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BIO

​Sought after as a collaborative performer, pianist Sophia Munoz concertizes regularly with Emily D’Angelo, Cameron Shahbazi, and Hera Hyesang Park. A collaborator on Emily D'Angelo's most recently released album -- Freezing -- she can also be found on Deutsche Grammophon's DG Stage platform with Jonathan Tetelman. Sophia also accompanied the 2021 Deutsche Grammophon’s Yellowlounge celebrating International Women’s Day with Nadine Sierra, Hera Hyesang Park, and Bomsori Kim, and was featured on a Hope@Home broadcast on ARTE (2020). A graduate of the Lindemann Young Artist Program at the Metropolitan Opera (2016), she is currently a member of the music staff at the Dallas Opera, and a faculty member of the Opera Academy of the National Opera in Warsaw, Poland. Past seasons include Assistant Conductor at the Metropolitan Opera for L’Italiana in Algieri (2016) under James Levine, and as a member of the music staff at the Komische Oper Berlin from 2017-2022, she assisted in the musical preparation of operas such as Enescu’s Oedipe (2021), Shostakovich’s Die Nase (2018, 2021), and Henze’s The Bassarids under Vladimir Jurowski (2019). She is also a frequent guest artist at the LacMus Festival in Tremezzina, Lago di Como. In addition, Sophia has performed in concert with artists including Anna Pirozzi, Christiane Karg, Ambrosio Maestri, René Barbera, Rihab Chaieb, Jakub Józef Orliński, Ewa Płonka, Betty Garces, and Szymon Komasa. She was staff pianist at the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie (2017, 2016, 2015, 2013), and staff pianist at Eppaner Liedsommer (2016). Sophia received her MM (2014) and BM (2012) from Mannes College the New School for Music where she studied with Cristina Stanescu and Vlad Iftinca, who continued the training she received from her formative teacher, Jura Margulis. She speaks English, German, French, Italian, and is studying Polish.

REVIEWS

"Pianist Sophia Muñoz is an outstanding partner throughout the recital, and she brings particular expressivity to two songs from Arnold Schoenberg’s Op. 2, written in lavish pre-twelve tone style. Zemlinsky’s Straussian “Turmwächterlied” serves as centerpiece to the program, showcasing Muñoz’s gorgeous pianistic colors and D’Angelo’s luscious chest voice, dramatic pacing and technical command. Waves of religious ardor pour over the listener at the third verse, “Herr, nun kommen sie alle” (Lord, now they all come), and both artists ride the massive phrases with superb command."

Judith Malafronte for Opera News

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