Lauded for her “stirring, singing tone” by Martha’s Vineyard Gazette, Dr. Sophia Szokolay has captivated audiences across Canada, the United States, and Europe. Based in Boston, Sophia balances a busy concert and teaching schedule. Sophia recently earned her Doctorate of Musical Arts at the New England Conservatory, where she serves as Donald Weilerstein’s teaching assistant. 

Equally at home with chamber and orchestral repertoire, Sophia plays with the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra, Delirium Musicum, Palaver Strings, and A Far Cry. Her passion for new music has led her to work with notable living composers and to give many premieres, including Jörg Widmann’s String Quartet No. 7 at the YellowBarn Festival, Sid Richardson’s “Tide Tiding Time”, at Jordan Hall, James Lee III’s third string quartet, “Untranslatable” at the Ravinia Festival, commissioned in honor of Miriam Fried’s 30 years as director of the Steans Institute.

Sophia held Teaching and Community Engagement Fellowships at The Juilliard School where she worked with violin and music theory students at Opportunity Music Project and at Thurgood Marshall Academy Lower School. In 2020, she performed online for ICU Covid-19 patients and their families across the United States with Project: Music Heals Us. She curated an online Music and Movement class for toddlers and led music appreciation workshops at Lenox Hill Women’s Shelter.

Sophia received her Bachelor of Music from the New England Conservatory with a Minor in Music Theory, and her Master’s degree from Juilliard. Her teachers include Catherine Cho, Miriam Fried, and Donald Weilerstein.

Sophia’s passions outside of music include distance running and road cycling. She ran the 2025 Boston Marathon (3:04) and is currently training for the 2025 TCS New York City Marathon.