Winner of BBC Music Magazine's 2018 Newcomer of the Year Award, Julien began learning piano at the age of five and first performed on stage at the Salle Cortot (Paris) at the age of seven. He was taught by Erik Berchot at the Conservatoire National de Région de Marseille and Rena Shereshevskaya at the l'Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot. He was supported by the Zaleski Foundation, Assophie association and the Safran Foundation during his training. He was spotted in January 2013 by Maria João Pires during a course at the Cité de la Musique (Paris) and was subsequently invited by her to develop artistic projects at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel and be one of the founding members of the Partitura Project.

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