Press Reviews
The violinist from Augsburg greeted her audience in Wittelsbach Castle and also spoke of her love for the north ... And so, Sophie Heinrich and pianist Paul Rivinius opened the classical concerts at the Friedberg Advent... This duo on stage understands each other without eye contact, without audible effort, with the same pulse, which both can feel ... In small echo games, Sophie Heinrich and Paul Rivinius then show once again in the finale how perfectly they complement each other, in the gentle as in the wild
Veronika Lintner, Augsburger Allgemeine, 01.12.2025, This is what Nordic Christmas sounds like
When I prepare for a concert, I always read letters or stories of the composers and which phase of their life they were in when they composed the piece. I am very interested in this. I think this dimension, the humans behind their compositions, is one of the most interesting.”
the rise of a violinist in vienna, fall release 2025, the verbose magazine
The violinist Sophie Heinrich and Maria Radutu, her partner on the piano, put together an interesting, instructive but also thoroughly entertaining program. Throughout the evening, it was fascinating to observe how flexibly the two musicians were able to empathize with the very different musical worlds of the composers and always hit the right note."
Michael Löbl, Magazine for Culture and Society, 11.08.2025, All About Eve
... The highlight was the symphonic suite from 'Princess Mononoke' with Katharina Melnikova and violinist Sophie Heinrich.
orf.at, 31.03.2023, about a concert of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Joe Hisaishi
At the concertmaster's desk, Sophie Heinrich impressed with moving solo passages. The music was played with heart.
Susanne Zobl, KURIER, 08.06.2021, about a concert by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Adam Fischer
Shani appeared in this special (Covid) concert as a conductor, but also as a confident pianist: Together with Sophie Heinrich, first concertmaster of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and first solo cellist Christoph Stradner, Shani performed Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Trio No. 1 "Trio Élégiaque". Musical enthusiasm and noblesse, brilliant expressiveness and technical perfection, internalization and poetry - the piano trio offered the enthusiastic audience an exciting musical experience.
FK, Kronen Zeitung, 11.07.2020, about a concert of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Lahav Shani
Not only does the composer bring everything the orchestral apparatus has to offer to his only slightly tongue-in-cheek self-stylization as a musical genius. Above all, the extended solo violin passages also offer the new 1st concertmaster Sophie Heinrich a broad stage to shine - which the German makes charming use of.
APA / NÖN, 11.10.2020, about "Ein Heldenleben" by Richard Strauss, performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Andrés Orozco-Estrada
Finally, special applause for concertmaster Sophie Heinrich: her violin solos are so bursting with agility, liveliness and inner tension that one would like to speak of a 'heroine's life'.
Christoph Irrgeher, Wiener Zeitung, 11.10.2020, on "Ein Heldenleben" by Richard Strauss, performed by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Andrés Orozco-Estrada
From the very first stroke, Sophie Heinrich showed what her violin playing is all about: dynamic tone paintingwith a warm play of sound colors and precise ductus. But - and this is the art - always with the culture of the inventor in mind. If you would like to know more about Brahms' character, which is rather feared by some violinists, Heinrich's interpretation shows how it is done to perfection
Every note played with love, Augsburger Allgemeine, 01.12.2019
... an impressive Straussian 'Zarathustra'. This is due to the excellent solo performances, above all by concertmaster Sophie Heinrich, ...
Andreas Pernpeintner, SZ, 22.03.2017, about a concert by the Bavarian State Orchestra under Cornelius Meister