Event type: Conferences & Workshops

Winners of Bordeaux’s competition – Andreas Köhazy & Olivier Heldwein

Andreas Köhazy was born in 1996 in Vienna and moved to London at the age of 10, where he started to play the saxophone at “the German School London”. Two years later he moved back to Austria, since then Andreas is studying at “Musikschule Wien” and graduated from a hotel and gastronomy school in 2015.

Olivier Heldwein was born in Vienna in 1995. He graduated from school in 2013 and is know studying Earth Science at the university of Vienna. Olivier also began to play the saxophone at the age of 10 at “Musikschule Wien”.
Through their teacher, Rupert Stelzer, they evolved a passion for contemporary music and chamber music. They founded the saxophone quartet “crazy worriers” and are part of many ensembles of “Musikschule Wien”. Both of them play all saxophones from soprano to baritone and participated several times successfully in the Austrian youth competition “prima la musica”. In 2013 they won the first price at the copetition “Création en scène” of the rencontres saxophones de l’ASAX- an invitation to play at the World Saxophone Congress.

JM Goury & Friends

The JM Goury and friends saxophone ensemble is an international ensemble of actual and former students of the french saxophonist JM Goury.

For over 25 years,Mr Goury has welcomed musicians from around the world (18 nationalities today) to the Boulogne-Billancourt Pôle supérieur/CRR (just outside of Paris).

Inspired directly by the creator of the modern saxophone ensemble Jean-Marie Londeix,this ensemble is comprised of 8 to 16 saxophonist for each piece,composed of the entire family of saxophones,except the contrebass saxophone.

This unusual combination is,above all,a musical tool,rich and varied by timbre and sonorous colour,allows listeners to discover some visions of different musical aesthetics,represented by an abundant repertory of original works composed by composers from many countries.JM Goury’s former students have been prize-winners in international modern music competitions,

obtain national teaching ability and master,doctorat,…Through their teaching engagements,they continue the modern tradition of french saxophone in France and abroad.

Sax Voyage

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.

KolorBach Performance

Start a dialogue between Bach’s works and klezmer music : this is the audacious challenge of two musicians couples, a violinist and a violinist-altist, a saxophonist and a cellist. In an open mind they highlight the dialogue between written and orality, orient and occident, classical and popular, the string trio and saxophone.

KolorBach will perform as part of World Sax Day (www.worldsaxday.com)

Squillante Ensemble Performance

Since 2006, the Squillante Ensemble gathers together nine saxophonists who studied at the Paris Conservatoire, whose ambition is to promote their instrument in the current musical scene, by trying to combine the orchestral possibilities of their ensemble and the chamber facet of a group with no conductor.

Squillante Ensemble will perform as part of World Sax Day (www.worldsaxday.com)

Sax Factory & Co

SaxFactory and Co is a project constituted by SaxFactory (ensemble of young saxophonists from the Strasbourg Conservatory) and the band Sax and Co (bringing together saxophonists of the music schools of the Urban Community of Strasbourg and the Alsace region) for a series of concerts around festive pieces specially composed for the occasion.

Sax Antiqua will perform as part of World Sax Day (www.worldsaxday.com)