Biography
Julieanne Forrest is from Ireland and studies violin 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 and in July 2024 played the solo violin in Bill Whelans Inishlacken with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Julieanne has also performed as a soloist in France, Portugal. Switzerland, Austria, the UK and most recently played Ravels Tzigane with the Western Balkan Chamber Orchestra in Belgrade, Serbia.
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, David Takeno, Daniel Rowland, Olivier Charlier and Kirill Troussov. 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 September 2022 Julieanne played in a masterclass with Maxim Vengerov at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.
In April 2023 Julieanne was one of seven exceptional musicians who won a coveted place to join the global, 50-person Symphony of Unity Orchestra.
Julieanne plays on an Italian violin by Nicolo Gagliano c.1760.
