SOFIA – Support Of Female Improvising Artists
Music Business Workshops
26 to 30 May 2026
Come to Zurich and Bern for the 7th edition of SOFIA!
Are you looking for support in the music business? Are you a female jazz musician and would like to play concerts? The seventh SOFIA Music Business Workshops will take place in Zurich and Bern from 26 to 30 May 2026. Female musicians from Switzerland, Taiwan, France, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, and Germany will take part. You too have the opportunity to be there as a listener.
SOFIA stands up for women in jazz. Every two years, intensive workshops on music business are held in Zurich. Networking, jamming, playing concerts and learning a lot about the business.
The selected participants in 2026 are:
– Patricija Škof (voice), SI/CH
– Elise Ganguillet (voice), CH
– Linda Scharnagl (saxophone), DE/CH
– Gloria Ryter (trombone), CH
– Lea Gasser (accordion), CH
– Clélya Abraham (piano), FR
– Ping-En Hung (bass), TW/NL
– Lucyann Ceballos (bass) PR/CH
The founder and director of SOFIA is the jazz musician Nicole Johänntgen.
