Julia Seibert

I’m an award-winning classical guitarist based in London, specialising in fully memorised performances for private gatherings, dinners, receptions and cultural events. I trained in the traditional conservatoire world, studying at the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin before completing my Master’s degree with Distinction at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. There, I received the Strings Department Medal for the highest level of achievement and was awarded several further prizes for artistic excellence. Although my training was rooted in the concert hall, I have always been particularly drawn to the intimacy of the guitar: its ability to hold attention without overwhelming a room, and to create an atmosphere that feels personal rather than imposed. This led me back to the European salon tradition, when music formed a natural part of social life and belonged to drawing rooms, dinners, conversations and gatherings. My performances sit somewhere between a formal recital and conventional background music; I call this approach social listening. The music can welcome guests, shape transitions through an evening and come forward during quieter moments, while still allowing conversation and the life of the room to continue around it. Rather than arriving with a rigid programme, I respond to the setting, the guests and the changing mood of the occasion. I perform entirely from memory and have more than five hours of repertoire available. My programmes range from Bach, Vivaldi, Chopin and Schubert to Piazzolla, Spanish and Latin American music, alongside my own arrangements for solo guitar. This breadth allows me to create performances suited to the individual character of an event, whether the atmosphere calls for something contemplative, elegant, warm or more animated. Over more than a decade of performing, I have played in concert halls, historic buildings, private homes, cultural institutions and contemporary event spaces. Selected engagements have included performances at Wigmore Hall, the Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College, Salesforce Tower, ExCeL London and events for Pomellato. I have also performed internationally across the UK and Europe. In 2025, I premiered Concerto Arabesco, a work written for and dedicated to me by composer Andrés Miranda. Born in Istanbul, educated in Washington, D.C. and trained in Berlin and London, I bring an international background and work comfortably across several languages. I am equally attentive to the artistic and practical sides of an engagement: arriving prepared, coordinating carefully with organisers and adapting discreetly to the flow of the event. My playing has been described as “intimate and sincere,” with “an understated but powerful presence,” capable of “conveying things beyond words.” My aim is always to make the music feel inseparable from the occasion, give the room its own musical character, and leave guests feeling that they experienced something genuinely distinctive.