JULIA BRÜSSEL
Julia Brüssel, 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 academy with Michael Gustorff as well as Roger Hanschel and Sebastian Gottschick.
Brüssel is mainly active in the areas of improvisation, electronic music , ambient, as well as jazz and world music . Even during her studies, Brüssels belonged to 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 appeared 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 performed with solo performances, with Stephan Mattner’s String Project and withNorbert 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…