Praised for “hypnotic lyricism, causing listeners to forget where they were for a moment,” (The New Yorker), cellist Annie Jacobs-Perkins is the 1st prize winner of the Pierre Fournier Award and Buchet International Cello Competition.

As an international artist, she tours as a solo and chamber musician, including with her Trio Brontë and in cello/piano configurations.

Highlights of her 2025-26 season include a recital debut at the Sydney Opera House, concerto debut with the Austin Symphony Orchestra, the releases of her first solo album on the Champs Hill label and trio album on the Solo Musica label.

Annie was Artist-in-Residence of the Austin Chamber Music Center from 2023-25 and is the cellist of Trio Brontë, 1st prize winner of the 2025 Franz Schubert and Modern Music Competition. She regularly performs at venues such as the Concertgebouw, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Berliner Philharmonie, Krzyzowa Music, Ravinia Steans Institute, Yellow Barn Festival, and Marlboro Music. 

Annie’s primary teachers include Frans Helmerson, Troels Svane, Laurence Lesser, Ralph Kirshbaum, and Kathleen Murphy Kemp.

“[Jacobs-Perkins’s] program brought the old in dialogue with the new. That worked so well that parts of the old began to sound refreshingly modern, sometimes strange and often inventive…”

Aryan Mohseni, State of the Art Media | Review: Annie Jacobs-Perkins, Utzon Music 2025

“Jacobs-Perkins delivered the desolate Largo with hypnotic lyricism, causing listeners to forget where they were for a moment.”

Alex Ross, The New Yorker | Cello Nation

“Annie Jacobs-Perkins…belongs to the circle of the most interesting talents on the international scene.”

La Veneria Reale | Late Spring Music Festival