Julia Kociuban was born in Kraków in 1992. She started her piano education at the age of 5. In years 1998-2006 she was tutored in piano playing by Olga Łazarska. Since 2007 she is the student of Prof. Piotr Paleczny and since 2010 she studies in his class at the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw. Julia is a multiple Grand Prix prize-winner, laureate of first places and special prizes in many national and international piano competitions: 9th Milosz Magin International Piano Competition (Paris, 2005), 3rd International Chopin Competition for Children (Jelenia Góra, 2005), 4th International Competition for Young Pianists “A step towards mastery” (St. Petersburg, 2007) and in the National Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition (Warsaw, 2008). In 2011 Julia won the Jury Award of the cycle presenting young pianists “Les Jeudis du Piano” organized by the Arts Society of Geneva and the 3rd prize in the 3rd European Piano Competition in Ouistreham/Caen (France). Moreover, she is a laureate of various prestigious scholarship (i. a. Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.) She worked with many outstanding pedagogues such as W. Mierżanow, M. Voskresensky, I. Monighetti, G. Wyss, J. Soriano, A. Jasiński, K. Popowa-Zydroń, J. Rouvier, T. Ungar, K. Helwig, D. Kim, E. Wong, O. Maisenberg and M. Raekallio. She has given concerts in Poland, France, Germany, Russia, Kuwait, Estonia, Canada, Austria, Switzerland, Belarus, Ukraine and in Lithuania. In April 2009 she was on a 3 week concert tour in the USA. She was invited to play during many festivals (30th and 31st International Piano Festival La Roque d'Antheron, Young Euro Classic Piano Festival in Berlin in 2011, 14th Ludwig van Beethoven Ester Festival in Warsaw and 64th International Chopin Festival in Duszniki Zdrój, etc.). She performed many times as a soloist with accompaniment of Philharmonic Orchestras of Kraków, St. Petersburg, Lower Silesia, Silesia, Podlasie Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra as well as with Sinfonietta Cracovia, NOSPR, Dawid Ojstrach Festival Orchestra in Parnu, Chamber Orchestra of Tallinn, Orchestra Lamoreux, the Beethoven Academy Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra of Przemyśl, Silesian Chamber Orchestra and Fryderyk Chopin University Symphony Orchestra in Warsaw, under such conductors as: J. Salwarowski, M. Nałęcz-Niesiołowski, M. Dworzyński, N. Krauze, Ł. Borowicz, R. Bader, M. Tworek, N. Järvi, E. Klas, M. Nesterowicz, M. Caldi, P. Przytocki and J. Swoboda. She also gives concerts with her brothers in “Family trio” and DUOKociuban. Julia Kociuban is represented by the Ludwig van Beethoven Association.