Julia Elomaa began her piano studies at the Turku Conservatory in 2013 with Jaana Luuppala. She received her Advanced Studies Diploma in spring 2021 and was admitted to the Youth Piano Academy Finland in summer 2021.
Julia has participated in numerous master classes, including those with Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Janne Mertanen, Henri Sigfridsson, Tony Yike Yang, Severin von Eckardstein, Mackenzie Melemed, Erik T. Tawaststjerna, Håvard Gimse and Matti Raekallio.
She has been awarded prizes at the Pianoaura Competition in Turku in 2016, 2019 and 2023, the Steinway Piano Competition in Helsinki in 2016, the Stockholm International Music Competition in 2017, the Tapiola International Piano Competition in 2019, the Canadian Youth Piano Festival in 2021 and the Ilmari Hannikainen Chamber Music Competition in 2023. Julia won a special prize at the Nordic Junior Piano Competition in Sweden for her interpretation of Matthew Whittall's A Noiseless Patient Spider in 2023.
Photo: Ville Lehvonen