In the impetuous reading of Brahms’ Third Sonata, Kainrath took a lot of risks, starting with the choice of tempi, but he also demonstrated a dense, full-bodied sound and an elegant and fresh cantabile, with a very appropriate sobriety”

Nicola Cattò, Musica

“Kainrath captivated in the Chaconne, the last dance of the second suite built on the association between theme and variations. An execution to be taken as an example from the standpoint of sound and technical perfection, great elegance, and expressive intensity.”

Elena Biggi Parodi, L’Arena

ICMA Discovery Award 2022

In 2022, the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA) awarded the Discovery Prize to the then 16-year-old Julian Kainrath. “Our winners are the expression of the highest artistry”, said Remy Franck, founder of Pizzicato Magazine and President of the Jury. 

 

Julian Kainrath appears well placed to become one of the foremost violinists of his generation. I wish him every success!
Alfred Brendel

An extraordinary sophistication, the result of profound stylistic research combined with high-level instrumental execution. These are just some of the qualities that harmoniously come together in Julian Kainrath, the young violinist whom I consider one of the most promising musical talents of the new generation.
Sergej Krylov

Julian Kainrath is one of those unique talents that the world needs. His insights are deeply rooted in the wisdom of the past while simultaneously possessing a keen foresight into the future.
Louis Lortie

Julian Kainrath is a highly talented violinist and a wonderful friend. I have had the pleasure of performing with him when he was 15. His playing is becoming more and more confident and personal. He is intelligent, curious and versatile. He has a bright future ahead of him!
Till Fellner

« […] And what 13-year-old Julian Kainrath produced from his violin during Sarasate’s Zigeunerweisen was almost breathtaking. »

C. Frei, Stadtblatt Innsbruck

January 2024

January 2024

11, Ehrbar Saal, Vienna, Austria
Works by Schubert INFO
14, Museo Revoltella, Trieste, Italy
Orchestra Ferruccio Busoni, conductor Massimo Belli INFO

April 21, 2024

April 21, 2024

Westdeutsche Sinfonia Leverkusen, conductor Dirk Joeres
Großen Saal des Forum Leverkusen, Germany
Works by Bruch
Info

May 2024

May 2024

6, Società del Quartetto di Bergamo
Sala Alfredo Piatti, Bergamo, Italy Info
16, Amici della Musica di Padova
Sala dei Giganti, Padova, Italy Info

June 2024

June 2024

5, Kronberg, Germany
Carl Bechstein Saal, Casals Forum Info
17, Milano, Italy
Orchestra UniMI Info

July 2024

July 2024

20, Cannes, France
Festival des Jeunes Talents, INFO

29, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Engadine Festival, INFO

August 2024

August 2024

17, Berlin, Germany
Althafen Foundation, Summer Arts Lounge, INFO
19, Tonadico, Italy
Jeunesse Italia, Palazzo Scopoli, INFO

REVIEWS

Expressive Harmonies in the Legacy of the 19th Century
The Società del Quartetto entrusted the talents of two very young instrumentalists on Monday evening. Kainrath and Lazzari performed pieces written by Mendelssohn, Grieg, and Franck. The two musicians demonstrated great harmony with the works of Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg, adeptly supporting an almost rhapsodic expressiveness. This assertive approach culminated in the sonata by César Franck, a composition that heavily involves the pianist, yet it is the eloquence of the violin that weaves the narrative of the musical story. In this, Kainrath was invaluable.

 

Renato Magni
L’Eco di Bergamo, May 8, 2024

Julian Kainrath, 2022 Discovery Award winner, kicked things off with the Westdeutsche Sinfonia under its musical director Dirk Joeres, playing Max Bruch’s First Violin Concerto. Julian began Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto briskly and grippingly, without pathos but expressively, very spontaneously and in permanent dialogue with the orchestra, from which he was noticeably inspired. In the slow movement, there were fervently sung passages of moving expressiveness. In the dance finale, the 18-year-old soloist was just as confident and highly virtuosic. Kainrath shaped the melodies with youthful freshness and inspired with his integrity, thoroughly dynamic play.
The audience in the Leverkusen Forum was enraptured and gave the soloist as well as the orchestra and its conductor long-lasting applause, for which Julian Kainrath thanked with a Bach Sarabande.

Remy Franck
Pizzicato, April 23 , 2024

The violin of Julian Kainrath, a prodigy in technique and sound
Prodigious musicians still exist. We listened to one at San Pietro in Monastero for Ristori Baroque. In the Verona program, he tackled some of the compositions for solo violin composed by Bach […], considered today as masterpieces of instrumental production for the violin, including the famous Chaconne. These are pieces that can be interpreted as musical dialogues despite the absence of a literary text for the gestures of spoken voice that develop in multiple speakers and translate into music. In this understanding and clarity in the dialogues lies the prodigious dimension of this almost nineteen-year-old. Certainly, he has a unique and full-bodied sound, but it’s the musical intelligence that is capable of returning melodies to the musical phrases, filled with infinite inflections from the changing dynamics, like verses of a multi-voiced poem that constitutes the true mastery of his interpretation. With astonishing virtuosic technique, as in the Doubles of the first suite, i.e., the variations that enriched with acrobatic agility the conduct of the bass of each of the four dances from which it is composed.
Kainrath captivated in the Chaconne, the last dance of the second suite built on the association between theme and variations. An execution to be taken as an example from the standpoint of sound and technical perfection, great elegance, and expressive intensity. The success was enthusiastic, also from some prominent musicians present in the hall.

Elena Biggi Parodi
L'Arena

In the impetuous reading of Brahms’ Third Sonata, Kainrath took a lot of risks, starting with the choice of tempi, but he also demonstrated a dense, full-bodied sound and an elegant and fresh cantabile, with a very appropriate sobriety.

Nicola Cattò
Musica Magazine

In the second program item, the audience was treated to a particularly outstanding performance. The 16-year-old violinist Julian Kainrath from Merano, winner of the Discovery Award, not only gave a brilliant rendition of the Introduction and Rondo capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saens, but also, despite his young age, knew how to give this work a very personal interpretation, after which one can hope for much more to come from this true artist

ICMA
2022

The evening saw Canadian Louis Lortie at the piano, recognized among the greatest world performers, in duo with Julian Kainrath, seventeen-year-old violin prodigy recently awarded the International Classical Music Award … the concert provided moments of sublime music, thanks to the synergy between the two performers, which deeply moved the audience in the hall.

Legnano News

“Certainly, he has a unique and full-bodied sound, but it’s the musical intelligence that is capable of returning melodies to the musical phrases, filled with infinite inflections from the changing dynamics, like verses of a multi-voiced poem that constitutes the true mastery of his interpretation.”

Elena Biggi Parodi
L'Arena, February 27, 2024

The palms were due to the 13-year-old Julian Kainrath, who confidently performed Sarasate’s Gypsy Airs …so much came over his instrument!

Tages Zeitung
November 2018

When your mouth stays open while you watch because your eyes can no longer follow the nimble fingers, when sounds go straight to your heart, when, like at the recent concert on Saturday evening in the Haus der Musik, you are presented with so much solo skills… then you will undoubtedly have experienced a superlative evening of music […] And what Julian Kainrath produced from his violin during Sarasate’s gypsy tunes was almost breathtaking.

C. Frei
Stadtblatt Innsbruck

The young South Tyrolean has such an organic connection to his instrument, and such a stupendous technique and musicality

Dornbirn Klassik

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