Jakob Bloch Jespersen acquired already as a boy his fundamental musical education, as well as his interest in singing, from his membership of the Copenhagen Boy's Choir. This led to studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music, from which he attained his diploma in 2004, and subsequently to further studies at the Opera Academy of the Royal Danish Theatre, from which he graduated in 2007. Furthermore, he has studied privately with Hervé Niquet in Paris.
In 2006, Jakob Bloch Jespersen made his debut at the Royal Danish Theatre as Angelotti in Puccini's TOSCA and participated in the DVD and TV recordings of Carl Nielsen's MASKARADE as Magister Collatinus in Britten's RAPE OF LUCRETIA at the intimate stage Takkelloftet, Basilio in Rossini’s THE BARBER IN SEVILLE at The New Opera as well as roles in numerous contemporary opera productions.
In spite of his young age, Jakob Bloch Jespersen has made his mark as a vocalist, both at home and abroad, with a repertoire stretching from baroque music to first performances of contemporary composers.
In the early repertoire, Jakob Bloch Jespersen has worked with Arte Dei Suonatori, Concerto Copenhagen, Lautten Compagney, and Ars Nova Copenhagen, under the direction, among others, of Paul Hillier, Andrew Lawrence-King, Andrea Marcon, Wolfgang Katschner, and Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
In the contemporary repertoire, he has worked, among others in cooperation with ensembles such as The Theatre of Voices, Figura Ensemble, Kammerensemble Neue Musik Berlin, and London Sinfonietta.
Moreover, Jakob Bloch Jespersen has appeared in a long list of the larger oratorio works with The Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, The Danish National Chamber Orchestra, Leipziger Kammerorchester, and The Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra with conductors such as Adam Fischer, Michael Schönwandt, Stephen Layton, Thomas Søndergaard, Morten Schuldt Jensen and Giordano Bellincampi.
Jakob Bloch Jespersen features on several CD recordings: among others Bach-cantatas with Conterto Copenhagen and Anne Sofie von Otter on Deutsche Gramophone, David Lang LITTLE MATCHGIRL PASSION and STORIES with The Theatre of Voices on Harmonia Mundi, Kurt Weill BERLINER REQUIEM with The Flemish Radio Choir and I Solisti del Vento on Glossa and the narrative works of Heinrich Schütz with Ars Nova and Concerto Copenhagen on Dacapo.
In addition, Jakob Bloch Jespersen has a particular interest in doing recitals, and he regularly performs several of the major works of the lieder-genre, such as Schumann's LIEDERKREIS OP.39 and Schubert's WINTERREISE.
