at Jugend musiziert. She won all eight competitions she entered. In 1997, Fischer was awarded the "Prix d'Espoir" by the Foundation of European Industry. She had the opportunity to play Mozart's own violin in the room in which he was born at Salzburg to honor the 250th anniversary of his birth. 1995: 1st Prize at the international Yehudi Menuhin competition, in addition to a special prize, "Best Bach Solo-work". 1996: Winner 8th Eurovision Competition for Young Instrumentalists in Lisbon 1997: Prix d'Espoir the prize of the European music industry 1997: Soloist prize of the festival "Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania" 1998: EIG Music Award 2000: Promotion prize Deutschlandfunk 2005: ECHO Klassik Award for the CD Russian Violin Concertos 2005: Winner of the Beethoven Ring 2006: During the celebrations of Mozart's birthday in his hometown Salzburg, Fischer played on Mozart's violin (with Daniel Müller-Schott and Jonathan Gilad). About the event, she says: "During the first hour I couldn't play anything I wanted, because during the days of Mozart the violins were a lot shorter and I wasn't used to that". 2006: "BBC Music Magazine Awards 2006 Best Newcomer" for the CD Johann Sebastian Bach, Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin (BWV 1001–1006). 2007: The Classic FM Gramophone Awards Artist of the Year. 2007: ECHO Klassik Award for the CD Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto 2009: MIDEM Classical Award as "Instrumentalist of 2008". Private life Fischer is married and has two children. She lives in Gauting, a suburb of her home town of Munich. Discography References External links Julia Fischer's fan club Julia Fischer's homepage Violinist Fischer juggles balance, discipline, article by Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle, 2009 Julia Fischer's site at Universal Music Julia Fischer's site at Pentatone Music Julia Fischer's site at Decca Classics Audio interview of Julia Fischer from May 2006 on the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Musicians site, 7:48 min Article featured in Strings magazine, May 2006, No. 139 „Ich muss nicht sterben, um das zu spielen“ Interview with Julia Fischer from 29 February 2008 Julia Fischer playing Brahms Double Concerto, 33:54 min 1983 births Living people German classical violinists German women academics German classical pianists German women pianists Winners of Eurovision Young Musicians Women classical violinists Carpathian German people German people of Slovak descent 20th-century German musicians 20th-century classical violinists 21st-century German musicians 21st-century classical violinists 21st-century classical pianists Academic staff of the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich 20th-century German women