Julia Willeitner is a freelance musician specializing in early music and Latin American folk music. Her artistic work is characterized by curiosity, openness, and a desire to foster a vibrant dialogue between musical traditions across time and cultures.

In 2021, she founded the Bergfried Kultur Festival in Passau, a space for encounter, exchange, and collaborative artistic practice. The venue was awarded the State Prize for Creative Spaces in 2024 and exemplifies her vision of not only presenting culture but also shaping it collectively.

Her driving force is to create spaces where cultural practitioners can meet as equals, share ideas, develop new perspectives, and bring sustainable projects to life through collective processes.