Ukrainian-American cellist Valeriya Sholokhova is an in-demand soloist and chamber musician based in New York City. She has performed on renowned stages such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, David Geffen Hall, The Kennedy Center, the Metropolitan Museum, and Saturday Night Live. Valeriya has toured extensively across Europe, with performances in Denmark, Austria, Croatia, Poland, the Baltic States, Sweden, Germany, and Ukraine. In 2022, she co-founded Trio Fadolin, an ensemble exploring the unique sound of the six-string fadolin. The trio has since received Chamber Music America’s Ensemble Forward Grant and recorded an album of newly commissioned works.

Valeriya is a laureate of several international competitions, including the Liezen International Cello Competition and the Antonio Janigro Competition. She has served as principal cellist at notable festival orchestras such as Spoleto Festival USA, Orchestra of the Americas, the Perlman Music Program, Music Academy of the West, and Thy Music Festival in Denmark. Currently, she holds principal cello positions with The New Orchestra of Washington, The Refugee Orchestra Project, The Washington Heights Chamber Orchestra, and is on the Lincoln Center Stage roster. In 2021, Valeriya performed the U.S. premiere of Peteris Vasks’ Cello Concerto No. 2 in Boston, alongside members of the Boston Philharmonic.

Born in Kyiv, Ukraine, Valeriya graduated from The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, where she studied on full scholarship with Bonnie Hampton and David Geber. She also pursued studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music under Professor Morten Zeuthen. In addition to her performing career, Valeriya is dedicated to community outreach, regularly performing through Sing for Hope at hospitals, nursing homes, and correctional facilities.