Julia Fischer: Portrait of an extraordinary and versatile violinist

Julia Fischer is one of the most outstanding violinists and versatile artists of our time. We meet her at the Rheingau Music Festival 2022 for a concert by the Julia Fischer Quartet at Johannisberg Castle. In an interview, Fischer talks about her childhood, her career, her successes, playing in a quartet, her work as a professor and her many other talents. We hear excerpts from works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andrey Rubtsov and Peter Tchaikovsky. Julia Fischer was born in Munich in 1983 to German-Slovakian parents. She received her first tuition on the violin at the age of three. A short time later her mother, the pianist Viera Fischer, introduced her daughter to the piano. At the age of nine, Julia Fischer began studying with renowned violin professor Ana Chumachenco at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Munich. Julia Fischer succeeded Chumachenco in 2011, thereby coming full circle. Julia Fischer began touring internationally at the age of 15. She performed with the world’s greatest orch