Sophia Gorlin was born in Odessa, Ukraine, where, at the age of six, she began studying piano at the renowned Stolyarsky School of Music, a preparatory school for gifted children.In high school, Sophia double majored in piano performance and music theory, for which she received her high school diploma with merit. Sophia continued her music studies at the Odessa State Conservatory by Nezhdanova (now the Odessa State Nezhdanova Musical Academy), double-majoring in piano performance, pedagogy and music theory and graduating with honors, in fact, she was offered a teaching position at the Stolyars...