Third-generation cellist Annette Jakovcic performs internationally across Europe, the United States, and Asia as a soloist and chamber musician. Recent and upcoming highlights include solo appearances at the Salzburg Festspielhaus with the Universität Mozarteum Orchestra and at the KKL Luzern with the Neues Orchester Basel; concerto premieres by Keiko Fujiie and Christopher Tyler Nickel; Weinberg’s Cello Concertino with the Beyond Modern Orchestra in Switzerland; a performance of Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations in Honduras; and Brahms’ Double Concerto with Gérard Poulet in Japan.

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Passionate about cultural exchange and the social impact of music, she is committed to bringing high-level performance beyond traditional concert halls and into communities around the world. From 2024 to 2026, she tours Nepal, Cambodia, and Japan as a string quartet with Midori for the ICEP “Music Sharing” program, engaging in outreach, education, and cross-cultural dialogue through music.

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She is the winner of the Fritz Leitermeyer Competition of the Vienna Philharmonic’s academy, through which she performed with the orchestra for two years under conductors including Christian Thielemann, Riccardo Muti, Andris Nelsons, and Zubin Mehta, in major venues such as the Musikverein, Berliner Philharmonie, Suntory Hall, Carnegie Hall, the Prague Rudolfinum, Concertgebouw, and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. During this period, she also appeared in chamber performances alongside members of the orchestra in the United States, Austria, and Japan.

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During her bachelor’s studies with Laurence Lesser at the New England Conservatory in Boston, she was mentored by members of the Cleveland and Juilliard Quartets. With her string quartet, she received top prizes at the Plowman and Fischoff International Chamber Music Competitions.

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Annette later continued her studies in Salzburg with Clemens Hagen and in Berlin with Nicolas Altstaedt. Her artistic development has been further shaped by masterclasses with Gautier Capuçon, Steven Isserlis, Ivan Monighetti, Philippe Muller, and Maxim Vengerov, and she has performed at renowned festivals such as the Ravel Festival, Pau Casals Festival in Catalonia, Lavaux Classic, and the Gstaad Menuhin Festival.

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She plays on a 1740 cello made in Perugia by Giacomo Gavelli.