First Prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition 2017, as part of the first edition dedicated to cello, Victor Julien-Laferrière also won the 1st Prize and two special prizes at the 2012 Prague Spring International Competition. In 2018, he was awarded the Victoire de la Musique in France as ‘Instrumental Soloist of the Year’.

The season 21/22 sees him appear at Theatre des Champs-Elysées with Alexandre Kantorow, with Orchestre National de France under David Robertson, Les Siècles and François-Xavier Roth, Orchestre National de Lyon, Orchestre National de Lille, Liege Royal Philharmonique and Quebec Symphony Orchestra, alongside concerts at Brugge Concertgebouw, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Louisiana Museum Copenhagen and Hohenems Schubertiade with David Fray and Renaud Capuçon.

Victor Julien-Laferrière performs with renowned orchestras worldwide, including Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Belgium National Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg, Lausanne and Paris chamber orchestras, Les Siècles, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie, Orchestra i Pomeriggi Musicali, Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional de Colombia, and with prestigious conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Kristiina Poska, Emmanuel Krivine, Tugan Sokhiev, Elim Chan, Maxim Emelyanychev, François-Xavier Roth, Jun Märkl, Philippe Herreweghe, Nathalie Stutzmann, Stéphane Denève, Joshua Weilerstein, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Gergely Madaras and Ben Glassberg.

His recital and chamber music projects lead him to prestigious venues and festivals such as Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Lucerne KKL, Brussels BOZAR, Zurich Tonhalle, Philharmonie de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Louis Vuitton Foundation, Essen Philharmonie, Phillips Collection in Washington, Prague Spring International Music Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Rheingau Musik Festival Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival, Gstaad Sommets Musicaux, Aix-en-Provence Easter Festival, Brussels Cello Festival, Copenhagen Summer Festival, Folles Journées in Nantes and Tokyo.

He also receives many recording awards, including the Diapason d’or of the year 2017 for his sonata album with the pianist Adam Laloum. In 2019, Victor Julien-Laferriere released an album devoted to Schubert with the Trio Les Esprits (Sony Music) and one with works by Shostakovich, Rachmaninov and Denisov with pianist Jonas Vitaud for the label Alpha Classics. In 2021, came out a recording of concertos by Dvorak and Martinu for the same label, with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège and Gergely Madaras.

Since 2020, Victor Julien-Laferrière is playing on an instrument by Domenico Montagnana, property of Xavier and Joséphine Moreno.

Teachers

2014-2016 Clemens Hagen
2009-2014 Heinrich Schiff

Degrees

2014-2016 Diplôme d'Artiste Interprète - Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris
2014-2016 Perfectionnement - Mozarteum Universität für Musik

Concerts

2016 Villeparisis - Orchestre National d'Île de France, Michael Hofstatter (dir.)
2016 Dijon, Opéra - Orchestre Dijon-Bourgogne, Gergely Madaras (dir.)
2016 Concerts du dimanche matin, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Paris) - Adam Laloum (piano)
2013 Spring Prague Festival, Rudolfinum - Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Peter Oudjian (dir.)

Competitions

2012 Spring Prague International Competition - 1er prix