A young man with curly red hair and a beard playing a cello during an orchestra rehearsal or concert, dressed in a formal black tuxedo with a bow tie, seated in a music hall with wooden panel walls, and other musicians visible in the background.
A young man with curly red hair and a beard playing a cello during an orchestra rehearsal or concert, dressed in a formal black tuxedo with a bow tie, seated in a music hall with wooden panel walls, and other musicians visible in the background.

Jacob Hill is a recent graduate of UC Berkeley, where he studied cello with Jonathan Koh. He has performed all over the world at venues such as the Vienna Musikverein, the Berlin Konzerthaus, St. Dominic’s Cathedral in San Francisco, and Hertz Hall in Berkeley. He has also received private lessons from master cellists at leading orchestras and conservatories in the US and abroad. 

Jacob regularly performs with professional orchestras around the Bay Area and gigs frequently in Wine Country, Monterey, and San Francisco. Most notably, Jacob has had the opportunity to perform on the Eagle’s Hotel California Tour, the UC Berkeley Symphony Europe Tour, and the Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Orchestra World Tour. In college, he spent at least a semester playing in every department sponsored ensemble and more, most notably as a cellist in the UC Berkeley Symphony and principal cellist in the UC Berkeley Chamber and Philharmonia Orchestras. In his time at Berkeley, Jacob is particularly proud to have been able to premier new works composed by students and faculty in solo and orchestral settings.

Jacob performs on a 2014 William Harris Lee cello. 

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