Julia Brussels

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Julia Brussels (* 1993 in Cologne ) is a German jazz and improvisation musician ( violin , voice ).

Live and act

Brussels, who grew up in Cologne, received classical violin lessons from Gudrun Pagel and Sebastian Reimann. In 2003 she won first prize in the solo violin category at Jugend musiziert . From 2013 to her Bachelor's degree in 2018, she studied jazz violin at the local music college with Michael Gustorff as well as Roger Hanschel and Sebastian Gottschick .

Brussels is mainly active in the areas of improvisation, electronic music , ambient , as well as jazz and world music . Even during her studies, Brussels was part of the large formation The Dorf , with whom several albums were created by 2020; with this formation she received the WDR Jazz Prize (honorary prize) in 2020 . In 2020 she performed in the quartet hilde at the Moers Festival . She played nationally in her Julia Brussels Quartet, in the duo mikuji with Tim Abramczik and with Cemîl Qoçgiriî & Avian Quartet. She also appeared with solo performances, with Stephan Mattner's String Project and with Norbert Stein's 2nd Cologne World Orchestra . She can also be heard on the albums Kölsche Heimat 01: Ahle Schätzje neu lackeet (with Kasalla ) and Berlin by Christian Brückner .

Discographic notes

  • The Dorf / N: Lux (area 2017)
  • The Dorf & Consord: The Perfect Larva (Umland 2018)
  • Check Test Check: Half Laboratory - Half Band (area 2019)
  • Hilde: Open (Umland Records 2020, with Marie Daniels , Emily Wittbrodt, Maria Trautmann )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief portrait
  2. ↑ Bachelor concert (Loft)
  3. ↑ WDR Jazz Prize
personal data
SURNAME Brussels, Julia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German jazz and improvisation musician
DATE OF BIRTH 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne