Valeriya Sholokhova

Valeriya Sholokhova (Musician) was born in Kyiv, Ukraine, is a recent graduate of the Juilliard School, where she was a full-scholarship student of Bonnie Hampton. Ms. Sholokhova began to study the cello at the age of nine.
In 2001, Valeriya’s family immigrated to New York, where she enrolled in the Special Music School for gifted children at the Kaufman Center, studying on a full scholarship. During her school years, she was a laureate in a number of international competitions, including the Liezen International Cello Competition in Austria and the Antonio Janigro Cello Competition for Juniors in Croatia.
She has participated in several summer music festivals, such as The Perlman Music Program, Aspen Music Festival, and the Music Academy of the West. A founding member of the EVI Trio, she has participated at The Juilliard School’s ChamberFest.
In the summer of 2009, she served on the faculty of the SummerTrios Music Festival in Chambersbourg, Pennsylvania. In December 2009, she participated in the chamber music program at the prestigious New York String Orchestra Seminar. Ms. Sholokhova plays on a cello loaned to her by the Carlsen Cello Foundation.

Shows participated in:
Slash Wednesday (2012 - 13) Musicians