Julian Kainrath was born in Merano, Italy, in May 2005. He started his violin studies at the age of six. From the age of eight to eleven, he studied with Prof. Dora Schwarzberg. Currently he attends the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria, in the class of Prof. Boris Kuschnir. Julian receives a scholarship from the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein and participates in the intensive music weeks and activities held there.

He took part in one violin competition when he was ten years old, the Austrian competition for young musicians “Prima la Musica,” where he was awarded the first prize. In July 2019 Julian was selected as “student in residence” at the 26. Verbier Festival, where he played concerts and attended masterclasses of renowned violinists as Pamela Frank, Donald Weilerstein and Kristof Barati. In Verbier, he met the violinist Marc Bouchkov, and since then he has been his greatest inspiration and mentor.

During the pandemic in 2020, Julian was invited by the Konzerthaus Wien to perform on its online concert series. Joining renowned pianist Till Fellner, he performed a Beethoven violin sonata to celebrate Beethoven’s year. Soon after, they were invited to perform a recital in Appiano, Italy. In August 2020 he played Bach’s violin concertos with the Streicherakademie Bozen in the summer festival Bolzano Festival Bozen. In September 2020, he was invited to perform in the Festival Arsonore in Graz, Austria. In July 2021, Julian was selected to be part of violinist Ilya Gringolts’ class at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, Italy, and had the opportunity to perform with Gringolts a recital dedicated to Steve Reich. In August, he performed at the Sommerakademie Schloss Heiligenberg under the guidance of Marc Bouchkov and was awarded with a prize for his performance.

Julian has given several public performances. He had his first appearance as a soloist with orchestra at the age of ten in South America (Bolivia). Soon after, he has been invited to play for the authorities of the city of Bolzano in the presence of the Prefect and the Mayor during an official act. In 2016, he was invited by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine to play in Kiev and in the same year, he returned to Bolivia to perform two more concerts. During the season 2017/18, he was invited by the music association KulturKontakt in Appiano, Italy, to give a recital, and in the same year he was part of the Bergerac Festival in France (attending masterclasses and playing concerts). In 2018, he was invited by the Chamber Orchestra Innstrumenti for a tour in Nord and South Tyrol. Among others, he played at the Haus der Musik in Innsbruck and at the Kursaal in Merano, earning enthusiastic reviews. In 2019, Julian played at the concert series “Young Excellence in Concert” in Salzburg, organised by the Mozarteum University in cooperation with the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz. In the same year, he played a recital in Bressanone, Italy, and participated in a RAI TV broadcast, playing works by Paganini and Bartók.