Jacob Beranek (b. 1998) is a Wisconsin-born composer ...

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June 2019, www.BeranekMusic.com. Jacob Beranek (b. 1998) is a Wisconsin-born composer and pianist. He currently serves as the Composer-in- Residence of the Midsummer’s Music Festival, which has commissioned three pieces to date. His work has been performed throughout the country and has garnered international recognition in competitions such as the Fissinger Choral Composition Prize, Beyer Composition Awards, and The Gesualdo Six Composition Competition, in which he received first place for ages 21-and-under worldwide. Beranek is an avid devotee of Czech music, and was honored by the European premiere of his Památník at Prague Castle by the Band of the Castle Guards & Czech Police in 2018. Beranek has served as a Composition Fellow at the Talis Festival & Academy in Switzerland, and has also studied at the Curtis Institute of Music Young Artist Summer Program. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music. Learn more at www.beranekmusic.com.

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June 2019, www.BeranekMusic.com.

Jacob Beranek (b. 1998) is a Wisconsin-born composer and pianist. He currently serves as the Composer-in-Residence of the Midsummer’s Music Festival, which has commissioned three pieces to date. His work has been performed throughout the country and has garnered international recognition in competitions such as the Fissinger Choral Composition Prize, Beyer Composition Awards, and The Gesualdo Six Composition Competition, in which he received first place for ages 21-and-under worldwide. Beranek is an avid devotee of Czech music, and was honored by the European premiere of his Památník at Prague Castle by the Band of the Castle Guards & Czech Police in 2018. Beranek has served as a Composition Fellow at the Talis Festival & Academy in Switzerland, and has also studied at the Curtis Institute of Music Young Artist Summer Program. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor of Music at Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music.

Learn more at www.beranekmusic.com.