Julie Gebhart

• QUALIFICATIONS
• From 2017 to 2021: Artist Diploma, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel
• 2015-2017: International Opera Academy in Ghent (IOA)
• 2013: “Diplôme de 6ème Exécution” Ecole Normale de Musique A. Cortot, Paris (equivalence=master)
• 2012: Bachelor diploma (piano), Maastricht Conservatory,The Netherlands
• 2011: First prize (advanced singing course), city of Valenciennes
• INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIONS
• Prize of the public, Young soloists of the French Public Medias
• Second prize, International Classical Music Competition Flame (Paris)
• First prize, International Competition Lied Cobelli, Brescia, Italy
• Scholarship Award, Braine l’Alleud competition, Belgium
• ROLES
• Role of L’Amour, Orphée et Euridyce Gluck/Berlioz Opéra Royal de Wallonie-LiègeArtistic director: Guy Van Waas Stage Director: Aurélien Bory
• Role of Cendrillon, Pauline Viardot Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège Artistic director: Véronique Tollet Stage Director: Barbara Palumbo
• Roles of Pamina and Papagena in a children version of Die Zauberflöte, Mozart Big Luxemburg City Theater, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Artistic director: Ana Seara Stage director: Heather Fairbairn
• Roles of Eleonora in Prima la musica e poi le parole, Salieri Minard, Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel Artistic director: Hein Boterberg Stage director: Yan David Schmitz
• Role of Euridice in Orpheus, Telemann Bozar, Hetpaleis Antwerp, Minard, CCHA Hasselt Artistic director: Korneel Bernolet, Stage director: Guy Joosten
• Role of a Zwaantje in Zwanemans, original creation of Jonas Van Den Bossche, inspired by Lohengrin Opera of Ghent, Hetpaleis Artistic director: Michiel Delanghe Stage director: Guy Joosten
• Role of Suzanne, Act II, Nozze di Figaro, Mozart. Concert with orchestra. Salle St Nicolas, Valenciennes Conductor: Nicolas Bucher
• SOLOIST WITH ORCHESTRA OR RECITALS
• Carmina Burana from Carl Orff with the Brussels Choral Society and L’Ensemble orchestral de Bruxelles Conductor: Eric Delson Palais des Beaux-Arts (BOZAR, Brussels)
• Fauré’s Requiem with Les Métamorphoses orchestra and the Octopus Symphonic Choir Conductor: Raphaël Feye Flagey studio 4 (Brussels)
• 2nd Symphony of Mendelssohn (soprano solo) with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra & Brussels Choral Society Conductor: David Navarro Tures Palais des Beaux Arts (BOZAR, Brussels)
• 4th Symphony of Mahler (soprano solo) with the Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra Conductor: David Navarro Tures Big Conservatory Hall (Brussels)
• Mozart duets with the Royal Opera Wallonie-Liège orchestra Conductor: Giampaolo Misanti Flagey studio 4 (Brussels)
• Peace Cantata Composer: Qoutayba Neaimi Boulez Hall Berlin & Arsonic Mons
• Composition for mouths Composer/Designer: Oliver Beer Royal Festival Hall Stage London
• Bach Cantatas with the Orchestra of Minimes Conductor: Jacques Vanherenthals St-Jacques-sur-Coudenberg Church
• Recital “Enrique Granados” Eté Mosan festival, Namur Province
• Exsultate Jubilate (Mozart) with Orchestra Conductor: Jacques Vanherenthals Minimes festival, Brussels
• Lunch concerts Koninklijke Vlaamse Opera
• Soloist with orchestra, IOA Alden Biesen castle
• French creation of four melodies Composer: Jean-Louis Mansard / Organiser: Nicolas Bacri Cantus Formus, Paris
• First part of a concert shared with the pianist Denis Matsuev UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
• Soloist with a chamber orchestra Amphitheater of Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
• Recital with the pianist Pablo Matias Becerra Amphitheater of Catamarca, Argentina
• Pieces by German composers Nancyphonies festival, Nancy, France
• Recitals with Vladimir Chernov Hofburg Concert hall of Vienna & Vitré festival

Growing up in a musical family, Julie was introduced to music early on. At the age of 17, she received lessons in singing technique and interpretation from Daniel Ottevaere at the Ecole Normale Alfred Cortot in Paris, followed by tutelage under Olga Toporkova to further perfect her talent. 

From 2015 to 2017, Julie was a member of the International Opera Academy of Gent, where she was given the opportunity to perform the roles of Eleonora (in Salieri’s Prima la musica e poi le parole) and Eurydice (in Telemann’s Orpheus) in theaters such as the Bozar in Brussels, Hetpaleis in Antwerp, and the Minard in Gent. During the 2016-2017 season, she played Zwaantje in Guy Joosten’s Zwanemans in Hetpaleis in Antwerp and at the Flemish Opera in Gent. 

From 2017 to 2021 Julie has been artist-in-residence under the direction of José van Dam at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel. There she was offered the role of Pamina in the “Magic Flute” opera by Mozart with performances in Belgium and in the Grand Théâtre of Luxembourg.

In October 2018, she performed the role of Cinderella in Pauline Viardot’s opera at the Royal Opera of Wallonia. Julie’s collaboration with the Royal opera of Wallonia continued in October 2019 since she interpreted The Love in the Opera Orphee and Euridyce (Gluck/Berlioz) 

Julie has performed in numerous prestigious concert halls, including Flagey, Bozar (Brussels), the Royal Festival Hall Stage (London), the Grand Auditorium of Unesco, Salle Cortot (Paris), the Catamarca Amphitheatre (Argentina), the Appeldoorn Amphitheatre (The Netherlands), the Hofburg concert hall (Vienna) etc… 

After being nominated by Radio Musiq’3 as Belgian representative in the competition “Jeunes solistes des médias publics francophones”, she received the public prize. Prior to that she won the 2nd prize in the international Flame Competition in Paris and the 1st prize in the international Cobelli Lieder competition in Italy, together with her partner, the pianist Pablo Matías Becerra.

More recently Julie started working closely with the Belgian composer of Iraqi origin Qoutayba Neaimi. She was deeply involved in the creation of several compositions including his cantata which was produced in Salle Boulez (Berlin) and Arsonic (Mons). Their collaboration will continue with concerts in Egypt, Abu Dhabi and Lebanon.