Maya Cohon is a chamber and orchestral musician based in San Francisco. She has been a member of the San Francisco Opera orchestra since 2017, and began her new position as Associate Concertmaster in the 2023/24 season. She also performs regularly with the San Francisco Symphony, San Francisco Ballet, and Seattle Symphony. Maya grew up in Seattle in a family of musicians, and cultivated her love for chamber music from an early age, playing quartets with her sister, cousins, aunts and uncles. 

Maya earned her Bachelor’s of Music from Northwestern University while studying with Almita Vamos, and went on to play with the New World Symphony in Miami before moving to San Francisco. She enjoys performing music that spans a range of musical and narrative styles, from the world premiere ofThe Wind Will Blow Us Awayby San Francisco composer Sahba Aminikia, toBlack Angelsby George Crumb, to original jazz compositions by SF Opera cellist, Peter Myers.