Julia Rebekka Adler, maiden
name Mai, the best-placed German competitor at the 2004
ARD Music Competition in the category viola, started
viola lessons at the age of six, and was soon to win
several First Prizes ('1.Bundespreis') in Germany´s
'Jugend musiziert' competition. She studied with Kim
Kashkashian and Johannes Lüthy in Freiburg (1994-2000),
and with Hartmut Rohde at the Berlin University of the
Arts (2001-2007). She received additional impulses by
Yuri Bashmet in Siena (2003/2004).
2002, she won the First Prize at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition for viola and won the Ulrich Koch Prize at the Marschner Competition. In 2001 she was awarded both special prizes at the Gerhard Taschner Competition, and won 2nd prize with the 'Kuss Quartett' at the International String Quartet Competition in Banff (Canada). In 2005 and 2006 she was selected for the 'Bundesauswahl Junger Künstler'.
Presently, Julia Rebekka Adler is co-principal violist with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, a member of the 'Berliner Solistenoktett', and performs with her duo partner, the pianist Jascha Nemtsov.
2002, she won the First Prize at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition for viola and won the Ulrich Koch Prize at the Marschner Competition. In 2001 she was awarded both special prizes at the Gerhard Taschner Competition, and won 2nd prize with the 'Kuss Quartett' at the International String Quartet Competition in Banff (Canada). In 2005 and 2006 she was selected for the 'Bundesauswahl Junger Künstler'.
Presently, Julia Rebekka Adler is co-principal violist with the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, a member of the 'Berliner Solistenoktett', and performs with her duo partner, the pianist Jascha Nemtsov.
