Mariya Borozina

Mariya Borozina has been a member of San Francisco Ballet Orchestra since 2004 and the San Francisco Opera Orchestra since 2007. Born in Moscow, she studied at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music and the Moscow Conservatory before earning a postgraduate degree from the Manhattan School of Music, where she studied with Glenn Dicterow, Lisa Kim, Yoko Takebe, and Albert Markov.

Borozina has performed with the Verbier Festival Orchestra, where she served as concertmaster, as well as the Lucerne Festival Academy, the Attergau Institute, and other international festivals. An avid chamber musician, she has appeared with several local ensembles, including Eos Ensemble and Farallon Quintet. She performs regularly in chamber music series such as MOTH and the San Francisco Noontime Concert Series and is concertmaster and a soloist with the Russian Chamber Orchestra. She also appears with the San Francisco Academy Orchestra and the Midsummer Music Festival and regularly performs as a substitute member of the San Francisco Symphony.

As an educator, Borozina coaches chamber groups and orchestras and performs in outreach programs. She teaches privately and is frequently invited to judge local competitions. She is on the faculty of the Golden State Youth Orchestra and serves as conductor of the Galbraith Honor Strings. Mariya resides in Millbrae with her husband and their two children.