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FRThe Amigo Saxophone Quartet, with members from Belgium, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, brings to the 17th World Saxophone Congress a program of three pieces by three prominent Asian composers.
Event type: Conferences & Workshops
World Premiere for Trio
World premiere performance by the Noffsinger/Richman/Feeney Trio of a new work for saxophone, viola, and percussion by Amir Zaheri.
Concert-conférence : K. Beffa & Oct’opus
A concert and conference of the saxophone ensemble Oct’opus and the composer Karol Beffa. A convivial meeting between the audience, the musicians and the composer.
Le Saxophone dans tous ses états
The saxophone class of the music school and the Chapelle Sur Erdre School of Dance presents 2 creations and one arrangement with choregraphy for SaxOpen.
Music of Anthony Green
Two works that explore how highly independent lines can weave in and out of each other to create textural counterpoint. The piece Verbinding will be a world premiere.
Electronic Sound form SEA
Blending music technology and Southasian cultural traditions, the young composers have succedded in creating unique pieces and add a new way of expression in saxophone repertoire.
Lemay, Rolin premieres
The duo d’Entre-Deux will give the European premiere of “Deuce #2” for two tenor saxophones, by Robert Lemay, and “East West Bridge” for two tenor saxophones and electronics, by Etienne Rolin.
The new Duo Revisited
Under the commission of La’Ventus Duo, Hillary Tann revised her Duo for oboe and viola. The new Duo Revisited is a forum for a dialogue between the high and low voices of saxophone.
Stockhausen Linker Augentanz
The students of Lausanne High School (prof. Pierre-Stephane Meugé) will perform Linker Augentanz by Karlheinz Stockhausen for saxophone ensemble, percussion and synthesizer
BariTones: two premieres of contemporary works for baritone saxophone
Through two premieres, the baritone saxophone, an often neglected instrument, will be enlightened : “Doppelsgesang for saxophone and piano” by Theisen and “Calling for saxophone and piano” by Maros.