Sony is pleased to announce the release of the second album in an exclusive recording agreement British violinist Jack Liebeck, winner of the 2010 Classical BRIT Award for Young British Performer. This album, the Complete Violin Sonatas by Brahms, follows the success of his first recording for Sony Classical of Dvorák’s Violin Concerto, Violin Sonata & Sonatina, which received rave reviews and was album of the week on Classic FM as well as in the Evening Standard and Daily Telegraph

The album features all three violin sonatas by Brahms, considered amongst the greatest written for the instrument. Jack is partnered by pianist Katya Apekisheva for this recording.

Born in 1980 in London, Jack Liebeck studied at the Purcell School of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. Since making his concerto debut with the Hallé Orchestra, he has performed with many orchestras of international repute including the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, English Chamber and Royal Scottish National Orchestras, under the baton of renowned conductors including Martyn Brabbins, Sir Neville Marriner, Sakari Oramo, Libor Pesek, Jukka Pekka Saraste and Leonard Slatkin

Jack Liebeck is a committed chamber musician and in 2002 made his acclaimed London recital debut to a sold-out Wigmore Hall. He is the Artistic Director of the annual Oxford May Music Festival. Collaborations have included performances with Bengt Forsberg, Lynn Harrell, Angela Hewitt, Christopher Maltman and Jean-Yves Thibaudet.