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Julia Sakharova
Sophomore violin performance major Julia Sakharova, 21, was born in Zheleznovodsk, Russia. Two years after beginning violin studies she made her professional debut, at the age of eight, with the Moldova Symphony Orchestra. By age ten she was performing in recitals in the United States.
While studying at the Central Special Music School (part of the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory), she performed throughout Russia, in Europe and in Japan. In 1995 she won the Music of Central and Eastern Europe International Competition. She also received a special prize from the jurors of the International Sarasate Competition in Spain.
She made her first recording, Russian Violin School, in 1997 on the Sony label. The following year she made her solo debut with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra. She has participated in summer music festivals at Colmar in France, Baden-Baden in Germany, Oberlin at Casalmaggiore in Italy, and the Weathersfield Music Festival in Vermont. In 1999, upon graduating from the Central Special Music School, she was accepted into the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.
While at Oberlin, Sakharova has been a finalist in the National Solo Competition sponsored by the Association of String Teachers of America and she appeared as soloist, with the Oberlin Orchestra, under the baton of composer John Williams in a concert held at the Getty Center in Los Angeles.
She currently studies with Professors Almita and Roland Vamos.
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