Nadia Wilson — clarinet

Nadia Wilson has had wide and varied musical career both in the UK and abroad and is an experienced soloist, orchestral musician and chamber musician. Nadia completed her performance studies at Trinity College of Music in 2005, where she was a finalist in the Wilfred Hambleton clarinet competition. In the same year, Nadia performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Since then, orchestral work has included the Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra, New London Orchestra, the Seychelles International Festival Orchestra, Dartington Festival Orchestra, the Camerata of London, Orchestra of St. Paul’s and the English National Orchestra.

Nadia has performed as a soloist on several occasions, including a performance of Finzi’s Five Bagatelles arranged for clarinet and clarinet choir with the East London Clarinet Choir in September 2007. She performed the same piece previously with strings from the New Orpheus Symphony Orchestra in 2005. In April 2007 she performed Weber’s concerto no.1 in F minor with the St. Bartholomew’s Orchestra. Earlier this year, she performed in the semifinal of the International Tzavta Israeli Music Competition. In August 2008, Nadia stood in as 1st clarinet for acclaimed clarinettist, Alan Hacker, (who was unfortunately indisposed) in a concert of works arranged by him for a concert at Dartington International Summer School.

Nadia loves chamber music and plays the Sakura Trio (clarinet, cello, piano). She has performed many successful recitals in and around London both with these groups and as a clarinet and piano duo at venues such as St. Martin-in-the-Fields and St. James’s, Piccadilly. Nadia also enjoys regularly playing in musicals and shows, doubling on both alto and tenor saxophone. When Nadia is not performing, she works as a woodwind teacher in schools in and around London.