Sofiya moved to the United States in August 2015 and started to take piano lessons just six months later here at The Ridgewood Conservatory with our senior instructor, pianist Ron Levy. Soon thereafter, she placed third in her first piano competition in the U.S., the American Protege International Piano and Strings Competition. In the 2018-2019 season, Sofiya has won First Prize in the Crescendo International Music Competition, the Brussels Grand Prize “Virtuoso” International Music Competition and the International Music Competition Venice “Grand Prize Virtuoso.”