Biography
Julieanne Forrest is a 20 year old violinist from Ireland and studies at the MUK Vienna with Professor Pavel Vernikov. Between 2015 and 2021 she studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music under Dr. Fionnuala Hunt where she was part of the RIAM Young Scholar programme and the Eversheds Sutherland Accelerator Academy. In September 2019 Julieanne was announced as the National Concert Hall of Irelands Young Musician of the Year for Strings.
Julieanne held the position of Concertmaster of The National Youth Orchestra of Ireland and she was concertmaster of the RIAM Symphony Orchestra and DYO Symphony Orchestra. In October 2017 Julieanne made her debut as a soloist with the RTE Concert Orchestra. In April 2019 Julieanne made her Carnegie Hall debut performing the Barber Violin Concerto with the New York Concerti Sinfonietta. She returned to New York in May to play as a soloist and as part of a Trio in the American Irish Historical Society. In February 2022 she performed the Bruch Violin Concerto with the Wexford Sinfonia Orchestra at the National Opera House. Julieanne has also performed as a soloist in France, Portugal. Switzerland, Austria and the UK.
Julieanne is a multiple first prize winner at all the major national competitions. In December 2017 she was awarded the inaugural John Pollard Bursary for Violin at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. In October 2020
she won the Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Competition for best High School musician in Ireland. Julieanne was awarded the Trench Award at the Birr Music Festival in April 2023.
Julieanne has been invited to take part in masterclasses in Ireland and throughout the world. She has played for many renowned teachers and soloists such as Svetlana Makarova, Jan Repko and Daniel Rowland, Ilona Sie Dhian Ho and Kirill Troussov. In July 2017 she travelled to France to work with the celebrated soloist Olivier Charlier. In January 2020 she was awarded a scholarship to study with Kolja Blacher at the Razumovsky Academy in London. Julieanne was also awarded scholarships to Academie Orford Musique in Canada to work with distinguished violin pedagogue Mauricio Fuks in July 2018 and 2019. In June 2021 Julieanne took part in masterclasses at the Kronberg Academy with Professor Pavel Vernikov. She has also taken part in masterclasses with Professor Vernikov and Professor Makarova in Sion Switzerland, Dubai UAE, Lisbon Portugal and Bergamo Italy. In September 2022 Julieanne played in a masterclass with Maxim Vengerov at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
In April 2023 Julieanne one of seven exceptional musicians who won a coveted place to join the global, 50-person Symphony of Unity.
Julieanne plays on an Italian violin by Nicolo Gagliano c.1760.
