Sophia Werner studies at The Juilliard School with Laurie Smukler as a proud recipient of a Kovner Fellow. In 2024, she won the Juilliard Concerto Competition and appeared as soloist with the Juilliard Orchestra. She has also performed with Juilliard’s AXIOM ensemble, the Adelphi Orchestra, Cayuga Chamber Orchestra, and the Orchestra of the Southern Finger Lakes. In 2023, she received the Bach Prize at the Stulberg International String Competition, and the previous year, won the Adelphi Young Artist Competition.
An avid chamber musician, Sophia has attended The Perlman Music Program and Kneisel Hall, and made her New York City debut at Alice Tully Hall with her piano trio. She has collaborated with members of the Brentano and Mendelssohn quartets, and participated in masterclasses with members of the Juilliard, Shanghai and Brentano quartets; Hilary Hahn; and Donald Weilerstein.
She performs on an 1864 J.B. Vuillaume violin and a James Tubbs bow, both on loan from Juilliard.
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