Julia Jones is a 22 year old violinist from New York City. Currently, she is pursuing a
Bachelor of Music degree at The Juilliard School, studying with professors Itzhak Perlman and Laurie Smukler and she is also under the mentorship of professor Viktor Tretiakov.
Previously, she also studied with Li Lin. Julia has participated in many prestigious festivals and programs such as the International Music Academy in Cremona, International Academy of Music in Castelnuovo di Carfagnana, Crans-Montana Classics Masterclasses, Concertate Masterclasses, Kaufman Music Center’s SummerFest, Taipei Music Academy and Festival, and The Perlman Music Program. In the summer of 2024 she attended Pacific Music Festival and served as concertmaster for their Program A concerts, consisting of R.Strauss Don Juan, I.Stravinsky Firebird (1919) Suit, C.Debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L.Bernstein Candid Overture, and S.Prokofiev Violin Concerto No.1with soloist Clara Jumi Kang, with conductor Elias Grandy. In September 2025, Julia attended the Kronberg Academy Violin and Viola Masterclass as an active participant in Mihaela Martin’s studio. This past October, Julia also took part in North Shore Chamber Music Festival’s “ Art of Collaboration” Workshop, run by Angela Yoffe.
Also,Julia is selected to participate at the Kronberg Chamber Festival in May 2026.
Julia has also taken part in esteemed events such as the annual gala for the Kaufman
Music Center, the Dorothy DeLay Masterclass Series, the Online Shlomo Mintz String
Academy, and Joshua Bell’s “Musical Evening” fundraising event.
In 2019, she was invited to perform the Bach Double Concerto with European Youth Spirit Orchestra (EYSO) in various locations in Italy with conductor Igor Coretti Kuret. Julia has also given solo recitals at Christ Church, NYC, Ann Goodman Hall at the Kaufman Music Center, the University of Albany, Hohenprießnitz in Germany, and Castelnuovo di Garfagnana, Italy. Since young age Julia has participated in many national and international competitions. She was the winner of National MTNA Competition, First Prize at the VIVO International Music Competition, she became a winner of the Kaufman Music Center Concerto
Competition and performed at Merkin Hall with orchestra conducted by Nathan
Hetherington, the Special Music School High School Concerto Competition, performed
J.Sibelius Violin Concerto with Park Avenue Chamber Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Bernard, First Prize Winner and Best Performance at Washington National Youth Competition, First Prize and Performance with Slovenia Philharmonic String Orchestra at the 3rd Oskar Rieding International Competition for Young Musicians, First Prize Senior Division at the Lyra Competition, Winner of the Group B at Singapore Violin Festival Competition, Grand Prize at the 7th New York International Music Concours, Grand Prize at New York Artists International Competition, Second Grand Prize at the Chicago International Music Competition. She is also a laureate of the Second International Viktor Tretiakov Competition and First Prize winner at the “Victoria BCN” Competition in Barcelona, Spain, was set to give a solo recital in the Victoria Music Center in November 2024. In 2025 Julia became a semi-finalist at the Hengqin(Zhuhai) International Mozart Competition, and participated in the Sendai International Violin Competition. On January 18, 2026 Julia became Fourth Prize winner at the Elmar Oliveira International Violin Competition. She was also selected for the Singapore International Violin Competition.
Julia has participated in masterclasses with Dmitri Berlinsky, Felix Andrievsky, Vadim
Gluzman, Catherine Cho, Shlomo Mintz, Cihat Askin, Sungsic Yang, Almita Vamos, Natalia Likhopoi, Viktor Tretiakov, Cho-Liang Lin, Gregory Kalinovsky, Sheryl Staples, Philippe Quint, Ani Kavafian, Midori, David Chan, Frank Huang, Hilary Hahn, and Mihaela Martin.
Besides solo performing, Julia is also an avid chamber musician, having performed in
Kaufman Music Center’s Merkin Hall, The Juilliard School’s Morse and Paul Hall, the
National Concert Hall in Taipei, the Kitara Small Hall in Sapporo, Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium, Weill Carnegie Hall’s, Zankel Hall, with various chamber groups.​