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My three-year doctoral journey
At the moment of writing this post, my graduation was almost 3 months ago and I am officially a Doctor of Music in Performance. It has been a really long journey, even though one can say it was “only” three years, as I did the doctorate full-time as opposed to part-time, which can take up…
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Her Voice: Celebrating women composers and their inspirations, June 2025 (Malta)
The recital presented a programme that intertwined music by Amy Beach and Valborg Aulin with works by Franz Schubert/Liszt and Fryderyk Chopin. At the heart of the concert were the compositions of Beach and Aulin, whose piano writing and performance challenges formed the focus of Julia’s doctoral research. Their works were performed in Malta for…
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University of Malta Research Expo 2024
In May 2024, during the University of Malta Research Expo 2024, I presented a poster about the analysis of the musical piece from the performers’ perspective based on Amy Beach’s Ballade in D flat major op. 6.
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Academic Research
During my DMus studies I am conducting research on women composers from the late 19th century, namely USA-born Amy Beach and Swedish Valborg Aulin. It explores the unique piano styles and performance challenges in four pieces by two women composers from the late-Romantic era. Both were accomplished pianists and composers, living on opposite sides of…
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June Blossoms, 2023 (Malta)
Four women musicians joined forces to present the Maltese public a concert of Romantic classical music with a difference. The music that was presented included the songs of two women composers: the American Amy Beach and the Swede Valborg Aulin, also a contemporary of Beach. The songs were performed by renowned soprano Andriana Yordanova with…
