Ksenia Zhuleva

Ksenia Zhuleva, born in Moscow, started her music education at the age of seven. She graduated with Honors from the Academic Music College (associated with the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory), where she was the recipient of the prestigious E. Bystritskaya International Scholarship for the most promising and outstanding young musicians. She is also the recipient of “The Premiere” Ensemble of Soloists Scholarship.

In 2003, Ksenia entered the Moscow State Conservatory as a student of Prof. A. Bobrovsky, and was accepted as a member of the Russian National Orchestra (RNO) under Mikhail Pletnev. As a member of the RNO over the next seven years, she participated in many recordings on several prestigious recording labels, including Deutsche Grammophon and Pentatone.

Also in 2003, Ksenia was appointed as the violist of the Rusquartet, a professional string quartet under the Tutelage of Dmitry Shebalin (from the Borodin String Quartet). For the next seven years, Ksenia toured with the Rusquartet throughout Russia, Europe and Canada. During that period, the Rusquartet was awarded honorary diplomas and certificates of excellence.

Before graduating with high honors from the Moscow Conservatory in 2008, Ksenia performed in major concert venues in Moscow, such as in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, as well as in Germany, Italy, France, and Canada, both as a soloist and as a member of the Rusquartet. Ksenia has won numerous competitions in Europe, including the International Quartet Competition, held in honor of Shostakovich’s Centenary in Rheinsberg, Germany in 2006, and the prestigious Shostakovich International Quartet Competition in Moscow in 2008.