Jacob Kellermann

Guitarist

"I leapt for joy at the heat radiating from Rodrigo´s Concierto de Aranjuez"

Geoff Brown - The Times

Biography

Praised for his “excellent technical skills and singing tone” (American Record Guide) and for his “exuberant and decisive interpretations” (Dagens Nyheter), Jacob Kellermann has established himself as one of Scandinavia´s most visible and versatile guitarists. With an extensive repertoire that features concertos, solo works och and chamber music as well as his own transcriptions, he constantly searches for new expressive possibilities for the guitar.

Regularly performing in all major venues of his native country Sweden, he also appears internationally in some of the world’s most prestigious stages - from Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Gasteig Munich to Tokyo Bunka Kaikan and Seoul Art Center. As a soloist, he has worked with orchestras such as London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra (UK), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gävle Symphony Orchestra (Sweden), Bielefelder Philharmoniker (DE), Orquesta de Valencia (Spain), Tallin Chamber Orchestra (Estonia), Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra (Mexiko) and Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra (South Korea). He has partaken in festivals such as Enescu Festival (Romania), Festival Dag in de Branding (the Netherlands) and the El Jem Festival (Tunisia). In 2020 Jacob performed at the official award ceremony of the Nobel Prize, an honor bestowed to a selected few Swedish musicians.

Jacob Kellermann, in Schweden geboren, hat sich als einer der produktivsten Gitarristen seiner Generation einen Namen gemacht. Regelmäßig in den großen schwedischen Konzerthäusern zu Gast, ist er international u.a. im Concertgebouw Amsterdam, im Prinzregententheater und im Gasteig in München, im Bunkakaikan in Tokio, im Seoul Art Center und im Palau de la Música- Valencia aufgetreten. Als Solist hat er mit Orchestern wie dem London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Tallin Chamber Orchestra (Estland), Orquesta de Valencia (Spanien), Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra (Südkorea) und dem Querétaro Philharmonic Orchestra (Mexico) konzertiert.

 

Jacob Kellermann hat beimLabel BIS Records vier Alben aufgenommen: S. Gubaidulina „Repentance“ – 2014, Schubert Sonatas – 2018, „Rodrigo, Harden & Coll – Guitar works 2020“ und „Takemitsu– Spectral Canticle“ 2023. Sein drittes Album, das sich auf spanische Gitarrenkonzerte konzentriert, wurde im Dezember 2020 unter großem Beifall derKritiker veröffentlicht und wurde mit einem schwedischen Grammy für das beste klassische Album des Jahres sowie von Schwedens größter Tageszeitung DagensNyheter als Nr. 1 Schallplatte des Jahres ausgezeichnet. Die Times (UK) nannte es eine „unverwechselbare Veröffentlichung“, und das NRC Handelsblad (Niederlande) beschrieb „transparenten, straffen Orchesterklang und exzellenteInterpretation des Gitarrenparts“. Es wurde auch als Diapason d’or vom Juni 2021 aufgeführt.

Jacob Kellermann har etablerat sig som en av Skandinaviens mest aktiva och eftersökta gitarrister. 

 

Förutom att regelbundet spela över hela Sverige har han framträtt som solist och kammarmusiker internationellt i konserthus såsom Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Prinzregententheater och Gasteig München, Seoul Art Center, Brucknerhaus – Linz och Tokyo Bunka Kaikan samt på festivaler såsom Enescu Festivalen (Rumänien), Festival Dag in de Branding (Nederländerna) och El Jem Festival (Tunisien). Som solist har han arbetat med bland andra London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Kungliga Filharmonikerna, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Bielefelder Philharmoniker, Orquesta de Valencia, Tallin Chamber Orchestra (Estland), Queretaro Philharmonic Orchestra (Mexico) och Incheon Philharmonic Orchestra (Sydkorea).

 

Kellermann har släppt tre kritikerrosade album på skivbolaget BIS Records. Det senaste albumet som släpptes 2021, där han bl.a. tolkar Rodrigos klassiska gitarrkonsert Concierto de Aranjuez tillsammans med London Philharmonic Orchestra och dirigenten Christian Karlsen, belönades med en Grammis, Diapason D’or och utsågs till årets klassiska album i Dagens Nyheter. Albumet fick även mycket positiv kritik i internationellt och hyllades bl.a. av the Guardian, the Times, Gramophone Magazine och Nederländska NRC.

