Viola player Evdokia (Dunia) Ershova has a distinguished career performing and teaching across Europe. In 2024, Dunia became Section Principal Viola with Welsh National Opera Orchestra in Cardiff. She has toured with the Aurora Orchestra and began collaborating with the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama. Since 2018 she was Principal Viola of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra in Denmark, and taught at the Danish Conservatory of Music in Aarhus. Dunia held the position of Principal Viola of the Málaga Philharmonic 1999 to 2018, and founded the Andalusian Viola Society and the Málaga Viola Ensemble. Dunia was also a faculty member at the prestigious Reina Sofía School of Music in Madrid for five years. Dunia’ studied with Paul Silverthorne at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, during that time participated in the London Symphony Orchestra’s prestigious String Experience Scheme in 1999.
Outside of her professional life, Dunia finds joy in wine tastings, cooking, and spending time with her dearest friends across the world, cherishing these connections and shared moments.