Cohon, Maya

Associate Concertmaster

Maya Cohon joined the San Francisco Opera Orchestra in 2017 as a section second violinist and was then appointed Associate Concertmaster in 2023. 

Maya is from Seattle and grew up in a musical family. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University, where she studied with Almita Vamos. During that time, she performed as a member of the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. She went on to become a member of the New World Symphony in Miami under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas. While a member of the New World Symphony, Maya was a featured soloist in performances of Winter from Vivaldi's Four Seasons and the American premier of Bernard Deutsch's composition, Mad Dog. Maya also performs with the Seattle Symphony, the San Francisco Symphony and the San Francisco Ballet.