Event style: contemporary

Rock Me!

This project explores the versatility of the saxophone through a performance of Barry Cockcroft’s “Rock Me” and mixes slap tongues, growls and voicing effects to simulate the sounds and rhythms of a rock concert.

Silence

“Silence” is a video about multi-disciplinary work ; dance, contemporary classical music, improvised music, electronic sounds and video projections.

Soundpainting

Etienne Rolin, a bordelaise composer, will lead a soundpainting session for six saxophones, about 10 string instruments and up to 3 percussionists for an improvisation within the soundpainters commands.

Repeat

Repeat, a piece by the Portuguese Composer Jorge Salgueiro, with the goal to get the World Guinness Record of the biggest saxophone orchestra: 16 saxophonists on the same stage.

Merci Mr Sax !

“Jamais sans mon sax” is a sax band, including the whole family (from sopranino to the bass), gathering students of the music schools of Epinal, Nancy, Thaon-les-Vosges and Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy.

Quatuor Aulnay performance

This quartet of saxophones consists of 4 students from CRD of Aulnay sous-bois. Presentation of an eclectic program putting forward composers Thierry Escaich and Philippe Geiss.

 

The quartet will also propose a aperitive concert at Le Doo’, 16, rue Saint-Hélène, which proposes reductions for delegates !

 

Impression

Solaris Duo performance

Program of Solaris Duo (2009) consisting of the saxophonist Joel Diegert and the pianist Mariam Vardzelashvili and winner of the 2011 Gaudemus Interpreters Competition held in Amsterdam.

Guay-Mendoza performance

Two works : a world premiere for saxophone duo composed by the Canadian Bruce Mather and a trio for two saxophones, piano and electronics by the French Ana Dall’Ara Majek.