Born into a musical family, Iris Zhulla was enchanted by the violin, first as a player and later as a maker. Her father, also a luthier, passed on his passion for violin and bow making to her at a young age. Iris received her diploma in violin making from Antonio Stradivari School of Violinmaking in 2012 (Cremona, Italy) and worked as a restoration specialist at the workshop of Martino Ius in Milan until 2014. There she discovered her passion for bow making, and continued her studies under her father’s tutelage as well as further developed her craft at the workshop of Daniel Navea Vera in Cremona.

Her musical training and close collaboration with professional musicians have led her to a deeper understand of their needs. Today, she works alongside her father at the family workshop in Thessaloniki, Greece, where she enjoys both restoration of fine instruments as well as creating new instruments and bows.