Nadia Sofokleous (Hamoudi) was born in Romania and started playing the clarinet at the age of 13. After just three years she won several national competitions and the international competition Jeunesses Musicales Bucharest.
More prizes and scholarships followed, like the Emma Contestabile Prize of the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and second prize at the international competition “Saverio Mercadante” in Italy. In 2020 she received the advancement award Kulturpreis Schwarzwald-Baar for her excellent pedagogical work.
After studying at the University of Music Bucharest, she continued her studies in Germany and Switzerland. Great mentors like Antony Pay (GB), François Benda (CH), Chen Halevi (FR) and Charles Neidich (USA) left their mark on her interpretation style. As soloist she performed repeatedly with orchestras like Corda Cracovia Orchestra, Radio Chamber Orchestra Bucharest, Oradea Philharmonic Orchestra, and Sinfonieorchester Villingen-Schwenningen. She played recitals and chamber music concerts across all of Europe. She also performed in prestigious festivals like the 11th Clarinet Congress (Cracow), Kreuzgangskonzerte Alpirsbach, Faszination Klarinette (Berlin), Chamber Music Festival Brasov, and the George Enescu Festival (Bucharest). Nadia Sofokleous was a solo clarinet player of the Romanian Radio Chamber Orchestra in Bucharest and collaborated with the National Radio Orchestra Bucharest, as well as the Junge Oper Stuttgart and Sinfonieorchester Villingen-Schwenningen. She is the leader of the woodwind section at the Musikakademie Villingen-Schwenningen, where she fulfills one of her biggest passions: teaching clarinet. Since 2021 she has been a guest lecturer at the University of Music Trossingen. Nadia regularly gives masterclasses in Germany and Romania and is also the founder of the Woodwind Quintett of Musikakademie Villingen-Schwenningen and the Klarisma Ensemble, performing chamber music from duo to septet. Nadia Sofokleous is an RZ Artist and an SCV Artist. She currently plays the RZ Magoo “Solo” clarinet with a Licostini Mouthpiece, SCV Tonus Mundi Ligature and Gonzales GD reeds. You can listen to some of her recordings here: 🎧 YouTube Channel 🎵 Selected Performance