Last summer was 23-year-old German violinist Julia Fischer’s first in Aspen, when she played Bartok’s Violin Concerto No. 1 with the Aspen Chamber Symphony Orchestra. But this week she’s coming back ...

Coming to Benaroya Hall: a 25-year-old superstar backed by one of the most famous British bands in the past half-century — on the heels of a No. 1 album. Rock on? No, but get ready for some ...

Fast-rising violin star and Bach interpreter Julia Fischer is not about to let her recent slew of awards go to her head Apparently there’s a global recession going on, but that isn’t stopping Julia ...

German violinist Julia Fischer was named Artist of the Year at the 2007 Classic FM Gramophone Awards ceremony, held Wednesday at London's Dorchester Hotel. The awards are considered among the most ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. If you believe the divinations of British music commentator Norman ...

On a concert stage, performing music by Bach, Schubert or Sibelius, the superb young German violinist Julia Fischer is the picture of focus and discipline. Offstage, she's just the same. Ask her a ...

FOR a demonstration of comprehensive musicianship and instrumental mastery, few artists have topped the performance that the German violinist Julia Fischer gave at the Alte Oper in Frankfurt on Jan. 1 ...

The news release billed her as “violin superstar,” but Julia Fischer is something much rarer and more impressive than that frivolous category suggests. She is a great musician. Her recital Monday in ...

With the truly great composers – and I count Schumann among them – there is that abiding sense of music being created in the playing of it. It is, in effect, like a stream of consciousness in which we ...

Finding five minutes in which to interview Julia Fischer was quite a feat. Thinking we would take advantage of her being over in London for a couple of concerts, we contacted her record company Decca ...