Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Canadian cellist Juliana Moroz is increasingly recognized as a rising young artist in North America. Named to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s “30 under 30” in 2021, Juliana is originally from Winnipeg, Canada. After receiving her Bachelor of Music degree from the Robert McDuffie Centre for Strings, she is currently completing her Master’s degree at Rice University, where she studies with Brinton Averil Smith.

Juliana has participated in the Aspen Summer Music Festival, Morningside Music Bridge, Orford Arts Festival, Rome Chamber Music Festival, and was a participant in the inaugural Josef Gingold Chamber Music Festival in Miami, Florida. Most recently, she was a finalist in the Eckhardt-Gramatté Competition and was a Fellow at Toronto Summer Music in 2024. Later this season, Juliana is looking forward to performing with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra on their Masterworks Series. In the fall, she will begin her doctoral studies at Rice University.

An avid chamber musician, Juliana has performed with acclaimed chamber musicians including Amy Schwartz-Moretti, Andrew Wan, Yura Lee, Lawrence Dutton, Angela Cheng, and Orion Weiss. She loves to play with her family as a member of the JAGD Quartet and enjoys baking desserts, especially macarons.