First Prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2017 (the first year dedicated to cello), Victor Julien-Laferrière continues to be recognized for ​“his ability to breathe a real inner life into every note and his exceptional mastery of the instrument” (Bachtrack). His accolades include the first prize and two special prizes at the 2012 Prague Spring International Competition, and the 2018 Victoire de la Musique in France as Instrumental Soloist of the Year. 

The 2025/26 season sees concerts with first-class orchestras such as Rundfunk-SinfonieorchesterBerlin conducted by Giedrė Šlekytė and Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko, as well as Trondheim Symphony Orchestra with Kirill Karabits, Flanders Symphony Orchestra under Martijn Dendievel, Orquestra Sinfónica do Porto Casa da Música, Ulster Orchestra and BilkentSymphony Orchestra. He continues to consolidate his role in French musical life, appearing with the Orchestre National de Lille under Joshua Weilerstein and Orchestre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine with Lionel Bringuier. The other highlights include major festivals: Radio France’s Présences Festival, Musikfest Parisienne at the Philharmonie de Paris and return to Sol Gabetta’s Solsberg festival. He also features as a conductor in various venues and festivals with the orchestra he founded, Orchestre Consuelo.

Further afield, Victor Julien-Laferrière has performed with renowned orchestras worldwide, including Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Brussels Philharmonic, Belgium National Orchestra, Antwerp Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Chambre Paris, Orchestre National de Lyon, Les Siècles, Orchestre National du Capitolede Toulouse, and with prestigious conductors such as Valery Gergiev, Kristiina Poska, Emmanuel Krivine, Karina Canellakis, Tugan Sokhiev, Mikko Franck, Elim Chan, Maxim Emelyanychev, François-Xavier Roth, Jun Märkl, Philippe Herreweghe, Nathalie Stutzmann, Stéphane Denève, Joshua Weilerstein, Eivind Gullberg Jensen, Gergely Madaras and Ben Glassberg.