Julian Rachlin is one of the most charismatic and exciting violinists of his generation. He has performed with most of the world's leading orchestras and conductors and is praised for his powerful and refreshing interpretations.

He has performed with, and regularly returns to, Vienna Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, the London Symphony,
Philadelphia Orchestra, and Munich Philharmonic. Among the top class conductors, Julian has performed under Vladimir Ashkenazy, Herbert Blomstedt, Myung-Whun Chung, Bernard Haitink, James Levine, Yehudi Menuhin, Andre Previn, Mstislav Rostropovich, Esa-Pekka Salonen, and Wolfgang Sawallisch.

Highlights of his future seasons include appearances with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Mackerras, Gewandhaus Leipzig and Marriner, Budapest Festival Orchestra and Sokhiev, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and Jansons and a tour with the Filarmonica Della Scala and Harding.  Julian will make his conducting debuts with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Zurcher Kammerorchester, and Camerata Salzburg. With his regular recital partner, Itamar Golan, Julian will also give recitals all over the world including performances at the Wigmore Hall and Prague Spring Festival.

In 2000 he began to perform on the viola. He is a fervent chamber musician and frequently takes part in many European festivals including Salzburg, Verbier, and Schleswig Holstein.  For the last nine years, Julian has established his own chamber music festival in Dubrovnik.   The Festival is rapidly gaining international renown and his "Friends" have included Leif Ove Andsnes, Janine Jansen, Maxim Vengerov, Daniele Gatti, the Academy of Saint Martin in the Fields and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.   

Rachlin's recordings include the Brahms Concerto and Mozart's Violin Concerto No.3 with the Bayerischer Rundfunk and Mariss Jansons and the String Trio version of J. S. Bach's Goldberg Variations which he recorded with Mischa Maisky and Nobuko Imai.   Later this year Julian's recording of the Vivaldi Four Seasons and Piazzolla Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with the Bayerischer Rundfunk Kammerorchester will be released.

Born in Lithuania in 1974, Julian studied with the eminent pedagogue Boris Kuschnir at the Vienna Conservatory and took private lessons with Pinchas Zukerman. He gained international acclaim overnight in 1988 by winning the "Young Musician of the Year" Award at the Eurovision Competition. This success led to Lorin Maazel's invitation to debut at the Berlin Festival with the Orchestre National de France and to tour Europe and Japan with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. He then became the youngest soloist ever to play with the Vienna Philharmonic, making his debut under Riccardo Muti.

Since September 1999 he has been on the faculty at the Vienna Conservatory. Julian Rachlin plays the 1704 "ex Liebig" Stradivari, on loan to him courtesy of the Angelika Prokopp Private Foundation.