Biography
Born in Dublin, Julieanne Forrest is a London based violinist, pursuing her masters degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with professor David Takeno. She is also a 2025–2026 Artist of the Schubert Promotion at the Académie Musicale Philippe Jaroussky in Paris. Julieanne most recently completed her BA in Violin Performance with First Class Honours at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, studying with Professor Pavel Vernikov. Prior to this, she studied with Professor Fionnuala Hunt at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Kara Janu. Her artistic development has also been shaped profoundly through masterclasses with leading international musicians including Mauricio Fuks, Maxim Vengerov, Svetlana Makarova, Igor Volochine, Kolja Blacher, Ilona Sie Dhian Ho, Daniel Rowland, Olivier Charlier, Jan Repko, and Patrick Rafter among many others.
As a soloist, Julieanne has performed with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the RIAM Symphony Orchestra, Wexford Sinfonia, the City of Dublin Chamber Orchestra and the New York Sinfonietta appearing at notable venues including the National Concert Hall Dublin, Carnegie Hall New York, Guarnerius Hall Belgrade, Musikverein Vienna and the National Opera House of Ireland. In 2024 Julieanne had the honor of performing Bill Whelan’s Inishlacken Concerto at the NCH with Athena Tergis, the RTÉ NSO and conductor Gavin Moloney. She has also worked extensively with renowned Irish conductor Fergus Sheil and Joseph Alessi.
An active chamber musician, she has appeared internationally as a member of the Reperti Trio. The ensemble most recently performed a series of concerts in Monterrey and Durango, Mexico as well as Musikverein Metallenersaal, Mozarteum Salzburg and in Brno Czech Republic.
Julieanne is a multiple award recipient, including the Trench Award First Prize (2023), the Frank Maher Classical Music Award First Prize (2020), the National Concert Hall of Ireland Young Musician for Strings Award (2019–2021). She was leader of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland at the age of 16. Her performances have been broadcast on Irish national radio and media, including RTE Nationwide, RTÉ Lyric FM and IMAGE Magazine features.
