Soprano JULIJA VASILJEVA graduated from Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music with a Bachelor's degree under the direction of Professor Anita Garanča and a Master's degree under Professor Lilija Greidāne. She has participated in the JVLMA Opera Studio Figaro productions and has honed her vocal skills with teachers Edda Moser, Renato Bruson, Inga Kalna, Axel Everaert, Margarita Gruzdeva and Māris Skuja.

Vasiljeva has been a soloist at the Latvian National Opera since 2013. Among the roles she has interpreted are Elisabetta in Verdi’s Don Carlo, title role in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, Donna Anna in Mozart’s Don Giovanni, Hanna Glavari ir Lehar’s Die Lustige Witwe, Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata, Clorinda in Rossini’s La Cenerentola, Lelde in Imants Kalniņš’s Spēlēju, dancoju, Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto, Susanna in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, Nella in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Liu in Turandot, Maija in Zigmārs Liepiņš’s Turaidas Roze, Margaret in Gounod’s Faust, etc.

The artist has been nominated for the Grand Music Award 2022 in the category For outstanding performance throughout the year. Julija Vasiljeva has won the third prize at the XVI International Competition Cappuccilli-Patané-Respighi in Italy.