Summer Tour 2016

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Julian Rachlin
Violin
Julian Rachlin is one of the most exciting and respected
violinists of our time. Over the last 27 years, he has
been captivating audiences around the world with his
distinctively rich sound, superb musicianship and outstanding
interpretations. He has established close relationships with
many of the most prestigious conductors and orchestras.
Always willing to expand his musical horizons, Julian is
also praised as a viola player and conductor. For 12 years,
Julian has been leading the internationally renowned
“Julian Rachlin & Friends” festival in Dubrovnik, Croatia,
a platform for creative and vibrant projects with leading
musicians and actors. Besides delighting his audiences with
his musical performances, Julian is also receiving recognition
as a young philanthropist for his charity work as a UNICEF
Goodwill Ambassador and his educational outreach.
In the 2015/16 season, Mr. Rachlin opened the seasons of
the La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra with Riccardo Chailly,
and of the Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana with Vladimir
Ashkenazy. He then toured Europe and North America with
the Orchestre National de France and Daniele Gatti as the
orche stra’s 2015/16 Artist in Residence. Other highlights
include performances at the Lucerne Festival with the
Bayerischer Rundfunk Symphony Orchestra and Mariss Jansons,
and at the Edinburgh Festival with the Leipzig Gewandhaus
Orchestra and Herbert Blomstedt. Forthcoming engagements
include concerts with the Israel Philharmonic and Gianandrea
Noseda, the Munich Philharmonic and Zubin Mehta, the St.
Petersburg Philharmonic and Yuri Temirkanov as well as North
America tour with the China Philharmonic and Long Yu.
As conductor, Mr. Rachlin performs his first season as
Principal Guest Conductor of the Royal Northern Sinfonia
and conducts, among others, the Dusseldorf Symphony,
Israel Philharmonic and Prague Philharmonia. Julian Rachlin’s
return engagements as conductor include collaborations
with the English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestra della Svizzera
Italiana, Camerata Salzburg, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic and
Slovenian Philharmonic. In the coming season, he will make
his conducting debut with the State Academic Symphony
Orchestra of Russia, Luxembourg Philharmonic, Trondheim
Symphony, Strasbourg Philharmonic and China Philharmonic.
In recital and chamber music, he is heard this season
with Itamar Golan, Evgeny Kissin and Mischa Maisky.
Born in Lithuania in 1974, Julian immigrated to Vienna in 1978.
He studied violin with Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory,
and with Pinchas Zukerman. After winning the “Young Musician
of the Year” Award at the Eurovision Competition in 1988,
he became the youngest soloist ever to play with the Vienna
Philharmonic, making his debut under Riccardo Muti. At the
recommendation of Mariss Jansons, Julian Rachlin has been
studying conducting with Sophie Rachlin. Since September 1999,
he has been on the violin faculty at the Konservatorium Wien
University. His recordings for Sony Classical, Warner Classics and
Deutsche Grammophon have all been met with great acclaim.
Julian Rachlin plays the 1704 “ex Liebig” Stradivari, on
loan to him courtesy of the Dkfm. Angelika Prokopp
Privatstiftung, and a 1791 Lorenzo Storioni viola. His
strings are kindly sponsored by Thomastik-Infeld.
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