Dutch violinist Julia Philippens has evolved as a genre-surpassing musician. Improvising on jazzmusic or contemporary classical music became a second nature since she developed herself after her classical studies.

After graduating Cum Laude from her Bachelors in 2011, she went on to graduate Summa Cum Laude for her Jazzviolin Masters diploma stating she is a ‘unique, groundbreaking violinist, with a radiant stage personality.’

 

During her studies Julia co-founded Fuse for which she plays, arranges and composes. With their bold approach to string music and a matching stage presence, Fuse rapidly became a one-to-watch formation on the cutting edge of Dutch musical life. They performed over 120 shows in nearly two years, at a wide range of stages such as The Rijksmuseum, Vredenburg, Paradiso, at The Concertgebouw Tracks series, Wonderfeel and in clubs, churches, concert halls and living rooms all over the Netherlands.

Fuse is currently the houseband of the Dutch TV show ‘Podium Witteman’. They performed on popular daily talkshow ’De Wereld Draait Door’, featured on Radio 1, 2, 4 and 6. They recorded the leader-music for TV show ’Opium’ that Julia composed.

They released their Debut Album “Studio” in 2016 for with they got nominated for and Edison award. 

 

Since 2012, they organize their own concert series named ConFuse, a platform for talent and our creative playground. Recently, the 9th edition took place at the North Sea Jazz Club in Amsterdam.

 

This year Julia is invited for different guest appearances by the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw,   Konrad Koselleck Bigband, Philharmonic Sudwestfalen, and the Zurich Jazz Orchestra. She has played and recorded with ao Justin Dicioccio, Ed Kowalczyk, Herbert Grönemeyer, Benjamin Herman, Kinan Azmeh, Michael Borstlap, Didier Lockwood, Ruud Jacobs and Oliver Heldens. In 2018 Julia will go on tour with her sister Rosanne Philippens and the Peter Beets trio in the project, “Classic and all that jazz”. 

Julia plays a Riccardo Antoniazzi (1895) from the Nationaal Instrumenten Fonds (NMF).