"The playing itself is of the highest order, the programme satisfying from start to finish. The ingenious arrangements are by Kellermann himself"

David Threasher, Gramophone Magazine
Takemitsu album reviewed on Swedish Radio

Takemitsu album reviewed on Swedish Radio

Swedish national radio aired two extensive reviews of the album "Spectral Canticle" in both major channels (P1 and P2). From the programs:

"Guitar and violin complement each other perfectly.. Jacob Kellermann playing is exquisite...Karlsen and Kellermanns recording is a real cultural achievement" 

World premiere of Toshio Hosokawas 12 Japanese Songs of solo guitar

World premiere of Toshio Hosokawas 12 Japanese Songs of solo guitar

In February 2023 Kellermann premiered Japans foremost composer Toshio Hosokawa first work for guitar in 15 years for a sold out Stockholm Concert Hall (Grunewaldsalen). A live video recording of the concert is now available at Konserthuset Play. The concert also includes music by Gubaidulina, Wennäkoski, Kuwabara and Leinonen. See the concert here...

Takefu International Music Festival - Japan

Takefu International Music Festival - Japan

In september 2023 Kellermann will partake in Takefu International Music Festival giving the first Japanese performance of T. Hosokawas new work 12 Japanese songs. He will also perform works by Takemitsu and Schubert.

New Album release on BIS Records

New Album release on BIS Records

Kellermanns fourth album in BIS Records is released on the 5th of May. The album is Kellermanns first collaboration with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Christian Karlsen and also features co-soloists Viviane Hagner and Juliana Koch. The album presents composer Toru Takemitsus complete works for guitar and orchestra for the first time in one album.

Vattnäs Chamber Music Festival

Vattnäs Chamber Music Festival

In July Kellermann will partake in Vattnäs Chamber Music Festival. Kellermann will be performing with some of Swedens most sought after chamber musicians as well as giving the world premiere of a new work for flute, viola and guitar by Spanish composer Francisco Coll. 

Concierto de Aranjuez with Bielefelder Philharmoniker

Concierto de Aranjuez with Bielefelder Philharmoniker

On the 21 and 23rd of April 2023, Kellermann performs J. Rodrigos Concierto de Aranjuez together with Bielefelder Philharmoniker and conductor Alexander Kalajdzic in Rudolf-Oetker-Halle - Bielefeld. 

News & Press

Rodrigo - Adagio from Concierto de Aranjuez

Britten - Nocturnal op. 70

Coll - Turia

Samuelsson - Brandnäva

Staern - Air Spiral Light

Album trailer "Rodrigo, Harden & Coll"

Castelnuovo-Tedesco - Concerto for two guitars

Schubert - Adagio from Sonata in A minor "Arpeggionne"

Gubaidulina - Sotto Voce

Piazzolla - Cafe 1930

Gubaidulina - Repentance

Boulanger - Nocturne

Schubert - Allegretto from sonata in A minor "Arpeggionne"

Bartok - Rumanian folkdances

Sanchez-Verdu - Lux et Tenebris

Videos

Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle

Takemitsu: Spectral Canticle

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez

Schubert Sonatas

Schubert Sonatas

Sofia Gubaidulina - Repentance

Sofia Gubaidulina - Repentance

Albums

Franz Liszt - Romance Oublièe transcribed for Viola and Guitar

Franz Liszt - Romance Oublièe transcribed for Viola and Guitar

7,95€
Franz Schubert - Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 162 transcribed for Violin and Guitar

Franz Schubert - Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 162 transcribed for Violin and Guitar

14,95
Franz Schubert - Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 162 transcribed for Violin and Guitar

Franz Schubert - Sonata for Violin and Piano Op. 162 transcribed for Violin and Guitar

21,95€
Béla Bartók - Rumanian Folk Dances transcribed for Violin and Guitar

Béla Bartók - Rumanian Folk Dances transcribed for Violin and Guitar

16,95€
Fritz Kreisler - Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen transcribed for Violin and Guitar

Fritz Kreisler - Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen transcribed for Violin and Guitar

21,95€
Dvorak - Humoreske arr. for violin and guitar

Dvorak - Humoreske arr. for violin and guitar

8,95€
Dvorak - Songs my mother taught me arr. guitar and violin

Dvorak - Songs my mother taught me arr. guitar and violin

8,95€

Sheet Music

Contact

Jacob Kellermann

Socials

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Management

Göran Eliasson

Label

BIS Records

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