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.

Sensitive, versatile and highly musical; these are just some of the attributes which distinguish Felix Mildenberger as conductor. Orchestras appreciate the deep seriousness in his relationship with the music as well as his keen musicianship and his refined nature. One of those is the London Symphony Orchestra, where Felix Mildenberger has been Assistant Conductor to Sir Simon Rattle, Francois Xaver Roth and Gianandrea Noseda since winning the last Donatella Flick LSO Conducting Competition in 2018 and where he has also conducted his own concerts.

Born in 1900, Felix Mildenberger began his musical training on the violin, viola and piano and between 2011 and 2015 studied Orchestral Conducting in Freiburg and Vienna. He has been Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Symphony Orchestra Crescendo Freiburg of which he is also a co-founder. For the 2019/20 season he follows Paavo Järvi as ›Assistant Conductor‹ with the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich.

Among the highlights of the 2020/21 season feature his debuts with the Deutsche Kammer­philharmonie Bremen, the SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra, the Musikkollegium Winterthur as well as the New Year’s Concert with the HR Symphony Orchestra. He will be appearing with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra as Assistant to Fabio Luisi in Copenhagen. He will also be assisting Jukka-Pekka Saraste in the new production of Reimann’s ›Lear‹ at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich.

Louis Vandory was born in Munich in 1999 and at just eleven years old, was accepted as a junior student in Sonja Korkeala’s violin class at Munich College of Music and Drama. As well as the violin, Vandory also plays the viola and is currently studying with Julia Fischer, having received seminal developmental input from a number of masterclasses – including with Aaron Rosand, Donald Weilerstein, Vadim Gluzman, Ana Chumachenco and Augustin Hadelich – alongside regular tuition with Hatto Beyerle. This Jugend Musiziert multiple prize winner has been a Yehudi Menuhin – Live Music Now scholarship holder since 2016.

Vandory regularly performs chamber music on both instruments with artists such as Julia Fischer, Nils Mönkemeyer and the Goldmund Quartet. In autumn 2019 Vandory led the Munich Chamber Opera Orchestra for a recording with Daniel Behle and as soloist he has recently appeared with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, the Europamusicale Festival Strings and the Prague Chamber Orchestra. He gave his debut with Michael Sanderling and the Dresden Philharmonic in 2018, and in 2019 he appeared with Julia Fischer and the Chamber Academy Potsdam in the Berlin Philharmonie Chamber Music Hall.