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Violinist Julia Glenn has been hailed as “remarkable,” “gripping,” and a “brilliant soloist” (New York Times) and “fully focused and betraying not one whit of insecurity” (Boston Musical Intelligencer). A 2018 graduate of Juilliard's C.V. Starr doctoral program, where she studied with Joseph Lin and Cynthia Roberts, she obtained her master’s from New England Conservatory in 2013 with James Buswell and her bachelor’s in linguistics magna cum laude from Harvard University in 2012.
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A devoted solo and chamber musician, Julia has concertized widely and has recently appeared on stages including Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Hall, Sanders Theatre, Jordan Hall, the Beijing Recital Hall, and Shanghai Concert Hall. A member of the Tianjin Juilliard Ensemble, she also appears with ensembles including the members of the Juilliard String Quartet, New York New Music Ensemble, ACRONYM, Cantata Profana, Clarion Music Society, Mimesis Ensemble, and Soloists of New England, and as a baroque violinist has worked with musicians including William Christie, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Monica Huggett, Jeanne Lamon, and Masaaki Suzuki. In January of 2016 she gave the world premiere of Milton Babbitt’s violin concerto to critical acclaim.
Dr. Glenn has a deep interest in exploring and sharing the music and culture of China, and draws upon her backgrounds in phonology and Chinese language to open up fruitful avenues in Chinese music theory and performance. Her doctoral dissertation was titled “Hearing in Tone: A Phonetic Approach to the Analysis and Performance of Chinese Contemporary Music.” Juilliard’s 2019 John Erksine Faculty Prize winner, she is currently working with Chen Yi to commission dance choreography for Chen’s Memory, which she will record in audio and video media. Glenn has recently presented talks and lecture-performances on her work at the Harvard Shanghai Center, Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, Harvard University, Shanghai Conservatory, Beijing Central Conservatory, and Juilliard. She currently serves on the faculty of the Tianjin Juilliard School.
Dr. Glenn has a deep interest in exploring and sharing the music and culture of China, and draws upon her backgrounds in phonology and Chinese language to open up fruitful avenues in Chinese music theory and performance. Her doctoral dissertation was titled “Hearing in Tone: A Phonetic Approach to the Analysis and Performance of Chinese Contemporary Music.” Juilliard’s 2019 John Erksine Faculty Prize winner, she is currently working with Chen Yi to commission dance choreography for Chen’s Memory, which she will record in audio and video media. Glenn has recently presented talks and lecture-performances on her work at the Harvard Shanghai Center, Hamburg Hochschule für Musik und Theatre, Harvard University, Shanghai Conservatory, Beijing Central Conservatory, and Juilliard. She currently serves on the faculty of the Tianjin Juilliard School.