Since her American debut with the Seattle Symphony at 17 as winner of the Seattle Young Artists competition, Julie Lowe has performed in Albania, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Spain and the United States and has recorded for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and West German Radio (WDR).
Her performance studies with some of the world’s most renowned musicians include Lee Kum-Sing, Louis Kentner, Guenter Ludwig, Carmen and Hans Graf, Gyorgy Sebok and chamber music with the famed Amadeus Quartet. After receiving her Performance Certificate from the Vancouver Academy of Music/S.K. Lee College, she completed her Bachelor of Music degree (Music Performance) from the University of British Columbia, before moving to Europe to finish her studies in London (England), Cologne (Germany: Musikhochschule Koeln) and Vienna (Austria: Universitaet fuer Musik and Darstellende Kunst Wien). She received her Konzertexamen, Germany’s highest degree in music performance, from the Musikhochschule Koeln.
Upon returning to Vancouver, she has taught as a member of the piano faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music/S.K. Lee College.