Julia - Professional violinist

Professional concert violinist, won numerous number of international competitions. She has a scholarship at Royal College of Music. Julia Błachuta is a Polish violinist born in 2001 into non-musical family. At the age of twelve she made her debut with the ‘Fresco Sonare’ Orchestra, playing Wieniawski’s II Violin Concerto. As seventeen years old Julia was a graduate of a three year program at the Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Vienna while simultaneously studying at both her music and general high schools in Krakow, Poland. In 2023 she graduated wifrom Nowowiejski Music Academy in Bydgoszcz, Poland studying with Professor Marcin Baranowski. Currently Julia is studying at the Royal College of Music in London with professor Itzhak Rashkovsky as the recipient of the HDM Meyer Violin Prize Scholarship. She is a laureate of a dozen international and national violin competitions - Grand Prix at the CEA National Chamber Audition in Warsaw, 2nd place at Serwaczynski violin competition in Lublin (with president of jury Zakhar Bron), 2nd place at the 3rd Jadwiga Kaliszewska International Violin Competition in Poznan, 4th place at the Groblicz National Violin Competition in Krakow, 2nd prize at Competition ’Talents for Europe’ in Dolny Kubin, laureate of Postacchini competition. Last year Juliam was awarded the prestigious Julius Isserlis Scholarship by the Royal Philharmonic Society. She was a finalist of the Claseek Ambassador Programme for an artistic season 2022/2023 held in Switzerland. Most recently she was nominated for ICMA (International Classical Music Awards) Classek award. Julia is passionate about chamber music. She is a violinist in the Astatine Piano Trio formed at the Royal College of Music in 2021. Astatine Trio were First Prize winners at the 2022 Senior Intercollegiate Piano Trio Competition, as well as they received first prize and Luigi Boccherini Prize of the International Virtuoso & Belcanto Chamber Competition in Lucca, Italy in July 2022 and are they have won Birmingham International Piano Chamber Music Competition in November 2022, and SEAM Prize for contemporary music commitment at Lyon International Chamber Music Competition CIMCL. The group is being mentored privately by Alfred Brendel in London. Trio debut in Wigmore Hall will be in May 2024. Julia has performed in a variety of venues, including the Wigmore Hall, St James’ Piccadilly, St Mary’s Perivale, La Flaine Auditorium, Krzysztof Penderecki European Centre for Music, Krakow Philharmonic, Auditorio de Tenerife, Polish Embassy in London, ICE Congress Centre, Witold Lutoslawski Concert Studio of Polish Radio, Bradshaw Hall in Birmingham, Amaryllis Fleming Concert Hall. Julia is regularly participating in masterclasses with internationally-acclaimed performers such us Alfred Brendel, Szymon Krzeszowiec, Pavel Vernikov, Eszter Haffner, Krzyszfof Węgrzyn,Stanislav Pronin, Daniel Sepec, Guillaume Sutre. Julia is very grateful for the support of Royal Philharmonic Society, Nicholas Boas Charitable Foundation and Albert Cooper Trust.