Her career has taken her to major music festivals and prominent performance halls all around the world. She has collaborated with Yehudi Menuhin,
Nikita Magaloff,
Igor Oistrakh,
Jean-Pierre Rampal,
Peter Lukas Graf, and many other notable names. As a soloist she has been invited to perform regularly around Europe and South America, and had often performed under the baton of her father. In 1997, Sophia began her tenure as Professor at the International Menuhin Music Academy, and in this time also performed as a regular member of the Camerata Lysy, the virtuosi ensemble of the Academy. In 1998 and 1999 she was a teacher at the Mozarteum’s summer academy in
Salzburg. In 2002 she began teaching at the BJSO Bavarian Music Academy in
Hammelburg, Germany, and around this time began two years of study with
Alfred Lipka in Berlin. Sophia is also an experienced recording artist having made recordings and radio productions with Dinemec, EMS, Naxos BR, Südwest Rundfunk and audite records. As an accomplished orchestral player, Sophia has performed as a regular substitute in the
Berlin Philharmonic and the Deutsche Oper Berlin. In 2003-2004 she held the position of Principal Viola in the
Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestra, and from 2006-2013 she played as Principal Viola with the Duisburger Philharmonic (Deutsche Oper am Rhein.) She is regularly invited as Principal Viola at the Liceu Opera House in Barcelona, Gewandhaus Orchestra amongst others. Since 2018 she is a member of Staatskapelle Berlin. Sophia has been a member of the Hamburger String Sextet, the Reuter Trio and Suoni d’arte ensemble. She currently plays with Trio Lirico and the Tharice Virtuosi where she performs with her musician friends, all former students of the International Menuhin Academy. ==Teaching style==