Sol Ochoa

Violinist Sol Ochoa studied at the National Conservatory of Music of Peru with Laszlo Benedek in her hometown Lima. She attended the Interlochen Arts Camp, where she received a Fine Arts Award, and she was granted fellowships in music festivals such as the Internationale Junge Orchesterakademie’s Easter Festival, in Bayern, Germany, the Winter Festival of Campos do Jordão, in São Paulo, Brazil, and the Orchestra of the Americas. She was also a fellow of the Orchestra of the Americas’ OAcademy 2021 program.

She graduated from the Lynn Conservatory of Music, where she studied with violinist and conductor Guillermo Figueroa, with distinctions (summa cum laude), and has been a recipient of the Shirlee’s Violin and the Boca West Scholarships.

Sol has certificates in Suzuki philosophy, early childhood music education and violin pedagogy. She has worked at the Lynn Conservatory Preparatory School of Music from 2018 to 2020. She has served as mentor for the Samuel Vargas International Music Foundation, the Volta Music Foundation, and the Nat King Cole Generation Hope Music Foundation.