J U L I A P U R G I N A
composer & performer

JU L I A
P U R G I N A
- 2025: Highlight Nr.1 - Upcoming
"Gap Junctions" new string quartet for Pacific Quartet Vienna
to be premiered at Wien Modern 2025 in Schömer-Haus/Klosterneuburg on Nov. 8th, 4pm
generously supported by Karlheinz und Agnes Essl Privatstiftung
- 2025: Highlight Nr. 2
"ephemeral secrets I" - new piece for airborne extended:
premiered at prism#18 Reaktor Wien on June 21st 2025 and at "Festiwal Muzyki Karola Szymanowskiego" in Zakopane/Poland
Congrats to airborne extended for being awarded with the prestigious Outstanding-Artist-Award 2025
- 2025: Highlight Nr. 3
Nomination for the opera "Miameide" (music: Julia Purgina / text: Kristine Tornquist)
"Best off-production" - Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis
Sirene Operntheater received a nomination for the opera-production "Miameide"
Award Ceremony will take place on September 17th 2025 in Vienna
- 2024: Highlight Nr. 1
appointed as Professor for Composition at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna
- 2024: Highlight Nr. 2
release of my new portrait CD Hydra with Studio Dan on label ROS, featuring Martin Siewert and the world premiere of the piece on Jan. 26th 2024 in MUTH, Vienna (cond. Xizi Wang):
listen to the presentation of the CD on Ö1
- 2024: Highlight Nr. 3
release of the recording of Kaoru Tashiro of my piano piece "musique noire II" on the Belgium label Sub Rosa
"an atmosphere of an almost surreal expressivity between exaltation and pessimism"
Miniportrait Julia Purgina (by Wolfgang Seierl)