As recently as 2006, the Editor-in-Chief of Emmy magazine wrote: āThe word āgeniusā is bandied about a bit too freely these days, but in Jobsonās case, the term not only applies, itās been used to describe him since his northern England childhood, when he was such a violin and piano prodigy that he wrote his first string quartet at 13 [and] performed with his first professional symphony at 14ā¦ā His performances and compositions have received press accolades Read more on Last.fm