Concerts » Julian Becker, Germany

Date

10.06.25

Day

Tuesday

Time

20:00

Julian Emanuel Becker (*2005 in Hanover) has been gaining recognition since his success as the youngest prizewinner of the British St Albans International Organ Competition in 2023. Other awards include 1st prize at the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition Leipzig 2024, 1st prize at the International Organ Competition Wiesbaden, the International Organ Improvisation Competition Weimar, the Grotrian-Steinweg International Piano Competition among others. He is a scholarship holder by the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung), the Deutsche Stiftung Musikleben among others. Julian has been studying since 2023 at the University of Music and Theatre “Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” Leipzig with Martin Schmeding (organ), Thomas Lennartz (organ improvisation), and Jacques Ammon (piano). Concert performances have taken him to the Laeiszhalle Hamburg, the Essen Philharmonic and the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival among others. In January 2024, his debut CD was released as a duo with clarinetist Lyuta Kobayashi on the Leipzig-based label GENUIN. As a composer and arranger, he has written commissioned works and transcriptions for renowned soloists and ensembles.