Since 1997 she has been the leader of the viola group of the Kremerata Baltica orchestra (artistic leader Gidon Kremer).

EDUCATION:
Soloist‘s diploma at The Academy of Music Hanns Eisler Berlin (Germany) (Prof. Tabea Zimmermann‘s viola class) in 2002−2005; soloist‘s diploma at the City of Basel Music Academy (Switzerland, Prof. H. Beyerle‘s viola class) in 1999−2002; BA diploma at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre
(Prof. P. Radzevičius‘s viola class) in 1994−1998; M. K. Čiurlionis Art Gymnasium, B. Vasiliauskaitė Šmitienė and I. Armonaitė‘s violin class in 1981−1994.

LAUREATE AT COMPETITIONS:
Primrose International Viola Competition in Chicago;
Competition of Music by W. A. Mozart in Vilnius, Lithuania;
Young Performers Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania;
Award for the best opus of the week, Die tz-Rose fur die Woche, Munich, 2001, Sonata for Viola and Orchestra op.147 by D. Shostakovich.

SOLOIST:
With Moscow Soloists, artistic leader Yuri Bashmet, Moscow P. I. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire Hall: Brandenburg Concerto by J. S. Bach;
With the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, conductor S. Sondeckis: Sonata for Viola and Orchestra by N. Paganini;
With Kremerata Baltica: in Vienna Konzerthaus, Musikverein, Salzburg Mozarteum – Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, with G. Kremer, London Royal Albert Hall − A. Part’s Tabula Rasa for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, New York Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Suntory Hall.
With Boston Symphony Orchestra: Boston Symphony Hall, conductor M. Venzago − Concert for Violin, Viola and Orchestra by B. Britten;
With London Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Kurt Sanderling, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, BBC Proms Hall.
With Radio Philharmonic Orchestra Niederland, Concertgebouw Hall, Amsterdam;
With Kanazawa Symphony Orchestra, Japan: Concert for Violin, Viola and Orchestra by B. Britten.
With Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, conductor H. Schiff, Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante, Winterthur, Switzerland.

PARTICIPANT OF CHAMBER ENSEMBLES:
With Y. Bashmet, D. Geringas, G. Kremer, O. Maisenberg, B. Pergamenshikov, Th. Demenga, I. van Keulen, Sharon Kam, S. Gabetta, T. Grindenko, Christine Schaefer, Christine Oelze, H. Holliger, N. Znaider, R. Chapucon, B. Skride, Keller Quartett, Royal Quartett and Shymanovsky Quartett.
Ūla Ulijona has also been a constant member of the Gidon Kremer Ensemble Kremerata Musica giving concerts all over the world; she has recorded CDs: Maria de Buenos Aires (Teldec Records Studio), Tracing Astor, After Mozart (Nonsuch, Grammy prize 2002), Mozart‘s quartets with Michala Petri (Our Recordings), a DVD with Kremerata Batica and Gidon Kremer from a concert at Salzburg Mozarteum.

FESTIVALS:
Lockenhaus, Kronberg, Ansbach, Verbier, Basel Les Museiques, Gstaad, Aspen and Elba.

MEMBER OF ORCHESTRAS:
Torino (Italy) RAI National Orchestra, leader of the viola group, Jeunesses Musicales World Orchestra, European Community Youth Orchestra, Philharmonie der Nationen, Cameristi della Scala, La Scala Philharmonic (Milan).

CONDUCTORS:
Justus Frantz, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Gustavo Dudamel, Yuri Temirkanov, Sir Simon Rattle, Kent Nagano, Mario Venzago, Christoph Eschenbach, Andrei Boreiko and Kurt Sanderling.

Since 2008 Ula Ulijona is a violist of the Petersen Quartet (Berlin).
Ula Ulijona has been playing with a viola made by the Italian master M. Goffriller (1722, Venice).

“…die hochmusikalische Bratschistin Ula Ulijona-mit berueckend schoenem Ton, kraftvollem, und doch zartem Ausdruck und hinreissender Eleganz”.

Wien, Kronenzeitung

„Ula Ulijona-mit gluehender Intensitaet, vollkommener Klarheit und gelassener Ruhe..“

Graz, Kleine Zeitung

„The briliant lithuanian viola player, romantic, rhapsodic approach...“

London, The Guardian

“…Tale intensita e stata potenziata dal fraseggio discorsivo fra Kremer e la violista lituana Ula Ulijona, pregno di raffinata, poetica misura, capace di far cogliere tutte le piu sottili qualita del linguaggio mozartiano…”

Trieste, Gazettino