Ksenia Zhuleva
Violas

Ksenia Kotlyarevskaya is a violist of the Russian National Orchestra, as well as the Moscow-based Rusquartet. In addition to her extensive orchestral and chamber ensemble experience, she frequently performs as a soloist in Europe and North America.
In addition to graduating with high honors from the Moscow State Conservatory, she received an Artist Diploma in Viola Performance from the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas-Austin, where she studied for two years under Professor Roger Myers. Her advanced studies have included a period at Yale University under Professor Ettore Causa.
Born in Moscow, Ms. Zhuleva began her music education at the age of seven. She graduated with honors from the Academic Music College associated with the Moscow Conservatory. While at the College she received the prestigious Bystritskaya International Scholarship awarded to "the most promising and outstanding young musicians" and the Premiere Ensemble of Soloists Scholarship. In 2003, Ms. Zhuleva entered the Moscow State Conservatory as a student of Professor Alexander Bobrovsky. In the same year, she joined the Russian National Orchestra (RNO) under Maestro Mikhail Pletnev. As a member of the RNO, she has participated in numerous recordings on prestigious recording labels, such as Deutsche Grammophon and Pentatone.
Also in 2003, while still a student, Ms. Zhuleva was appointed violist of Rusquartet, a professional string quartet led by Dmitry Shebalin of the Borodin String Quartet. With Rusquartet she toured throughout Russia, Europe and Canada. During that period, Rusquartet was awarded a number of honorary diplomas and certificates of excellence.
Ms. Zhuleva is the winner of the 2006 Rheinsberg, Germany International Quartet Competition held in honor of Shostakovich's 100th anniversary and in 2008 the prestigious Shostakovich International Quartet Competition in Moscow. From 2010 to 2012 she was Artist Fellow in Residence of the Classical Artists Development Foundation of the Butler School of Music at UT-Austin.
Performances with the RNO
January 2020
30 Thu
Philharmonia 2, Rachmaninov Concert Hall
Moscow
Russia
Location

Program
Concert of RNO Soloists and Chamber Ensembles
- Handel
- Suite in D Major (arrangement for trumpet and string quartet)
- Handel/Halvorsen
- Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
- Saint-Saens
- Winter Serenade (arranged for three trombones and tuba)
- Brahms
- Andante and Scherzo, Allegro from Trio for Piano, Violin and French Horn, op. 40
- Marinaro
- “Mirror” (for percussion)
- Piazzolla
- "Fracanapa"
- Kiselev & Belousov
- Old-fashioned tango-sketch, "Greetings from Astor"
- Massimo Diego Pujol
- “San Telmo” from Suite Buenos Aires
- Muchinski
- Fantasy Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano
- Andrey Rubtsov
- Four Bagatelles for a wind quartet (Parade, Waltz in imitation of Khachaturian, Little Pastoral, Allegretto Giocoso)
Guest Artists:
Vladislav Lavrik, Trumpet
Lina Vartanova, Violin
Alexei Sobolev, Violin
Ksenia Zhuleva, Violas
Vsevolod Guzov, Cello
Olga Irkhina, Violin
Ivan Irkhin, Trombone
Sergei Koryavichev, Trombone
Ilya Savostyanov, Trombone
Dmitry Anakovsky, Tuba
Vitaly Nazarov, Oboe
Alexey Serov, French Horn
Ilia Melikhov, Percussion
Vitaly Martyanov, Percussion
Maxim Rubtsov, Flute
Dmitry Andreyev, Guitar
Dmitry Aizenshtadt, Clarinet
Ekaterina Aizenshtadt, Piano
Andrey Snegirev, Bassoon