Júlia Pusker
Rising Stars – Open Doors
Event Slider
Date
- / Cancelled / Sold out
Location
Grand Auditorium Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation- Violin
-
Júlia Pusker
Violin
Praised by the Strad Magazine for her “magical simplicity” and described as a true “aristocrat” of the violin by La Libre, Júlia Pusker came to international prominence for her prizewinning performances at the prestigious 2019 Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition in Brussels.
Recent highlights include concerto appearances with the Belgian National Orchestra, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra and the London Mozart Players. She has already given recitals and taken part in festivals and masterclasses across Europe, including the Besançon Music Festival, IMS Prussia Cove, the Holland International Music Sessions, the Kronberg Academy and the Santander Festival Academy.
As a chamber musician, Júlia has shared the stage and collaborated with artists such as Kristóf Baráti, Frank Braley, Gautier Capuçon, Gary Hoffman, Tommaso Lonquich, Jean-Yves Thibaudet and István Várdai.
Alongside her success at the Queen Elizabeth Competition, Pusker has been a recipient of various notable prizes, such as the renowned Junior Prima Prize and Cziffra Festival Prize, which honour Hungary’s finest young musicians.
Her most recent recordings include Eric Tanguy’s 2nd Violin Concerto with Jyväskylä Sinfonia under the baton of Ville Matvejeff for the Ondine label, and her solo album with Zoltán Fejérvári entitled ‘Schubert on Violin’ for Hungaroton.
Born into a family of musicians in Hungary, Júlia began her musical education at the Liszt Academy in Budapest before moving to England to study with György Pauk at the Royal Academy of Music in London, where she received her Master of Music degree with distinction in 2016. Between 2016 and 2021, she was Artist-in-Residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Brussels, working with Augustin Dumay.
Júlia plays a Matteo Goffriller violin from 1690, kindly offered on loan from the Michael Guttman Collection.
Béla Bartók
Sonata for Violin Solo, Sz. 117 (1st movement – Tempo di ciaccona)
Georges Enesco
Ménétrier (from Impressions d’enfance, op. 28)
Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonata for Violin Solo, in D minor, Ballade, op. 27 No. 3
György Kurtág
Doloroso (from Signs, Games and Messages)
Éric Tanguy
Trois Pièces, for violon solo *
Johann Sebastian Bach
Chaconne from the Partita for Violin Solo No. 2, in D minor, BWV 1004
* Commissioned by MÜPA Budapest, with the support of ECHO.
Júlia Pusker is presented by MÜPA Budapest.
As a member of the ECHO – European Concert Hall Organisation network, comprising a group of prestigious concert halls across Europe, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is once again opening its doors to receive the Rising Stars cycle.
Throughout a musically intense day, the focus will be on the rising stars of contemporary interpretation and music creation, and the public will be able to see live the exceptionality of some of the youngsters selected to be part of the Rising Stars. Once again, the programme privileges the diversity of proposals, with performances by musicians of exceptional talent. In the context of Open Doors, a varied programme and a festive musical atmosphere is provided in an informal setting.
Sponsor Gulbenkian Music
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.
