Julia Elomaa

Julia Elomaa (born 2007) began her piano studies at the Turku Conservatory in 2013 under the guidance of Jaana Luuppala. She received her certificate for advanced studies in the spring of 2021 and was accepted into the Youth Piano Academy Finland in the summer of the same year. Her studies have been supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation and the Pro Musica Foundation.

Julia has taken part in masterclasses led by a wide range of internationally acclaimed pianists, including Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, Angela Hewitt, Henri Sigfridsson, Tony Yike Yang, Severin von Eckardstein, and Mackenzie Melemed. In addition to the Youth Piano Academy periods, she has participated in courses organized by the Nurmes Summer Academy, Raudaskylän Soiva Kesä, and Palazzo Ricci.

In the spring of 2025, Julia performed the first movement of Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2 as a soloist with the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra in the Young Soloists Concert. Previously, she has also performed as a soloist with Aura Sinfonia and Camerata Vihti. In the summer of 2024, she took part in the Riihimäki Summer Concerts and the Young Artists of the Festival concert at the Mänttä Music Festival. In addition, she has performed at numerous events across Finland as well as abroad.

Julia has received recognition in several international and national piano competitions. Most recently, she was awarded First Prize in the “Young Artists” category at the Nordic Junior Piano Competition in Sweden (2025), and won Category D of the London International Chopin Competition for Young Pianists in the same year. Her previous accolades include prizes at the Pianoaura Competition in Turku (2016, 2019, and 2023), the Steinway Piano Competition in Helsinki (2016), the Stockholm International Music Competition (2017), the International Tapiola Piano Competition (2019), and the Canada International Youth Piano Festival (2021). In 2023, she was recognized at the Ilmari Hannikainen Chamber Music Competition, followed by wins at the WPTA Finland Piano Competition and the International Debussy Music Competition in 2024. Additionally, she was a prizewinner at the Leevi Madetoja Piano Competition (2025). She was honored as well with a special mention at the Nordic Junior Piano Competition in 2023 for her outstanding interpretation of a contemporary work.