JULIA JONES

Violin, Age 17, New York, United States

Julia Jones is a seventeen-year-old violinist from New York City. She started to take violin lessons with Viktor Basis at age of five at Lucy Moses School at the Kaufman Music Center.

COMPETITIONS

2013 Julia won 1st Prize at the Cremona International Competition, Junior Group

2015 Julia won 1st Prize and Special Prize from Natalia Korsakova at the eMuse International Competition in Athens, Greece.

2015 she won 1st Prize at the Grand Virtuoso International Competition in Paris, France.

2016 won 1st Prize at the American Protege International Concerto Competition.

2016 she became a semi-finalist of the 8th International Louis Spohr Competition for Young Violinists in Weimar, Germany.

2017 Julia became Grand Prize Winner at the 4th ENKOR International Competition.

2017, First Prize winner for The Music of 19th Century at the Great Composers International Competition, First Prize winner for Artist of the Year, at Great Composers International Competition, and First Prize winner for Best Wieniawski Performance at Great Composers International Competition.

2018 Julia became a winner of Kaufman Music Center Concerto Competition, and performed at Merkin Hall with the orchestra conducted by Nathan Hetherington ,

2018, First Prize Winner at VIVO International Music Competition.

2018-2019 Julia became New York State and Eastern Division Winner of MTNA(Music Teacher National Association) Competition.

2019 Julia became a Bronze Winner at the National MTNA Competition.

2019 1st Prize Winner of Golden Classical Music Rewards International Competition

2019 1st Prize Winner of IMKA International Competition

2019 Winner of Special Music School High School Concerto Competition, she performed J.Sibelius Violin Concerto with Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Orchestra with conductor David Bernard.

2019 1st Prize at The North International Music Competition

2019 1st Prize at the 3rd Oskar Rieding International Competition for Young Musicians, Special Prize for the best Oskar Rieding Piece, and Special Prize to perform with Slovenia Philharmonic String Orchestra in 2019/2020 season.

2019 First Prize Winner and Best Performance Winner at Washington National Youth Competition.

2020 First Prize Winner at Lyra Competition

2020 Winner of Group B at Singapore Violin Festival Competition Online

2020 1st Prize Winner at International Grand Art Competition Online in Russia.

2020 she became the First prize winner of the New York Strings Institute Virtual Competition.

2020 Gold Star at the Music & Stars International Competition and received an invitation in the future to collaborate with KNS Classical

2020 First Prize at International Fringe Association Competition, and full scholarship offer to the Heartland Chamber Festival

2020 First Prize at American Protege Competition

2020 First Prize and Silver Medal at Bellagrande International Competition

2020 First Prize at Great Composers Competition Series Rising Talents of the World

2021 Second Prize at Rudolf Barshai International Competition

2021 First Prize at Crescendo International Competition

2021 First Prize at the Odin International Competition

2021 First Prize at the Radda International Competition

2021 Grand Prize at New York Artists International Competition

2021 First Prize at the American Music Talent Competition

2021 First Prize at the King’s Peak International Competition

2021 Grand Prize at International Grande Competition

2021 First Prize at Rocky Mountains International Music Competition

2021 Grand Prize at International Young Artists Competition

2021 First Prize at the Quebec International Music Competition

2021 First Prize and Juries Award at the 7th New York International Music Concours, Special Congressional Recognition by Grace Meng

2021 First Prize at the 4th Proviolin International Competition

2021 Gold Medal at the North American Virtuoso International Music Competition

2021 Winner of the MAP International Competition in Soloist Group.

2021 Second Grand Prize Winner at the Chicago International Music Competition

2021 Laureate of the Second International Viktor Tretyakov Competition, Special Valeri Gergiev Prize.

FESTIVALS, MASTERCLASS, CONCERTS

Julia attended various music festivals like InterHarmony Music Festival in Germany, International Music Academy in Cremona, Italy, Summer String Festival at Merkin Hall, NYC, International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Carfagnana, Italy, Concentrate. Masterclasses in Anacapri, Italy, and Crans-Montana Classics Masterclasses in Switzerland. She performed at Merkin Hall and Weill Recital Hall in New York, Auditorium Museo Del Violino in Cremona, Italy, and was invited to Paris to perform at the National Bastille Opera at the Winners Award Ceremony of the Grand Virtuoso Competition. Julia performed at the musical evening at Joshua Bell's Fundraising event. She performed at the annual Gala for Kaufman Music Center in NYC, and Henry Schneider Scholarship Luncheon and Concert, and many other concerts around NYC. In 2016, Julia gave solo recitals the Christ Church NYC and Ann Goodman Hall at the Kaufman Music Center. On May 22, 2017, and October 2019 Julia performed Bach Double Concerto with Joshua Bell. In 2017, Julia played a solo recital at Castelnuovo di Carfagnana. In 2019 Julia had a solo recital at Schloss Hohenpriessnitz in Germany where she attended a masterclass with Prof. Viktor Tretyakov and Natalia Likhopoi. In December 2019 Julia was invited to perform Bach Double Concerto with the European Youth Spirit Orchestra(EYSO) around Italy under the button of Maestro Igor Coretti Kuret.

Julia was taking masterclasses with Dmitri Berlinsky, Felix Andrievsky, Vadim Gluzman, Catherine Cho, Almita Vamos, Natalia Likhopoi, Viktor Tretiakov, Cho-Liang Lin, Gregory Kalinovsky, Sheryl Staples, Philippe Quint. In 2017, Julia was one of 12 students who were chosen to participate in masterclasses directed by Shlomo Mintz in Crans-Montana, Switzerland where she studied with Shlomo Mintz, Cihat Askin, Sungsic Yang, and Sonig Tchakerian. In the summer of 2018, Julia was accepted to The Perlman Music Program, where she studies with Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, Li Lin. In 2018, Julia received a merit scholarship from Kaufman Music Center. 2020 participated in Dorothy DeLay Masterclass Series conducted by Dmitri Berlinsky and broadcasted on The Violin Channel. Julia had a masterclass with Philippe Quint and Cho-Liang Lin. 2021 Julia got an invitation to participate at Shlomo Mintz String Academy online. Julia became part of the NGO Committee on Migration and YouthArt Force where she performs at charitable concerts benefiting different causes. Currently, Julia is under the mentorship of Prof. Viktor Tretyakov and Prof. Natalia Likhopoi.