Biography
One of the world’s leading violinists, Julia Fischer is a versatile musician also known for her extraordinary abilities as a concert pianist, a chamber musician and a violin teacher. Born in Munich to German-Slovakian parents, Julia received her first violin lessons at the age of 3 and her first piano lessons shortly after from her mother, Viera Fischer. At the age of 9 she started studying with the renowned violin professor Ana Chumachenco, later becoming her successor at the University of Munich. The first prize at the international Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 1995 was one of the milestones in her early career and she has since performed with top orchestras worldwide, frequently working with renowned conductors such as Herbert Blomstedt, Christian Thielemann, Alan Gilbert, Jakub Hrůša, Vladimir Jurowski, Juanjo Mena, Riccardo Muti, Vasily Petrenko, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Thomas Søndergård, Yuri Temirkanov, Michael Tilson-Thomas, and Franz Welser-Möst.
During the 2022-23 season, Julia Fischer serves as Artist in Residence of the Staatskapelle Dresden, embarking on a tour under Christian Thielemann as well as performing a solo recital and chamber music with members of the orchestra. This season also sees her return to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with Riccardo Muti. She celebrates twenty years of collaborating with the cellist Daniel Müller-Schott, performing the Brahms Double Concerto with the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Juanjo Mena, before returning to the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, also with Juanjo Mena, the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana with Markus Poschner and the Warsaw Philharmonic led by Andrey Boreyko. Julia Fischer continues her collaboration with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and in the summer she returns to the Schubertiade to make chamber music and joins the EU Youth Orchestra and Antonio Pappano on a tour of Europe.
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Julia Fischer: Soloist at this year’s Nobel Prize Concert
Julia Fischer will perform as soloist at this year's Nobel Prize Concert at Konserthuset Stockholm, Nobel Prize Outreach has announced today. The concert on 8th December 2023 in honour of the Nobel Prize laureates will also mark Ms Fischer's debut with the Royal...
Julia Fischer & Kirill Troussov’s New Album “Violin Duos” Reaches No. 1 on Apple Music’s Classical Charts
Orchid Classics’ new Live series album featuring Julia Fischer and Kirill Troussov has reached the top of Apple Music's classical charts. Violin Duos, released as a streaming-only EP, features Shostakovich’s Five pieces for two violins and piano and Prokofiev’s Sonata...
Julia Fischer and Benjamin Nyffenegger take over the artistic direction of Boswil Summer
The Künstlerhaus Boswil is a successful cultural beacon in the canton of Aargau. The range of activities, from children's concerts and youth orchestras to master concerts, is unique. The artistic management team, consisting of Hugo Boll- schweiler, Stefanie Braun and...
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