Julia Rebekka Adler
(Mai), the best-placed German competitor at the 2004 ARD
Music Competition in the category viola, started viola
lessons at the age of six with Ute-Christine Elfert
(Freiburg), and was soon to win several First Prizes
('1.Bundespreis') in Germany´s 'Jugend musiziert'
competition. She continued studying 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). In 2002, she won the Felix
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Competition for viola and 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. 2004 and 2005 she was awarded scholarships
(Bundesauswahl junger Künstler) by the German Music
Competition. She has been co-principal violist with the
Munich Philharmonics, is a member of the 'Berliner
Solistenoktett', and professor for viola at Berlin
University of the Arts since 2016.
She also plays the viola d'amore, and has studied Baroque historical performance practice with Reinhard Goebel.
She also plays the viola d'amore, and has studied Baroque historical performance practice with Reinhard Goebel.
