Julia PałęckaViola
Julia Pałęcka first studied violin and viola in Warsaw and then continued her studies at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music (UMFC) in Warsaw with Konstanty Andrzej Kulka. A year later, she began her viola studies with Hartmut Rohde at the University of the Arts in Berlin. She has also attended numerous masterclasses.
Julia Pałęcka has won prizes at many international and national viola and chamber music competitions and has performed at international music festivals, including the IMS Prussia Cove, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana, the Zermatt Festival and Manchester Music Festival, as well as many others. She has worked with many prominent musicians, including Bruno Giuranna, Kim Kashkashian, Miguel da Silva, Philip Setzer, Sergey Malov, Lukas Hagen, Noah Bendix-Balgley and Wolfgang Böttcher. She has also performed in major concert halls such as the Berlin and Warsaw Philharmonie, Konzerthaus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, Suntory Hall in Tokyo, Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing and others. From 2021 to 2023 she was a member of the Kurt Sanderling Academy of the Konzerthausorchester Berlin.