For 39 years, the American-born lutenist Jacob Heringman has made his home in England, where he is established as a leading soloist and chamber musician. Jacob has released several highly acclaimed solo renaissance lute recordings, including two groundbreaking discs of Josquin intabulations (most recently, Inviolata in 2021 for the 500th anniversary of Josquin’s death). He has had the good fortune to work regularly with many fine singers, including Emma Kirkby, Barbara Bonney, and Michael Chance. Recent projects include concert and recording collaborations with singers John Potter, Anna Maria Friman, and Clare Wilkinson; and instrumentalists Ariel Abramovich, Elizabeth Kenny, Susanna Pell and the late ‘ūd player Adel Salameh. Jacob appears on many film soundtracks (including Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Hobbit, and Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood and Kingdom of Heaven) and the occasional pop album (Joni Mitchell’s Travelogue, for example), and is active in the areas of improvised and crossover music, as well as transcription, arrangement, and teaching (both online and in person). His training as a teacher of the Alexander Technique greatly influences his lute playing and teaching. In 2011, Jacob gave up all work-related air travel, and only accepts performing opportunities he can reach by train.
