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FR“Indian Hedgehog” (world premiere), by S.A. Taylor, belongs to a series of pieces that aspire to sonify DNA. It is modeled on the protein Indian Hedgehog, which plays a role in fetal developpement.
Event style: contemporary
r/evolution for solo tenor saxophone
This world premiere piece for solo tenor saxophone by Fitzell and Davis will explore various timbral and textural possibilities. This piece is influenced by electroacoustic sounds.
Urban Influx and Attractions – Improvisation, theatre, rhythm and texture for saxophone quartet
Proteus Quartet will perform two virtuosic pieces, both diverse, by composers who have developed their own compositional language and are well known in the saxophone world : R.Lemay and D.Levaillant.
DRAX: Saxophone/Percussion Duo Recital
This innovative duet, mixing percussions and saxophone, will perform “Glacier” by Masson, an Icelandic composer and the new play of José Martinez Rubiano from Colombia for his world premiere.
Salaya Saxophone Ensemble performance
Salaya Saxophone Ensemble is formed by students of the Mahidol University’s college of
Music in Thailand. We can feel in the music the influence of Southeast asian culture.
Hox/Revolve
Hox, for saxophone quartet, belongs to a series of Stephen Andrew Taylor’s recent works. These pieces attempt a new approach : the musical representation of extra-musical phenomena such as genetics. Inspired by the revolving movement of ballerinas, Revolve consists of repetitive fast-paced sections that explore wide ranges of saxophone register with different techniques.
Walking on the Ceiling
The young american saxophonist Connor Mikula will perform the premiere of a new commission by Dr. David Biedenbender for soprano saxophone and piano, “Walking on the Ceiling”, made of three movements.
Solo Fantasias
New pieces for tenor saxophone put into dialogue with movements from Telemann’s famous Fantasias for solo flute, performed by tenor saxophone specialist Niels Bijl.
Zahir V
The Quatuor du Bout du Monde, composed of four members of different nationalities, proposes to advocate the work of Simone Movio, by playing his piece Zahir V, an important and demanding piece.
CUARTETO DE SAXOFONES ZIRYÂB – Four for Flamenco (performance)
FOUR FOR FLAMENCO, and especially the composer Manuel Ureña, want to create a contemporary collage of different flamenco styles using all the extended techniques of the saxophone quartet.