Julia Kuhn
Violin • Baroque Violin
German violinist Julia Kuhn is an internationally sought after concertmaster, chamber musician, soloist, and teacher. She has appeared as leader and soloist with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE), The English Concert, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, The Hanover Band, The Mozartists, and the Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música Porto, among others. She is principal second violin with the Academy of Ancient Music and guest principal second violin with Camerata Salzburg.
Julia is a dedicated violin teacher and has taught masterclasses and workshops on both modern and baroque violin in the USA, UK, Hong Kong, Brazil, and Germany. She is artistic director for the St Blasius Early Music Summer Concert Series in Kaufbeuren, Germany, and curator for the OAE's Night Shift 23/24 concert series.
She is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), London, and holds an MA with distinction in Baroque Violin from the Royal Academy of Music, London, as well as a BA with distinction in Violin Performance from the Mozarteum University, Salzburg. Julia lives in Munich, Germany.
Performances
"... the instrumental playing is so wonderful, especially first violinist Julia Kuhn..."
David Nice, The Arts Desk, Feb 2022
Teaching
"I had lots of “take-aways” from the Masterclass organised by the Hong Kong Musicus Society. Ms. Julia Kuhn not only shedded inspirational thoughts on the musical aspects of the piece I was learning, i.e. Vieuxtemps Violin Concerto No.4, but she also demonstrated the techniques that I had long been struggling with - bow distribution and movement of the right arm especially when playing chords. She also taught me the projection and planning of dynamics, creating a mysterious atmosphere in the beginning of the piece. I hope I will have chances to learn more from her in the future!"
Angela, 12. Music's Society Masterclasses, Hong Kong 2023
Gallery
Diary
(selection)
February
13th, OAE Nightshift, Mozart Serenade K 361 "Gran Partita" (arr. Schwencke), The Water Rats, London, 8pm
15th&16th, AAM, Bury St. Edmunds&Bath, Concertos for 2-4 violins
23rd, AAM, Philharmonie Berlin, Handel program
March
6th&7th, AAM, London&Cambridge, Concertos for 2-4 violins
17th, Hanover Band String Quartet, London Stationer's Hall, 12:30, Schubert "Quartettsatz", String Quintett
22nd, Hanover Band, London, St. John Passion (leader)
24th, Hanover Band String Quartet, Arundel Town Hall, 12:30, Schubert "Quartettsatz", String Quintett
29th, AAM, London Barbican, St. Matthew Passion (leader orchestra 2)
30th, AAM, King's College Cambridge, St. John Passion
April
3rd&5th, OAE, Maxim Emelyanychev, London&Basingstoke, Sibelius Symphony No. 5
16-26th, OAE, UK tour, Mendelssohn with Andras Schiff
May
2nd, The Mozartists, Wigmore Hall, Mozart 250 program (leader)
29th-3rd, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McEgan, Blackwater Valley Opera, Handel's Giulio Cesare (leader)