Biography

Sofia Devutskaya was born in 1998 in Voronezh. She began studying violin at age five at the Voronezh Music College under Tatyana Timoshenko, Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation.

In 2014 she entered the Central Music School at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory, studying under Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Mikhail Gotsdiner.

She graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 2021, and in 2023 completed her postgraduate studies under Honored Artist of Russia, Professor Alexei Koshvanets.

Awards & Competitions

2025

I Prize

International Competition for String Instrument Performers named after N. Shkolnikova

France, Flocellière

2022

III Prize

IV All-Russian Music Competition, Violin

Kazan

2020

III Prize

International Violin Competition dedicated to the 90th anniversary of E. D. Grach

Moscow

2019

I Prize

III All-Russian Violin Competition named after N. Goldenberg

Saratov

2019

IV Prize

II International Violin Competition named after G. Bacewicz

Poland, Łódź

2017

II Prize

I International Competition for Young Performers named after R. Gumpert

Kazan

2016

III Prize

X International Youth Competition named after E. A. Mravinsky

Saint Petersburg

2015

III Prize

VII Demidov International Violin Competition

Yekaterinburg

Orchestras

Soloist performances with the State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Tatarstan, Voronezh Philharmonic Orchestra, Saratov Symphony Orchestra, the festival orchestra of the Shkolnikova Summer Academy (France), and others.

Masterclasses

Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Roman Kim, Liana Gurdzhiya, Vladimir Ivanov, Alexander Vinnitsky, Maxim Fedotov, and others.