The Australian violinist, Julia Fredersdorff, studied Baroque violin with Lucinda Moon at the Victorian College of the Arts (1993-1997), before travelling to The Netherlands to study with
Enrico Gatti at The Royal Conservatorium in The Hague (2000-2003).
Based in Paris for almost ten years, Julia Fredersdorff freelanced with some of the finest European ensembles, such as
Les Talens Lyriques (Director: Christophe Rousset),
Les Folies Françoises (Director: Patrick Cohën-Akenine),
Le Concert d'Astrée (Director: Emmanuelle Haïm),
Le Parlement de Musique (Director: Martin Gester), Ensemble Matheus, Les Paladins,
Il Complesso Barocco (Director: Alan Curtis), New Dutch Academy,
Ensemble Aurora (Director: Enrico Gatti) and Bach Concentus.
Now resident again in Australia, Julia Fredersdorff performs regularly as concertmaster for the
Orchestra of the Antipodes and is the Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Baroque ensemble,
Van Diemen's Band (founded in 2016). She is a founding member of period string quartet
Ironwood Ensemble (since 2006), and the twice ARIA-nominated Baroque trio, Latitude 37 (since 2008) and a core-member of Ludovico’s Band (since 2010).
Julia Fredersdorff has participated in CD recordings for Virgin Classics, Deutsche Grammaphon, Accent, Accord, Naïve, Erato, Passacaille, Ambronay, ABC Classics, Vexations840 and Tall Poppies. She teaches Baroque violin at the Conservatorium’s of Sydney (since 2008), Hobart and Melbourne. She currently lives in Hobart, Tasmania. |