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Julia Fischer and Benjamin Nyffenegger take over the artistic direction of Boswil Summer 2023-03-02

The Board of Trustees of the Künstlerhaus Boswil and its Managing Director Claudio Rossetti are extremely proud to announce that they have been able to recruit the world-renowned top violinist Julia Fischer and the renowned Aargau cellist Benjamin Nyffenegger as artistic directors of the "Boswiler Sommer" festival.

The duo will introduce themselves as the artistic management team as early as July 5, 2023, as part of the anniversary concerts "70 years of Künstlerhaus Boswil", organize smaller festival activities in the course of 2024, and then present the first complete summer festival in 2025.

Julia Fischer awarded the Cultural Honorary Prize of the City of Munich 2022 2022-12-01

"Julia Fischer is an internationally prominent musician, but at the same time very attached to her hometown, who consciously, critically and openly faces all current challenges and developments," reads the jury's statement.

Julia Fischer on the recent incident with climate activists in the Elbphilharmonie 2022-11-25

Julia Fischer comments on the recent incident with climate activists at her concert in the Elbphilharmonie.
"The global community is manifestly failing to collectively address humanity's greatest crisis, the climate catastrophe."

Julia Fischer startet ihre Residenz bei der Staatskapelle Dresden 2022-11-11

Julia Fischer starts her residency with the Staatskapelle Dresden with performances from November 13 to 23, first in Dresden and then on tour. 

Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 2 with the LPO now to watch in the Club 2022-10-21

Last season Julia Fischer played Mozart's violin concertos and the Sinfonia Concertante with the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In JF CLUB watch now Mozart No. 2 in JF CLUB!

Deutsche Welle: Julia Fischer in Portrait 2022-08-26

Deutsche Welle is currently showing a portrait of Julia Fischer and several features with her as a focus artist at the Rheingau Music Festival.

Julia Fischer is Capell Virtuous at Staatskapelle Dresden in the season 2022/23 2022-05-17

At the beginning of November 2020, Julia Fischer stepped in at short notice as soloist in Beethoven's Violin Concerto in a special concert of the Staatskapelle Dresden at the Kulturpalast. Following this acclaimed debut, she will appear several times with the Staatskapelle in the 2022/2023 season as the new Capell virtuoso.

_{Julia Fischer and Christian Thielemann with Staatskapelle Dresden in November 2020 - Copyright: Matthias Creutziger}

On a big tour with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields 2022-04-28

Julia Fischer has had a close relationship with the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields since 2001, when she first performed - then under Sir Neville Marriner - with this world-famous ensemble. In May they will go again on a big tour together through Europe!