Category: Artists

Roman Widaszek is a Polish clarinetist who graduated with distinction from the Music Academy in Katowice in the class of Professor Kierski. He continued developing his artistry through masterclasses with Guy Deplus, and Michel Arrignon. Roman is the laureate of the 2nd Prize at the Polish Clarinet Festival in Piotrków Trybunalski (1995) and the 3rd Prize…

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…

Vasko Dukovski – SCV LIGATURES Artist Vasko Dukovski is a Macedonian clarinet virtuoso and composer based in Shanghai, China. A Distinguished Clarinet Professor at the Nanjing University of Arts, Dukovski has previously taught at the Juilliard School Global Initiative Program and MAP – Music Advancement Program, USDAN Summer Camp for the Arts and Aaron Copland…

The clarinetist, Pablo Barragán is recognised for his refined sound paired with a high skill of craftsmanship, stage charisma and boundless curiosity for the programming of his performances. Pablo trained at the Seville Conservatory with Antonio Salguero and with Matthias Glander at the Fundación Barenboim-Said in Seville. He is the winner of the Prix Crédit…

Saxophonist Dr. Dave Camwell has received wide acclaim for his technique, expression and performance in classical and jazz styles. He was a featured soloist in both styles in evening concerts at the 2012 and 2023 North American Saxophone Alliance biennial conferences. Recently, he has collaborated extensively with Czech saxophonist Kateřina Pavlíková on a series of…

Paweł Kroczek – musician – clarinetist, soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and teacher. Currently, he works as an assistant professor at the Academy of Music in Poznań, where he obtained a PhD in art in 2016. In 2011 he graduated with honours from the Ignacy Jan Paderewski Academy of Music in Poznań in the clarinet…

Born in 1968, Giuseppe F. Corpina began studying clarinet at the age of seven in Echternach (Luxembourg). When he went back to Italy he entered the Conservatory of Messina in 1982 where he kept studying under the tuition of Giuseppe Balbi – Principal Clarinet at Teatro Massimo in Palermo. In 1990 he obtained his degree…

Joel Cardoso is a member of the City Light Orchestra (resident at the KKL Lucerne) and regularly collaborates with the Orchestra della Svizzera italiana (OSI), Luzerner Sinfonieorchester and the Argovia Philharmonic. Joel is the winner of more than two dozen international competitions and prizes in countries such as Portugal, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Romania, Thailand, Poland…

Dr. Dawid Głowacki – Polish clarinetist, graduate of the Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music in Gdańsk. He graduated with distinction from his masters degree in 2016, in the class of dr hab. Grzegorz Wieczorek. In September 2021, he obtained his doctoral degree. Since 2024, he has been a clarinetist and bass clarinetist at the Polish…

Mattia Cacciavillani – Musician: Saxophonist and Orchestra Director. Mattia Cacciavillani began his musical studies at the age of 10 in the “Domenico Ceccarossi” musical comprehensive school in Orsogna, and then continued them at the “MI-BE” Artistic, Musical and Dance High School in Pescara and subsequently in the “Luisa D’Annunzio” State Conservatory of Music in Pescara,…