Julia Metzmacher

Julia Metzmacher is a half-German, half-South African pianist. She studied solo piano at the Freiburg University of Music and completed a Master's degree in Performance in Collaborative Piano at the Royal College of Music in London. Her teachers have included Nicholas Rimmer, Kathron Sturrock, Simon Lepper and Roger Vignoles.

Julia has performed both as a soloist and as a chamber musician. Festivals such as Songfestival, the Collaborative Piano Institute and the Franz Schubert Institute have deepened her knowledge of song interpretation. In 2023 she played several concerts as an orchestral pianist as part of the BBC scheme, and she has been recognised in many competitions, including a pianist prize at the RCM's English Competition.

Since 2024 she has been studying for her concert exams at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama with Julius Drake and Gareth Owen.