1. What is your name and how old are you? My name is Jacob Jonson, I am 13 years old.
2. How long have you been studying music and how old were you when you first started? I have been studying music for around 10 years, I began studying at 3 1/2 years old with a private teacher in San Carlos. I started at New Mozart at 6 years old.
3. Who is your teacher? I am currently studying with Teacher Ludmila.
4. What pieces are you currently working on? I am working on Liebstraume no 3 by Liszt and czerny etudes.
5. How often do you practice? I practice around 5-10 hours a week
6. Why do you love music? I love music because it makes me happy, I enjoy it, and it relieves any stresses or worries that I have.
7. Tell us about some of your recent accomplishments. I won 1st prize in the Golden Classical international Competition and 2nd prize in the BTHVN Wien (Beethoven Vienna) Competition. I also performed at Musikverein at New Mozart's 20th Year Anniversary concert in Vienna over the summer.
8. What are some things you like doing besides music? Outside of music, I play two sports: basketball and baseball. I am also on my schools competitive academic decathlon team where I won 1st place for my school in the San Francisco regional competition. On the weekends I go fishing with my grandparents and during the summer my family and I travel the world.
9. What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up I want to be a patent attorney. I’m passionate about law but I am also very good at math and science which is what someone needs if they want to go into intellectual property law. This field excites me because it combines both legal expertise and scientific knowledge, allowing me to work on the cutting edge of technology and innovation. My goal is to attend Harvard Law School or Yale Law School to achieve this dream.