About
Classical pianist Sophia Lin has performed throughout the United States in recitals and concerts since the age of five. With a repertoire encompassing solo and chamber works in such composers as Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Debussy, and Prokofiev, Sophia has appeared in solo and duo recitals at Northwestern University (Illinois) and Peabody Conservatory (Maryland). She was a featured soloist with the El Camino Youth Symphony and the Saratoga Symphony Orchestra (California), and has performed in concerts and master classes in a number of music festivals including the Music@Menlo Chamber Music Festival (California), the Edward Auer Piano Workshop (Indiana), and the Adamant Music School (Vermont).
An award-winning performer, Sophia has received top prizes in piano competitions. She won first prizes in both the Thera Rabinowitch Piano Competition as well as the Marilyn Mindell Piano Competition. She was also a two-times United States Open Music Competition gold medalist in concerto and showcase solo categories, and a three-times alternate winner in the Music Teachers' Association of California Solo and Concerto Competitions.
Sophia began her piano studies at the age of five with Anna Semyanovsky. She attended Northwestern University and studied piano with Sylvia Wang, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance as well as a minor in Economics in June 2020. She went on to receive her master’s degree and Graduate Performance Diploma in Piano Performance at Peabody Conservatory under the guidance of Steven Spooner. She has appeared in master classes with artists such as Richard Goode, Wu Han, Christopher Elton, and Yoshikazu Nagai, and has received private instruction from artists such as Jerome Lowenthal, Edward Auer, Alan Chow, and Logan Skelton. Sophia joined the University of Miami for her DMA in Keyboard Performance in Fall 2023 and is studying with Santiago Rodriguez.
In addition to performing, Sophia has been teaching piano since 2012. She received piano pedagogy instruction from Marcia Bosits at Northwestern University and ran a piano studio at the Baltimore School of Music while at Peabody Conservatory. Sophia is currently a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Frost School of Music where she teaches undergraduate students.
