French-American pianist Julia Den Boer is a passionate advocate for contemporary music, praised for her “emotional power” (The New York Times) and “cleverly contrasted” (The Guardian) programming. Based in New York City, she is internationally recognized as a soloist and chamber musician and is an active commissioner of new works, committed to exploring and broadening her instrument’s boundaries through close collaboration with composers.
Recent solo and chamber music appearances include the Festival d’Automne (Paris), the Time:Spans Festival (NYC), The San Francisco International Piano Festival, Unerhörte Musik (Berlin), the Infuse Concert Series (Paris), the Tectonics Festival (Glasgow), the International Computer Music Conference, the Banff Center, the North Carolina New Music Initiative, the SWR (Freiburg), New Music Concerts (Toronto), and the Klangspuren Festival (Schwaz).
Julia is joining acclaimed piano percussion quartet Yarn/Wire as a guest artist for their 21/22 season, she is also a member of Wavefield Ensemble.
Julia Den Boer can be heard on the New Focus, Seven Mountain, Carrier, Kairos, and Redshift record labels. In October 2021, she released Kermès – a collection of works by composers Giulia Lorusso, Linda Catlin Smith, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, and Rebecca Saunders – to widespread critical acclaim.
Julia Den Boer is a recipient of the Solti Foundation Award, she won the Prix Maurice Ohana Award at the 2011 International Orleans Competition, and was awarded the 9th Annual Mikhashoff Trust Fund for New Music Pianist/Composer Commissioning Prize with Zosha Di Castri.
Den Boer is a dedicated educator, currently on the faculty of the Third Street Music Settlement, who regularly gives masterclasses, chamber music coachings, and maintains a robust private studio. She holds a Bachelor of Music from McGill University where she studied with Sara Laimon and a MA and DMA from SUNY Stony Brook University where she studied under the mentorship of Gilbert Kalish.