Sophie Holma, born 1999 in Aarau (Switzerland), grew up in a family of musicians and began piano lessons with her pianist parents at the age of five. She later studied with Oliver Schnyder and Tomas Dratva before completing her bachelor’s degree with Prof. Adrian Oetiker at the University of Music and Performing Arts Munich. Since 2023 she has been pursuing her master’s degree under Prof. Jan Jiracek von Arnim at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and since September 2025 she has also been studying with Prof. Ragna Schirmer at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).

Sophie is a first prize winner at the Swiss Youth Music Competition. As a soloist and chamber musician, she regularly performs in numerous European countries and has appeared at renowned festivals such as the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and the Schiermonnikoog Festival. She has received important artistic guidance through masterclasses with Kirill Gerstein, Leif Ove Andsnes, Lilya Zilberstein, Claudio Martinez Mehner, Homero Francesch, Matthias Kirschnereit, Avedis Kouyoumdjian and Antti Siirala. In 2016 she was one of four selected participants for a masterclass with Lang Lang at the Menuhin Festival Gstaad.

A central focus of her artistic work lies in chamber music and art song interpretation. She has gained valuable insights from Dirk Mommertz (Fauré Quartet), Raphaël Merlin (Quatuor Ébène), Silke Avenhaus, Christian Gerhaher and Ian Bostridge.