Julia Kuhn is an internationally sought after chamber musician, soloist, concertmaster, and violin pedagogue. She is co-leader of the Hanover Band, 2nd violin principal of the Academy of Ancient Music, and guest 2nd violin principal with Camerata Salzburg. She has played as guest leader with acclaimed European orchestras and chamber ensembles such as the OAE, The English Concert, The Irish Baroque Orchester, The Mozartists and the Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música Porto, and most recently has recorded the Bach Double Violin Concerto with the Academy of Ancient Music, and was invited by renowned conductor Nicholas McGegan to perform with him for a gala concert at the 2025 International Handel Festival Göttingen, Germany. With chamber music being a main focus in her musical life, Julia is the violinist with Trio Follia, formed in 2024 with Sebastian Comberti, cello, and David Wright, harpsichord, and 1st violinist with the Hanover Band String Quartet, Julia also performs regularly as a duo with renowned pianist Caroline Oltmanns, and researches music of underrepresented composers of the 20th century. Julia is artistic director for the St Blasius Early Music Summer Concert Series in Kaufbeuren, Germany. As a violin pedagogue Julia has taught masterclasses and workshops on both modern and baroque violin, and chamber music in Europe, Asia, the USA, and South America. Julia is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music London (ARAM), an award given to former students who contribute significantly to the music profession and holds an MA with distinction in baroque violin from the Royal Academy of Music, London, and a BA with distinction in Violin Performance from the Mozarteum University, Salzburg. Further, she studied violin at Stony Brook University, USA. Her teachers were, among others, Simon Standage, Prof. Harald Herzl and Prof. Philip Setzer (Emerson String Quartet).