Sophie Mok
Conductor
Sophie Mok is currently the Assistant Conductor of the Frost Symphony Orchestra. Described as "the most supple and prepared for the spontaneous happening", Mok won the 2nd prize at the International Conductor’s Competition at the 2019 Deutsches Musikfest. In 2022, she was selected to participate in Le Domain Forget Conducting Academy to work with maestro Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and a finalist chosen among 300 candidates in maestro Riccardo Muti’s Italian Opera Academy with the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini.
Mok has conducted the Orchestre Métropolitain, the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, the Berlin Sinfonietta, the Orquesta de Cámara del Municipal de Santiago, the Eastern Festival Orchestra, the New Symphony Orchestra, and the Romanian Youth Symphony Orchestra, among others. She has worked with acclaimed conductors like Mikko Franck, Colin Metters, Larry Rachleff, Donald Schleicher, Alejandra Urrutia, José-Luis Novo, and more.
Originally from Hong Kong, Mok is pursuing her Artist Diploma in Conducting at the University of Miami under the tutelage of Gerard Schwarz. She received a master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). Previously, Mok earned a bachelor's degree in Music from the Hong Kong Baptist University, and a master's degree in Oboe Performance from the University of Colorado at Boulder.