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Sabine Grofmeier, who was born in Marl, Germany, studied with Hans-Dietrich Klaus and Frits Hauser in Detmold, Stefan Schilling in Graz, Austria, and Eduard Brunner in Saarbrücken. She received additional artistic tutoring from renowned soloists, including Sabine Meyer, Wolfgang Meyer, Ralph Manno, Ulf Rodenhäuser, Kjell Fageus and Thomas Friedli.

Holder of the Young Artist Award of the GWK in Münster, Sabine Grofmeier held scholarships at the Stiftung Villa Musica of the State of Rheinland-Pfalz, at the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD), the Richard Wagner Society, and the Schwetzinger Festspiele.

As solo clarinetist Sabine Grofmeier performed with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie, Philharmonia of the Nations, and the Orchestra Academy of Bayerischer Rundfunk under the direction of Hans Zender, Justus Frantz, Seymon Bychkov, and Dimitri Kitajenko. Since 2000 she has appeared as solo clarinetist with the Klassische Philharmonie Bonn and the Kölner Kammerorchester. She has also been a regular guest with the Radio-Sinfonieorchester Saar-brücken, the Ensemble Musikfabrik NRW, Gürzenich-Orchester Köln, and Düsseldorfer Philharmoniker.

Sabine Grofmeier has given solo concerto performances in the most prestigious German concert halls, including Laieszhalle Hamburg, Glocke in Bremen, Konzerthaus am Gendarmenmarkt, Berlin, Großer NDR-Sendesaal Hannover, Meister-singerhalle Nuremberg, Beethoven-halle Bonn, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Herkulessaal in Munich. The clarinetist has worked as a soloist, chamber musician, and as a teacher in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Israel, Great Britain, Spain, Sweden, France, Australia. Since 2007 Sabine Grofmeier has been the artistic director of the Festival Musical International Capdepera in Mallorca, Spain.

Homepage: www.sabinegrofmeier.de

Tra Nguyen was born in Hanoi, Vietnam. At the age of ten she made her solo debut in her hometown. Since then she has frequently been guest soloist of the major symphony orchestras in Vietnam. In 1987, she moved to Moscow to receive further training with several distinguished pedagogues, among them Irina Naumova and Lev Naumov. After graduating from the Moscow Conservatoire with top honours, she moved to London to pursue her post graduate studies with Christopher Elton at the Royal Academy of Music. She has also attended master classes with Peter Frankl, Arnaldo Cohen, Hamish Milne, and Alexander Satz.
Tra Nguyen has been awarded many prizes and accolades, including 1st prize of the Amy Brant International Piano Competition and the Walter MacFarren Prize from the Royal Academy of Music. She has given numerous solo recitals, chamber concerts and concerto performances in Vietnam, Russia, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Italy, Spain, the U.S.A., Germany, and the UK.

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