Nadia Sofokleous Hamoudi
plays on the RZ/magoo Solo hybrid
Nadia Sofokleus (Hamoudi) was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and started to play the clarinet with 13. She lived in Germany, in the Black Forest District, where she was teaching and playing, and was head of the Woodwind department of the Musikakademie Villingen-Schwenningen, Lecturer at the University in Trossingen and Second Chairwomen of the Sinfonieorchester Villingen-Schwenningen. Recently she moved to Cyprus where she is now playing in the Cyprus Symphony Orchestra. She is the Vice President of the European Clarinet Association (e.V. registered in Germany). She is a Chedeville artist and plays on the Chedeville Kanter Opera model (https://chedeville.com/). Nadia Sofokleos is an RZ Clarinets artist, plays on the high-end model RZ Solo Magoo clarinet(https://www.
Her clarinet education started in the High School of Arts in Oradea, class of Rodica Malita and Gheorghe Calinescu. From 1996, she studied at the Music University "Ciprian Porumbescu" in Bucharest, in the class of Prof. Valeriu Barbuceanu. After that, in 2002, she continues her artistic training at the University of Music in Trossingen, in the class of Prof. Chen Halevi. From 2005 to2007, she studied with Prof. Francois Benda at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. She attended Masterclasses with the English clarinetist Antony Pay and with Prof. Charles Neidich, from New York. Nadia received the scholarships "Emma Contestabile" and "Diploma di Merito" of the "Accademia Chigiana" Siena, a scholarship of the "Apáczai" Foundation, special scholarship “Excellence of the Music” University of Bucharest.
She won competitions and prizes in many national competitions in Romania, some of the prizes being First Prize and Grand Prize at the national competition "Young Talents", Romania and several other prizes at the Music Olympiad in Romania, Second Prize at the international competition "Jeunesses Musicales" (1996), Third Prize at the international competition "Saverio Mercadante”(2004). In 2020 she was awarded an advancement prize: “Kulturpreis Schwarzwald Baar” for excellent pedagogical work.
Nadia was the founder of the Woodwind Quintet of the Music Academy VS (2011) and the Klarisma Ensemble (2008). She played in festivals like “Kreuzgangskonzerte Alpirsbach”, “Lange Schwenninger Kulturnacht” "Faszination Klarinette" Berlin, “George Enescu” Festival in Bucharest, Chamber Music Festival Brasov, New Music Festival Bucharest, 11th ECA Clarinet Congress in Krakow, 12th Clarinet Congress in Tilburg, 13th Clarinet Congress in Salerno, the ClarinetFest in Denver, Dublin, Fort Worth-Texas. Her next engagements will take her to Korea, China and Croatia in the Summer of 2026.
Nadia performed as a soloist with the Air force Academy Band, Corda Cracovia Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra Villingen Schwenningen, Chamber Orchestra of the Romanian Radio Bucharest, Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra, Romania, Orchestra Filarmonica di Benevento, Italy, Asian Symphonic Band, Texas, Banda Artistica de Bunol, Spain and the University Orchestras in Trossingen and Lugano.
Her orchestra experience begins in 1998 as a solo clarinetist in the Giurgiu Symphony Orchestra until 1999. Nadia was from 1999 to 2002 deputy solo clarinetist in the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra in Bucharest.
In 2005 she got internship at the "Junge Oper" of the State Opera Stuttgart.
She continued playing in the orchestra after 2005, in the Villingen-Schwenningen Symphony Orchestra as a solo clarinetist (and since 2020 second chairwomen).
She collaborated with the Philharmonic Orchestra Banatul in Timisoara, Romania and Cyprus Symphonic Orchestra, Nicosia.
Nadia has given masterclasses in University Bucharest (2023), Clarinet Days in Hungary, in Miskolc and Budapest (2023); in Krakow at the 11th, Tilburg at the 12th and in Salerno at 13th ECA Clarinet Congress (2022, 2023, 2024), University of Oradea (2018), ClarinetFest in Dublin (2024), Clarinet Festival Waldshut Tiengen (2019, 2024, 2026).
Between 2005-2026 Nadia Sofokleous was clarinet, chamber music, and ensemble teacher and since 2007 head of the woodwind department at the Music Academy Villingen-Schwenningen.
Nadia Sofoklous is since 2023 a serving member of the Committee for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access of the International Clarinet Association and Vice President of the European Clarinet association (both honorary offices).
Between 2007-2026 she lead a series of family concerts and school concerts with the Musikakademie woodwind quintet and Klarisma Ensemble. Between 2023-2026 she was mentoring the Baby-Concerts in Villingen Schwenningen.
Between 2017-2026 Nadia was a culture guide at "Kumfi" (The Culture Kangaroo), a culture mediation project of the Office for Culture VS in all elementary schools in Villingen-Schweeningen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Here some videos of her performing as soloist:
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Nadia plays on the RZ/magoo Solo hybrid
