Jakob Pek is a musician, artist and educator based on the West Coast, USA. He has performed and studied with some of the living luminaries of contemporary music such as Fred Frith, W. A. Mathieu, Pauline Oliveros, Roscoe Mitchell, William Winant, Theresa Wong, John Stowell, David Behrman, Jennifer Wilsey, and many others.
He is an avid educator, teaching guitar, piano, harmonic theory and improvisation to students and players of all stripes. He has performed his original music all over the world, from Asia to South America and many places in between.
Jakob's teaching has been described as "inspiring", "transformative", and "Plato level shit." His goal as a teacher is to help each student discover their genuine and authentic musical path.