Jakob Kullberg

Jakob Kullberg (born 16 January 1976 in Aarhus, Denmark) is a classical cellist, noted for his collaboration with the Danish composer Per Nørgård.

After one year in Croatia he moved to London to take a master's degree at the Royal Academy of Music where he studied with Prof. Mats Lidström and Prof. Colin Carr from 2002 until 2004.

After London, Kullberg began studying privately in Vienna with Prof. Reinhard Latzko in 2004/2005 before returning to Denmark to take his Soloist Diploma at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, Copenhagen, with Prof. Morten Zeuthen.

In recent years Kullberg has been specializing in the solo cello suites by J. S. Bach under the guidance of Dutch baroque cellist Anner Bylsma.

[1] Nørgård has composed numerous works for him including chamber groups such as his 10th string quartet "Harvest Timeless" and works for solo cello such as his fourth solo sonata "Rhizome", which Kullberg premiered at the Aldeburgh Festival in June 2007 to the following critical acclaim: The early concert on Saturday from the young Danish cellist Jakob Kullberg was the perfect Aldeburgh event.