour with the Russian National Orchestra.