Julia Muzychenko is a rising star in both the opera and concert worlds. She recently won 5th Prize at the Viñas Competition in Barcelona, 1st Prize at the Clermont Ferrand Competition, 2nd Prize at the Monserrat Caballe Competition, 2nd Prize at the Golden Willows Competition in Vienna, 2nd Prize at the Marmande Opera Competition and 2nd Prize at the Virgilijus Noreika Competition.

She has also won: the Meistersinger von Nürnberg Competition (1st place), Voci Verdiane in Busseto, Opera de Tenerife (1st place), Crescendo International Music at Carnegie Hall (1st place), Sergei Rachmaninov (1st place) and the Aslico Competition.

Recent and future engagements include: the debut in the role of Swan Princess (The Tale of Tsar Saltan) at the Opéra national du Rhin; Violetta (La Traviata) at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and at the Marmande Festival; Norina (Don Pasquale) in Rovereto; a concert with the Prague Orchestra at the Cartagena Festival in Colombia and a concert with the Stuttgarter Philharmoniker at the Heidenheim Festival.

Recent successes include: Gilda (Rigoletto) and Nannetta (Falstaff) at the National Opera of Montpellier; the title role in Lakme at the Festival Les Nuit Lyriques de Marmande; Oksana (The Night Before Christmas Eve) at the Oper Frankfurt, which was recorded and distributed on DVD by Naxos, and was awarded Production of the Year by the International Opera Awards. She also sang Amina (La Sonnambula) at the Opera Vichy, Opera Limoges, Opera de Clermont Ferrand, Opera d'Avignon, Opera-Theatre de Metz Metropole and the Opera de Reims.

Julia was a member of the Junges Ensemble of the Semperoper Dresden, where she sang roles such as Musetta (La Boheme), Olympia (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), Sandmännchen/ Taumännchen (Hänsel und Gretel) and Papagena (Die Zauberflöte).

On stage, she sang in a solo recital at the Shostakovich Hall in St. Petersburg and participated as soloist in the Advent concert at the Frauenkirche in Dresden (broadcast by ZDF). She was also selected as soloist at the famous Semper Opernball 2020.

She also performed in the role of Violetta Valery (La Traviata) at the Verdi Festival in Busseto, at the Teatro Comunale in Bolzano and at the Opera de Tenerife. She also sang Norina (Don Pasquale) at the Opera National de Montepellier; Rosalinde (Die Fledermaus) at the Hermitage Theatre in St Petersburg.

In 2015, she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre as Cinderella in The True Story of Cinderella, a modern opera by composer Tarnopolsky.

Julia Muzychenko completed her training as a member of the Bolshoi Theatre's Young Artist program and the Houston Grand Opera's Vocal Academy. She holds a master's degree in vocal interpretation from the St. Petersburg Conservatory and the Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.

April 2024