Julia Mirzoev

Julia Mirzoev was born in November 1996 in Toronto, Canada. From a very early age, she was attracted to the sound of the violin. She started playing violin at the age of two and a half years with her father. Julia’s musical roots stemmed from a family of highly motivated professional musicians with strong social consciences. She is always surrounded by music at home. At age of three, Julia became a student of the prominent Canadian violin teacher Jacob Lakirovich, a distinguished musician and renowned pedagogue.

Julia’s first stage performance was in the year 2000 and since then, she has frequently performed as a soloist in various recitals and concerts. In the same year, she made her debut with an orchestra with her teacher as a conductor. Every summer Julia takes part in the JVL Music Camp for the Performance Arts where she appears as a soloist, chamber player and concertmaster of the orchestra. In addition, she took lessons and participated in master classes with David Zafer, Paul Zafer, Lee Joiner and Julian Fisher.

For her violin examinations of Royal Conservatory, she attained First Class Honours with Distinction in 2005 and received the Medal for highest mark in Ontario in 2007.

Julia received numerous awards and scholarships from local, provincial and national competitions and festivals. In the years 2002, 2004 and 2006 she was awarded Richmond Hills Music Festival’s scholarships for best violinist under the age of ten. In 2004, Julia was 1st Prize Winner of CMC. In 2006 she was once again a CMC national finalist, placing second in her class. The team of adjudicators of the 2007 Kiwanis Music Festival chose to award Julia with the Sid Oue Memorial Award for the Most Promising Student in Strings.

Julia has performed at the Mississauga Performing Arts Centre, the North York Performing Arts Centre and CBC’s Glenn Gould Studio.

In the summer of 2007, Julia was the winner of the Provincial Finals of Ontario Music Festival Association that took place in London, Ontario. At the same time, she was a participant of the Niagara International Chamber Music Festival. She also won the special “Most Promising Performer” prize in the Golden Menorah’s 5th International Music Competition that took place in Berlin, Germany.

Julia is a student of L.-H. Fréchette French School. She is one of the academically strongest students in her class. Julia likes dancing and playing tennis. She enjoys listening to classical music, going to concerts and spends time playing chamber music with members of her family.