Press

  • “Julian Rachlin played as if it were a matter of life and death – supremely intense, yet strikingly clear and grounded.”
    Het Parool, 2025
  • “Rachlin shone with a shimmering, weightless final solo that seemed to dissolve into silence.”
    Kronen Zeitung, 2025
  • “This was a profoundly moving tribute: delivered with utmost precision and spiritual depth, with Rachlin on top form.”
    Die Presse, 2025
  • “The closing evening of this year’s festival highlighted the exceptional talent and captivating presence of Julian Rachlin. The audience passionately celebrated the star conductor and violinist.”
    Luzerner Zeitung, 2025
  • “In the first half of the concert, Julian Rachlin served as both conductor and soloist. As a violinist, he infused Mendelssohn’s beloved Violin Concerto with a rarely heard breeziness and buoyancy. Whereas many colleagues exploit this piece as a showcase for their violin prowess, Rachlin chose instead an approach defined by charm. Applying precise control and an appropriately spirited touch, he gave this typically weighty concerto a fresh, lean interpretation. Rachlin playfully moved through all registers, demonstrating technical brilliance without ever descending into mere showmanship.”
    Luzerner Zeitung, 2025
  • "This was an extraordinary evening from Julian Rachlin, the London Philharmonic, and Klaus Mäkelä. Rachlin delivered a knockout concerto. His deliberate, careful phrasing at the very beginning set the tone for a performance in which nothing was thrown away, not even in the most frenzied episodes. In the long lines of the final movement Rachlin’s violin continued to sing out even as the orchestral sound swelled behind him; by the end he seemed unvanquishable."
    The Guardian, 2023