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FROgni Suono proposes to premiere two newly commissioned works for saxophone duo, written by the New York-based composer Ryan Carter, and the Malaysian composer Hong-Da Chin.
Event style: contemporary
TROICA – trio
A concert of original music for alto saxophone, trumpet, and piano.
Composer Portrait, J. Charney
American composer Jason Charney will play “Foreign Masonry” for baritone saxophone and live electronics, as well as a world premiere of his new work for solo soprano saxophone and live electronics.
Silent Sound – Improvised Soundtracks to Silent Film
Willing to explore the relationship between silent film and free improvisation, the saxophonists will accompany silent movies such as ‘Le Voyage dans la Lune’ and ‘High Sign’.
Student-Collective 13-Piece Sax Orchestra & drums
KUG-SAX-SIPPIA, a student-collective 13-piece Sax Orchestra, founded by Gerald Preinfalk, offers a work especially composed for the ensemble mixing classical, contemporary and jazzy influences.
BEHEMOTH – european premiere
BEHEMOTH by Roshanne Etezady is one of the more significant works to be written for baritone saxophone in the last five years and presents the instrument as a truly virtuosic instrument.
World Premieres by M. Shrude & Kurt Issacson
The Assembly Quartet has commissioned two new works especially for SaxOpen: a work by Guggenheim Fellow Marilyn Shrude, and one by award-winning BMI Student Composer Kurt Isaacson.
Shimmer
Working with four leading Australian composers – Timothy Tate, Thomas Green, Chris Healey, and Andrew Ball – Emma Di Marco presents exciting, eccentric, and eclectic works written especially for her.
The Strasbourg Project
The Tenor Saxophone Collective will be giving their ensemble debut at SaxOpen. It consists of twelve established tenor saxophonists, who will play music by composers from within the ensemble.
Vanguard music by contemporary composers – ensemble
Proyecto Hélade is an ensemble whose objective is to interpret the vanguard music and the evolution of the saxophone repertoire through a direct collaboration with contemporary composers.