Juliana Pöyry, violin

Juliana Pöyry is a Finnish violinist who began playing the violin as a child in a folk music group before continuing with classical violin studies a few years later. In 2026, she graduated with a master’s degree in music from the Sibelius Academy, University of the Arts Helsinki, where she studied with Prof. Kaija Saarikettu. She also studied at Manhattan School of Music with Prof. Lucie Robert and at the Stauffer Center for Strings in Cremona, where she worked with artists including Viktoria Mullova, Matthew Barley and members of the Ensemble intercontemporain.

Juliana was a member of the Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra in 2025 and 2026 and participated in the Bang on a Can Festival in Massachusetts and Creative Dialogue in Finland. As an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Experimental Orchestra, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, and Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra among other ensembles. She has also performed at Carnegie Hall with Orchestra of St. Luke’s.

She is particularly interested in contemporary music, collective music-making and dialogue with living composers. She has performed premieres of numerous new works in Finland and internationally and is interested in exploring how new music can create spaces for collaboration, experimentation and exchange. She has also collaborated with dancers and visual artists.

Her artistic interests include improvisation, classical repertoire and contemporary music, with a particular focus on the connections between these traditions and on bringing new music to audiences.

Juliana Pöyry is a fellow of the GVL – the German Organisation for the Management of Neighbouring Rights.