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11411 N. Michigan Road
Zionsville, IN 46077
1955
Sophia
2017
Sophia Gorlin
February 14, 1955 — December 16, 2017
Sophia Gorlin, age 62, of Indianapolis, passed away on December 16, 2017 after a short illness.
Sophia was born in Odessa, Ukraine on February 14, 1955, to her mother, a medical doctor, Alla Guno and father, an electrical engineer, Isaac Rapoport.
From early childhood Sophia demonstrated a great talent for music. After graduating from the famous Stolyarsky Music School for Gifted Children, she completed her studies at the Odessa Nezhdanova Conservatory of Music, receiving a double-major in Music Theory and Music Performance. In 1979 Sophia took a position as a music theory teacher at the same Stolyarsky Music School from which she had graduated. There she worked for 14 years, until she and her family emigrated from the Ukraine to the United States (specifically Indianapolis, Indiana) in 1993.
After arriving in Indianapolis, Sophia studied computer skills and office technologies at the local IVY Tech State College, then worked as a Word Processor for 9 years at an accounting company called Umbaugh & Associates.
Throughout those years, Sophia dreamed of returning to her musical calling, and in 2004 she started her own piano home studio. She based her teaching methods on the Russian School of Piano Playing, highly valued in the musical pedagogy world.
She taught her students to play piano and, what's equally important, to understand the music they were playing; to learn about the composers, music styles, and history behind the music. Sophia was passionate about helping her students acquire not only high-level technical piano playing skills, which helped them win multiple awards and student piano competitions, but to become musically and intellectually well-rounded individuals, appreciating culture and its highest achievements. Her students loved her and kept in touch even after finishing their course of studies or moving to other locations in the U.S. or abroad.
Based on her decades of teaching experience, Sophia created and published a 10-volume music theory textbook series, Music Theory for Young Musicians in the Style of Russian School of Piano Playing. This illustrated collection of books is targeted to pre-college students of all levels, ranging from young child to adult. The book has been published and is available on Amazon.com.
Besides her dedication to music, one of Sophia's strongest passions was travel. She and her husband Boris made every effort to visit her favorite destinations worldwide. Besides many destinations in the U.S., Sophia visited Australia, Israel, and in the last few years, Western Europe, including most of the notable tourist destinations in France, Germany, Italy, England, and Austria. Her last trip, together with Boris, during the summer of 2017, was a River Cruise on the Danube River. She rejoiced when visiting beautiful places like Vienna, Salzburg, Budapest, Munich, and Prague.
Sophia was a loving and devoted daughter, wife, mother, teacher, and friend. She will be greatly missed and fondly remembered. She is survived by her beloved husband Boris and her devoted daughter, Gena.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 19, 2017,2:30 PM, at Aaron-Ruben-Nelson Mortuary, 11411 N. Michigan Road, Zionsville, IN 46077.
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