Yulia Berry's Biography

Yulia Berry has earned Masters Degrees in both Flute Performance and Flute Instruction from The Saint-Petersburg State Conservatory, Russia and Bachelors Degrees in both Flute Performance and Flute Instruction with Honors from The Mussorgsky State School of Music (Saint-Petersburg, Russia).

Among her mentors are Olga S. Chernyadeva, Professor and Honored Artist of Russia, Irina P. Pimenova, Honored Artist of Russia and Vasily Viland, soloist of The Maryinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra.
She has attended/participated in numerous festivals and master classes, including Aurele Nicolet (Switzerland) master classes.

Yulia Berry's performances in diverse venues and festivals have included Saint-Petersburg State Academic Capella, the Glazunov Concert Hall, The Glinka Philharmonic Chamber Hall, The Sheremetev Palace,The Beloselsky-Belozersky Palace (the former home of the  Russian Emperors), The Mansion of Princess Vera F. Gagarina (the House of Composers), The Rimsky-Korsakov Museum, The House of Kochneva, The Palace of Grand Prince Vladimir Romanov (The House of Scientists), The Polovtsev Mansion (The House of Architects), The Smolny Cathedral Concert Hall, SKIF - 4, 5, 6 Festivals (Saint-Petersburg), "Folk-Marathon-2001" (Petrozavodsk, Russia), «Faces Ethnofestival» (2001, Finland), The Central House of Artists (Moscow), numerous openings and other events.

She extensively toured Russia and Finland with The Vermicelli Orchestra from 1999 to 2002 and appeared with The Vermicelli Orchestra in live performances on TV and Radio.

She has done recording studio work for Russian classical and pop singers.

Yulia Berry has 20 years of continuous teaching experience. Her students have been award winners at various music competitions and won placements in the New England Conservatory's Massachusetts Youth Wind Ensemble and Baroque Ensemble, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra (BYSO), Junior and Senior Districts, All-State Festival, and the Longy School's Ensembles and Orchestras. 

TESTIMONIALS

  • I am a new student with Yulia  and she is simply fantastic. I have many years of saxophone experience and I know music. It is clear to me that she is an exceptional teacher and it will be anyone's good fortune to study with her. For anyone at any level she is a rare gem of a teacher with both the passion and the skill for what she does.  

    -Jim W, Quincy, MA

  • Yulia is truly the best flute teacher that I have ever had the pleasure to study with. She knows an incredible amount about flute instruction and technique. Her explanations of flute playing are detailed and easy to comprehend. I have grown more in the two years she has been my teacher than the five other years I have played.

    -Sylvia B, Needham, MA


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