Golub Natalia

About

Natalia Golub, also known as Viola, was born in 1990 in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, and began her musical studies at the age of five at the "Sergei Rachmaninoff" Republican Music Lyceum, where she was guided by teachers Dolinskaya and D. Fedoryan. Her family moved to Moscow in 2004, where she attended the Gnessin Music College (2002-2006), then postgraduate studies at the Gnessin State Musical College (2006-2010) under the guidance of E. Stoklickaya and at the P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatory (2010-2012) with Yuri Bashmet. Since 2012, she has continued her training at the Zurich University of the Arts, under professionals Christoph Schiller and Michel Rouilly, graduating with a Master's degree in 2017, with a focus on solo recital and chamber music. As an exceptional violist, Natalia has won numerous international awards, including at competitions in Romania (1998-1999), Luxembourg (2001), and Italy (2014, Fr. Geminiani International Competition), supported by scholarships such as the presidential "Sprossen der Hoffnung" from Moldova (1998), the "Heimkehr" Cultural Fund from Russia (2008), and the Margarita Meister Foundation from Switzerland (2013). She participated in masterclasses with maestros such as M. Kugel, Yuri Bashmet, and D. Schwarzberg, and from 2014 to 2015, she was an intern at the Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich and the Zurich Chamber Orchestra. Her career includes collaborations with Teodor Currentzis's MusicAeterna orchestra, the Estonian Festival Orchestra under Paavo Järvi, and, since 2020, the position of violist at the Berner Symphonieorchester, confirming her status in the Swiss music scene. Although detailed information about Natalia Golub's personal life remains limited in public sources, her journey demonstrates a remarkable dedication to classical music, marked by family moves and successive adaptations in European musical centers such as Moscow and Zurich. Active in international festivals like Musica Mundi in Belgium, she contributes to promoting Moldovan talent on world stages, inspiring through her perseverance in prestigious competitions and orchestras in Switzerland, where she has consolidated her main career.