Sofia Z started violin and piano training at the age of 6 in the Dnepropetrovsk School of Music, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. At the age of 18 Sofia was awarded a government funded scholarship to continue her degree at the National Music Academy of the Ukraine in Kiev. In 2008 Sofia graduated from the Academy with a Masters Degree in Viola Performance, violin/viola teaching, string quartet and chamber ensemble.

Sofia?s teaching technique is a unique blend of the European classical violin schoo...