At the age of seventeen Elizabeth Wilson travelled to Moscow, where she studied the cello with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatoire. Seven years later she returned to her native London to pursue a career as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher. With a particular focus on contemporary music, she has worked with numerous prominent composers, including Arvo Pärt, and has had works dedicated to her by Edison Denisov, Alexander Raskatov and Vladimir Tarnopolsky to name just three. A founder member of the Xenia Ensemble, she has lived near Turin for twenty years. As a musicologist, Elizabeth has written about Shostakovich, Rostropovich and Jacqueline du Pré, and she has given talks, masterclasses and seminars around the world.