Sogol Aliabadi is a violist whose musical journey began in her hometown of Santa Monica, CA. Though she began her undergraduate studies as a pre-med bio major at UC Davis due to cultural pressures to become a doctor, her love for music never wavered. After three years of dedicated study in the sciences, she fully changed gears by following her passion for music and hasn’t looked back since then. She graduated from UC Davis with a bachelor’s in Viola Performance. She was honored to receive the Outstanding Senior Award in Music from the university – an award granted to only one graduating senior from each major.

After graduating, Sogol spent seven months in Europe playing in the Royal Academic Orchestra, Nya Kammarorkestern, and Baroque Conspiracy orchestras in Sweden followed by acceptance into the Prague Summer Nights Music Festival in the Czech Republic. She holds a Masters degree in Viola Performance from the University of California, Santa Barbara where she was chosen to be the viola fellow for the Young Artist String Quartet.

Sogol has served as violist of the California Young Artist Symphony and Civic Orchestra of Los Angeles since their inaugural seasons. She has also been a violist in the American Youth Symphony, San Luis Obispo Symphony, Santa Barbara Chamber Players, and a guest principal viola of the Camellia Symphony. She has also performed in masterclasses for the Danish String Quartet, Alexander String Quartet, Tamas Varga, Joseph Spacek, Andres Cardenez, and Robert Levine. Sogol’s principal teachers include Benjamin Ullery, Alex Granger, Jonathan Moerschel, Josephine Moerschel, Ellen Rose, and Dana Griskevicius.

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