Passion and precociousness are two ingredients that have shaped Olivia Jacobson's singular journey. From a concert pianist mother, she was quickly attracted to music and began playing the violin at the age of 4. At the age of 8, the young girl entered the Tibor Varga Academy in Sion to study with the Master. At the age of 13, she was admitted with a special dispensation by the director to the Geneva Conservatory of Music, a level of study normally reached between the ages of 18 and 20. There she obtained the teaching diploma with honours and won the Anne and Marthe Torcapel Prize. At the age of 18, Olivia entered the Hochschule für Musik in Basel to study with the French violinist Raphaël Oleg. There, in 2008, she acquires the Konzertdiplom with honours.
Currently a student at the Conservatoire de Lausanne (HEM) in Sion, Olivia is inexorably moving closer to her primary goal: "To realise my lifelong dream, my "personal legend", to play in concerts, to tour the world's great concert halls and to succeed in living from them while reconciling a hypothetical family life". To do this, Olivia does not skimp on effort: "My schedule is to study, study, study, study, play the maximum of violin repertoire, both solo and in chamber music. And to give us the keys to success from a pragmatic point of view: "In music, perhaps more than in other fields, you first need talent, which represents 10% of the final result, but you can't do without it. Work accounts for about 80% of the result. Finally, the chance to meet the right people at the right time makes up the remaining 10%".
However, Olivia does not forget the sentimental dimension which is at the heart of her project. "I think that what has allowed me to make my journey to this day is my passion for the violin and faith in my passion". (01.12. 2008)
