Jean-Yves Fourmeau, Nicolas Prost, Kenneth Tse and other surprise guests will feature in this exclusive Yamaha event for the 2015 World Saxophone Congress. Make sure you don’t miss out.
Event style: crossover
Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse
From Honegger to jazz, passing through Piazzola, the OSM present a varied program with world premiers and renowned soloists.
Conducted by Victorien Vanoosten.
Concert organized in partnership with the Région Alsace.
EURO SAX 100
100 young saxophonists coming from everywhere around Europe, will perform creations of Franck Tortiller, Mark Phillips and Tomas Gubitsch. They will have the privilege of performing next to some of the biggest saxophonists like Bonacina, the quatuor Emphasis and Baptiste Herbin.
Voyage(s)
In quintet or quartet, embark on a joyous musical journey of different music styles with saxophonists of these two outstanding ensembles coming from Europe and North and South America.
Crossover jazz special concert with Spok Frevo Orchestra & International guests
Exceptionnal concert from Jean-François Zygel, classical improvisation to World music with Mieko Miyazaki Koto, ending with a pace of the brazilian band Spok Frevo Orchestra accompanying the great jazzmen present during SaxOpen; Jerry Bergonzi, Jean-Charles Richard, Eric Seva, Sylvain Beuf, Baptiste Herbin, Franck Wolf,…
World Streaming Show
SaxOpen Orchestra, Mi-Bémol ensemble, Derek Brown, Jean-François Zygel and les Orgues de Sax, Vincent Dubois and numerous other soloists from various countries, SaxOpen’s delegates, as well as bands connected from Brazil, Taiwan, Costa-Rica, USA, …
A large multimedia concert of several interconnected scenes in Strasbourg and in the world, mixing live music, recorded and broadcast streaming interventions, allowing musicians around the world to take part in the show. The WSS will be visible in its final online and on ARTE concert. This show will be the conclusion of the first World Sax Day. All the musicians wishing to take part in the show will gather at Place Kléber to share this special moment with the rest of the world through digital tools.
You can also take part to the Grand Orchestra of 100 saxophones, recruitement organized by Mi-Bémol Ensemble ! For more info : GranSaxOrch_Recruit
Anyway, I think with my Knees.
To make Dancers and Musicians share the same stage
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.
Connections
Multicultural work based on an improvisation and composed by traditional melodies of the native country of each musician.
Connections will perform as part of World Sax Day (www.worldsaxday.com)