Yulia Chaplina

Julia Chaplina gave her debut performance at the age of 7, with the Rostov State Symphony Orchestra. Julia’s debut CD recording – of the solo piano works of Badarzewska – was made in Japan in 2007. Subsequently, a documentary was made about her musical life by the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation. She recently gave concerto performances with the Hiroshima and Sendai Symphony Orchestras, and appeared as concerto soloist in the Berliner Philharmoniker.

Training

• 2010- : Royal College of Music, postgraduate studies with Dmitri Alexeev
• 2006-2010: Universität der Künste in Berlin, with Klaus Hellwig

Prizes and awards

• 2008: The Berlin Pianoforte Competition of the Renate-Schorler-Foundation 2nd Prize
• 2004: Tchaikovsky International Competition, First Prize and gold medal in the junior section