
Julia Katarina is an English German mezzo-soprano, oud player & cellist who taught music for nearly 4 years in Palestine. She taught singing, both Western classical repertoire & Arabic song, cello & music theory & sang in church concerts. Previously she co-founded & toured with a chamber opera company in Britain, singing the title role in a staged production of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Eurydice. Julia has completed 3 opera courses, including a Diploma at Birkbeck College, University of London. Recently, she has been playing Persian, Arabic & African music & accompanying herself & other singers on oud and cello. She plays & sings at arts & charity events, Sufi dhikrs & concerts for refugees, alternating between instruments, cultures & repertoires. Julia completed an MSc in Applied Music Psychology at Roehampton University, where she gave many recitals & performed a title role in their first opera production. In January she started Music with Refugees, giving concerts for refugee communities.