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FRAfter the concerts at the Palais des Congrès, the Hôtel Hilton welcomes SaxOpen for Jam Sessions with famous artists.
Guest star: Baptiste Herbin
Event style: jazz
Erin Royer CD Launch (New Music for Saxophone)
This recital presents two world premiere pieces for saxophone, which are featured on Erin Royer’s Debut CD “After The Moment”; a contemporary crossover CD dedicated to new music for saxophone.
The Moanin’ Frogs
Passionate for the saxophone’s first steps in jazz, the musicians of this sextet actively perform in many styles, sometimes humorus, around ragtime.
The Moanin’ Frogs will perform as part of World Sax Day (www.worldsaxday.com)
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.
Humano a Mano
Marc Wolff and Thierry Beaucoup present a repetoire of original pieces borrowed from different musical styles (jazz, world, electro, rock), accoustic instruments, voices, machinery (laptop, looper, sampling-pad) and additional instruments presented on scene, introducing a notion of performances, each of the two musicians take turns playing the bass, the keyboards or programming tools.
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,…
Eric SEVA performance
Well-versed in all kind of musics, and rich of thousand experiences, Eric Séva reaffirms his idea of jazz music and beyond that, of his own music and offers the work “Nomade sonore”.
Eric Séva + Emphasis Quartet
Eric Séva and Emphasis Quartet perform Folklores Croisés, arranged by Khalil Chahine which offer a variable geometry between an oral tradition, jazz and classical music written tradition.
Reloaded
The famous sax quartet Itchy Fingers in 3/4 of the original cast with well known and new material.