From her status among the world’s leading violinists as a soloist and chamber musician to her role as artistic director and esteemed professor – Julia Fischer embodies artistic versatility to perfection. With her extraordinary virtuosity, her passion for music and her great versatility, she has carved out a unique place for herself amongst the greats of the music world. She has been honoured with numerous prestigious awards such as the Bundesverdienstkreuz, the Deutsche Kulturpreis and the Bayerische Maximiliansorden, which recognise her role as an outstanding cultural ambassador. She is also in high demand for cross-cultural events, for example, she performed at the 2023 Nobel Prize award ceremony.

Early on in her career, Julia Fischer set a milestone by winning first prize at the International Yehudi Menuhin Competition in 1995. Since then, she has conquered the world’s stages and has appeared as a guest with the most prestigious orchestras where she collaborates with renowned conductors.

As a passionate chamber musician, Julia Fischer has forged close musical partnerships with, amongst others, Yulianna Avdeeva, Jan Lisiecki, Daniel Müller-Schott and her own quartet with Nils Mönkemeyer, Alexander Sitkovetsky and Benjamin Nyffenegger. She conducts orchestras such as the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the Kammerakademie Potsdam and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra from the leader’s desk. Since 2024, she has also taken on the role of artistic director of the »Boswiler Sommer« festival in Switzerland.

Julia Fischer’s extraordinary talent has also been recognised in her numerous recordings. She has been honoured with major awards such as the BBC Music Magazine Award, the Gramophone Award and the German Record Critics’ Award. Since 2017, she has been presenting her masterpieces exclusively on the JF CLUB, her own platform where she showcases her latest recordings and offers members a personal insight into her work.

Julia Fischer not only performs as an acclaimed violinist but also takes her role as a mentor seriously. Through masterclasses and her founding of the Kindersinfoniker, she opens the doors to the world of classical music for the youngest musicians.

Julia Fischer began her musical training at the age of three. She first took violin lessons and, shortly afterwards, piano lessons from her mother Viera Fischer. At the age of nine, she became a junior student of the renowned violin professor Ana Chumachenco. She has since succeeded her as a professor at Munich College of Music and Performing Arts.

Julia Fischer brings music to life on her 1742 Giovanni Battista Guadagnini violin and a modern violin by Philipp Augustin made in 2018.

Estonian conductor and Grammy Award winner Paavo Järvi has been Artistic Director of the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen since 2004. One of the many highlights of this collaboration was the Beethoven cycle, acclaimed worldwide by audiences and critics alike, for which Järvi received numerous awards including the ›Echo Klassik Conductor of the Year‹ award and the prestigious annual ›German Record Critics‹’ award. Their Beethoven project was followed by an intensive exploration of the symphonic works of Schumann and Brahms; both cycles also received numerous awards. From autumn 2021, the focus was on Joseph Haydn’s twelve London symphonies, and since 2024, an intensive exploration of Franz Schubert’s symphonies.

Järvi has been Music Director of the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich since the start of the 2019/20 season. He is also the founder and Artistic Director of the Estonian Festival Orchestra and the Pärnu Music Festival. From the 2028/29 season, Järvi will take up the post of Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor to the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He also regularly appears as a guest conductor with leading orchestras such as the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Staatskapelle Dresden, the New York and Los Angeles Philharmonic, and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

In 2015, he was named ›Artist of the Year‹ by both the British magazine Gramophone and the French magazine Diapason. This was followed in 2019 by the Opus Klassik award for ›Conductor of the Year‹. Other awards include a Grammy Award for his recording of Sibelius’ Cantatas with the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and the title ›Commandeur de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres‹, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture. In 2015, Paavo Järvi also received the Sibelius Medal in recognition of his work in bringing this Finnish composer’s music to a wider audience, and in 2012 he received the Hindemith Prize for Art and Humanity. As a committed supporter of Estonian culture, Paavo Järvi was awarded the Order of the White Star by the President of Estonia in 2013.