Photo by Jake R. Jacobson
Julian Hallmark has performed as soloist, chamber musician and as a member of many chamber orchestras in Europe, India, China, Japan, Korea, and across the United States.
At the age of nine Mr. Hallmark was invited by Lord Yehudi Menuhin to study at his school in England, where he studied with Menuhin, Felix Andrievsky, and Robert Masters. At the age of 14, Mr. Hallmark won first place in the Vancouver Young Artists Competition, and performed Beethoven’s violin concerto with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra. Lord Menuhin conducted the performance. While at the Menuhin School he was coached by Hans Keller and members of the Amadeus quartet in chamber music, and participated in the over ninety performances and tours scheduled per year.
In 1987 he was accepted at The Juilliard School in New York, where he studied as a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay and Hyo Kang, and was coached in chamber music by Felix Galimir and Harvey Shapiro. At Juilliard, Mr. Hallmark worked as Dorothy DeLay’s assistant, managing her studio and teaching a technique class for students. At the Aspen Music Festival, Mr. Hallmark was the director in charge of the Starling Recital series, Concerto concerts, and the visiting artist’s master classes. He was also the concertmaster of the DeLay orchestra for five summers.
Since graduating from Juilliard, in 1994 with his Masters of Music Degree, Mr. Hallmark has been much sought after as a chamber musician and chamber orchestra player. He is a co-founder of the Concertante Chamber Players based in New York, performs regularly with the ProArte Chamber Music Consortium in Guanajuato, Mexico, and has been concertmaster of the Aspen Valley Chamber Orchestra, in Colorado, for 11 years.
Most recent solo performances have been with the Koblenz radio orchestra in Germany, performing Mozart Violin Concerto #5; Aspen Chamber Orchestra, performing Beethoven Concerto; recital at the Festival of Guanajuato, in Mexico; recital at Fleur de Lis in Montereau, France.
As a chamber musician Mr. Hallmark performs regularly at the Sunflower Music Festival in Topeka, Kansas, where he has collaborated with violist Richard O’Neill, violist, Donald McInnes, violinist, Charles Stegeman; The Buzzards Bay Music Festival in Cape Cod, Massachusetts; The Busan Music Festival in South Korea, performing coaching, and collaborating with Fred Sherry, Nobuko Imai, Andres Diaz, Marcus Groh and Alyssa Park. Other festivals Mr. Hallmark has performed at are; The Salzburg Music Festival, Evian Festival, France; New music Live, Finland. He has also performed with the Grammy award winning Southwest Chamber Music, Mladi Chamber Group, both based in Los Angeles.
When not performing, Mr. Hallmark’s other great passion is working on his boat and sailing off the coast of Santa Barbara, California.