Artist · Violin

Yulia Berinskaya

6 recordings · 0 sheet music editions

Biography

Yulia Berinskaya grew up in an artistic and musical environment. Her father, the Moscow composer Sergey Berinsky, recognised her talent at an early age and encouraged her to study the violin. Her training was shaped by E. Tchugaeva, V. Tretiakov, the Borodin Quartet and the Moscow Trio, and she graduated with honours from the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She continued her studies with Dora Schwarzberg at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna.

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Her career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher has taken her to Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, France, Germany, the former Yugoslavia, the United States, Israel and Russia. Her recital repertoire reflects her versatility across a wide range of styles. She has collaborated with the Verdi Orchestra in Milan, the Milan Conservatory Orchestra, the Moscow Amadeus Orchestra, the Sverdlovsk Philharmonic Orchestra and I Musici di Parma.

A committed chamber musician, she has appeared at major Italian and European festivals with artists including S. Krylov, Y. Bashmet, D. Cohen, V. Mendelssohn and F. Lips. Her teaching has included masterclasses in Mendrisio, Timișoara, Rhodes, Moulin d’Andé, Portogruaro, Cividale, Val Tidone, Salsomaggiore Terme, Cantù and Venice. She established a violin course at the Milano Music Masterschool and has served on the juries of international violin competitions.

She has appeared as guest leader with the orchestras of the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the Verdi Orchestra in Milan, the Haydn Orchestra of Trento and Bolzano, the orchestra in Erl, Austria, the Teatro La Fenice in Venice and the Ljubljana Philharmonic.

Her recordings have appeared on Koch Records, Gramsapis ArtClassic, Sonart Studio, Playing News, ClassicaViva, Limen Music and Da Vinci Classics. They include Red Violin, Violin in Blue, Violin in White and Violin in Bach, as well as the Limen release Bear in the Sky – Unconditional Music, comprising two CDs and a live DVD. Her recordings have been broadcast by Radio Vaticana, Radio Classica and Radio della Svizzera Italiana. Her official biography identifies her instrument as a 1746 Carlo Bergonzi violin.