- Artist of the Year 2001 (Australian World Music Awards)
- World Music Artist of the Year 2002 (Australian LIVE Music Awards)
- Album of the year 2000 for Aloukie (Australian World Music Awards)
- World Music Album of the Year 2003 nomination for elusive (Australian Record Industry Awards, ARIA)
- Best Album 2005 for The Waltz of Emptiness (National Film and Sound Archive Award)
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4,5 stars - Rolling Stone, Germany

4 stars - "Stylish Russian singing backed by Antipodean brilliance. What strikes you immediately is not just the confident purity of Zulya's voice, but the quality of writing and arranging", James Walton, Songlines, UK 4 stars

"Her band is exquisite.. but it's [zulya's] rich, emotive vocals that shine. Her shimmering high register and swooping pitch-perfect lower range flutters and skips from to song to song with ease...It's an incredibly sophisticated and brilliant instrument", Dan Rule, The Age

"The Tatars have their legendary war prowess to thank for much of their honourable place in the world's history books. I never knew they made such beautiful music as well" De Volkskrant 2003

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Award-winning Zulya Kamalova is the leading proponent of Tatar music in Australia as well as one of the most versatile and accomplished vocalists on the world music scene today. A native of Volga River region of Central Russia, Zulya began performing Russian and Tatar songs at the age of 9. Later she studied music and languages at university level. Inspired by the diversity of cultures, Zulya made a dramatic decision to settle in Australia in 1991 and began to not only share her indigenous music, but master the musical and linguistic riches of the multitude of cultures living side by side in Australia. Zulya's first release in Australia "Journey of Voice" received accolades for its versatility, passion and the achingly beautiful tone of her voice.

In the following years, Australian audiences have been able to witness the continuing rise of this unique musical treasure. Zulya's second album, Aloukie (meaning a soulful song, that invokes memories of home) was awarded the World Music Album of the Year 2000 at the Australian World Music Awards and features traditional and original songs in her distinctive Tatar style. Zulay's work has been repeatedly featured on radio and television to high acclaim, and she was also awarded "Female artist of the year" at the World Music Awards for 2001.

Zulya also conducted numerous workshops in Tatar and Russian singing for festival goers and choirs so that others may experientially share her musical inheritance. She has performed with Slava Grigoryan, 'Sirocco', Kavisha Mazzella and Valanga Khoza among others. Zulya continues to dazzle audiences with her multi-cultural proficiency and passion for music and song and during the last few years has performed at most major venues and festivals in Australia including Sydney Opera House - Festival of Asian Music and Dance, The Basement, The Boite Winter Festival, National Folk Festival (ACT), "10 Days on the Island" Arts festival, Woodford Folk Festival (Qld), 'Women in Voice" (Qld), Brunswick Music Festival (Vic), Femmes Funk 99 (New Caledonia), Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music (Qld), Apollo Bay Music Festival (Vic), Fairbridge Festival (WA), Songs of the Wind Festival (NSW), Kulcha (WA), Musician in Residence Program, Aboriginal communities (N.T) and many others.
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Jaslyn Hall in the ABC Limelight
"The title of this "Waltz of Emptiness"-CD almost makes my review redundant as it aptly describes the 14 songs on the album. But I'm content to talk about the artist and try to find words to describe a voice that is simultaneously innocent and dramatic.

Zulya Kamalova is from Tatarstan, central Russia, and began performing Russian and Tatar songs at the age of 9. Kamalova settled in Tasmania in 1991 and since then has released three albums. elusive (2002) was nominated for ARIA World Music Album if the Year. She could easily wear the badge of global citizen - her repertoire ranging from Russian lullabies to Brazilian bossa nova and South African jazz.

Her albums feature traditional and original songs, but often with innovative arrangements for an eclectic mix of instruments like kora, oud, tabla, ghatam, bouzouki and kalimba. The Waltz of Emptiness, her forth album, takes a more likely route, with her new band capturing the spirit and whimsy of Russian folk. ... Not being a singer I have no idea how difficult it is to sing in Russian, but Kamalova's notes fall like pearls, twirling and spinning lightly on songs about love and yearning, belonging and leaving. It's a fascinating album from an adventurous soul."