CAMPUS TONI-AREAL INTERNATIONAL SAXFEST...

ZURICH INTERNATIONAL SAXFEST 2017

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CAMPUS TONI-AREAL

tage. So bieten neben den internationalen Gästen auch Dozierende der Schweizer Musikhochschulen öffentlichen Unterricht an: Sascha Armbruster (Luzern), Raphael Camenisch (Lugano), Beat Hofstetter (Luzern), Lars Mlekusch (Zürich/Wien), Marcus Weiss (Basel) sowie Harry White (Zürich) und Michael Krenn (Innsbruck/Wien). Das intensive Festival ermöglicht dem Publikum, ein grosses Repertoire zu entdecken – von Igor Stravinsky über Paul Dukas, Dmitri Schostakowitsch, Francisco M. Guerrero, William Albright bis zu Camille SaintSaëns. Mit einem speziellen Augenmerk auf zeitgenössische Komponierende aus der Schweiz sowie auf die amerikanische SaxophonSchule, repräsentiert vom international renommierten Saxophonisten und Pädagogen Frederick L. Hemke, werden zwei Schwerpunkte gesetzt. Auch die aussergewöhnliche Performance von Salvatore Sciarrinos monumentalem Stück «La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono» für 4 Solisten und 100 sich im Raum bewegenden Saxophonisten sowie verschiedene Uraufführungen (Gérard Pape, Junghae Lee) prägen das Festivalprogramm.

Le Zurich International Saxfest investit pour trois jours le campus de Toni-Areal, espace artistique aux contours uniques et nouveau cocon de la Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. Du 3 au 5 mars 2017 s‘y succèderont un véritable feu d‘artifice de concerts, conférences, expositions, performances et masterclasses. Moment de partage intense, réunissant public, étudiants, professeurs, concertistes de premier plan et pédagogues venus des quatre coins de la planète, tels que Frederick L. Hemke, Nikita Zimin, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm ou Iwan Roth, ces trois jours célèbrent le saxophone sous toutes ses coutures et toutes ses générations. Via des tables rondes, cours publics, découvertes ou simples rencontres, tout un chacun participe à cet effervescent événement. Pour l‘occasion se produisent en concert les étudiants saxophonistes des Hautes Ecoles Suisses de Musique (Zürich, Luzern, Basel, Lausanne, Lugano, Bern, Genève) et du Musik und Kunst Priva-tuniversität Wien ainsi que des ensembles

d‘alumni aux carrières déjà internationales tels que l‘ensemble Nikel, Too Hot to Hoot ?, le trio Saeiten -wind ou encore les Five Sax, dans des styles variés et destinés à des publics tout aussi diversifiés, du musicien professionnel au mélomane averti, en passant par les familles nombreuses ou le simple curieux. Durant le festival, qui accueille les Journées Suisses du Saxophone, seront proposés un grands nombre de cours publics, donnés par les artistes invités mais également par les professeurs des Hautes Ecoles de Musique Suisses: Sascha Armbruster (Luzern), Raphael Camenisch (Lugano), Beat Hofstetter (Luzern), Lars Mlekusch (Zürich/Wien), Marcus Weiss (Basel) ainsi que par les professeurs Michael Krenn (Innsbruck/Wien) et Harry White (Zürich). Cet intense festival permet en outre de (re)découvrir un répertoire panoramique du saxophone, d‘Igor Stravinsky à Paul Dukas, de Dimitri Chostakovitch à Fransisco Guerrero, de William Albright à Camille Saint-Saens. Un regard particulier sera porté sur les compositeurs suisses contemporains. L‘école américaine du saxophone tiendra également une place d‘honneur, représentée par l‘icônique Frederick L. Hemke. Une représentation-événe-ment exceptionnelle de l‘oeuvre monumentale de Salvatore Sciarrino «La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono« pour 4 solistes et 100 saxophonistes dans l´espace ou encore des créations mondiales d‘oeuvres pour ensemble de saxophone (Gérard Pape, Junghae Lee) prendront également part à programme haut en couleurs.

Lars Mlekusch, Artistic DirectorKünstlerischer LeiterDirecteur Artistique

The Zurich International Saxfest will be held in the Toni-Areal Campus, a unique artistic space and the new residence of the Zurich University of the Arts. From 3rd to 5th of March 2017, the Toni-Areal Campus will host a great number of concerts, con-ferences, expositions, performances and master-classes. The three-day celebration of the saxophone is an exquisite opportunity of creating a dialogue between the public, students, professors, prominent performers, as well as educators from all over the world, such as Frederick L. Hemke, Nikita Zimin, Rolf-Erik Nystrøm and Iwan Roth, all reflecting different schools, approaches and generations in the evolution of the instrument. Through round tables, public lectures or more casual meetings, all will be able to find their way to participate in this effervescent event. In honor of the occasion, the musical program is wide and diverse, therefore accessible and capti-vating for a large spectrum of audiences, ranging from professional musicians, knowledgeable music lovers, families and more. The festival will be featuring saxophone students from the Swiss music Universities (Zurich, Luzern, Basel, Lausanne, Lugano, Bern, Geneva), as well as students from the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität Wien. The festival also presents various renowned en-sembles with alumni from Swiss and Austrian music universities, such as Ensemble Nikel, Too Hot to Hoot?, Trio Saeitenwind and Five Sax. This weekend will also include the Swiss Saxophone Days, a cooperation between the different Music Universities in Switzerland. Throughout the Festival, professors of the Swiss music universities and guest artists will offer public lessons (Sascha Armbruster (Luzern), Raphael Camenisch (Lugano), Beat Hofstetter (Luzern), Lars Mlekusch (Zurich / Vienna), Marcus Weiss (Basel) as well as Harry White (Zurich) and Michael Krenn (Innsbruck/Vienna). This intense festival will also allow the audience to rediscover a vast repertoire; from Igor Stravinsky

to Paul Dukas, from Dimitri Shostakovich to Fran-cisco Guerrero, from William Albright to Camille St-Saëns, with particular regard to contemporary Swiss composers. Another highlight of the Festival will be the American saxophone school, r epresented by the renowned saxophonist and educator Frederick L. Hemke. An exceptional performance- representation of Salvatore Sciarrino’s monumental piece «La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono», for 4 soloists and 100 moving saxophonists, followed by world pre-mieres of works for saxophone ensemble (Gérard Pape, Junghae Lee), will all be part of this enriching musical experience.

Im einzigartigen Campus ToniAreal, dem Zuhause der Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, findet vom 3.5. März 2017 das Zurich International Saxfest statt mit Konzerten, Roundtables, Ausstellungen, Performances und Meisterkursen. Das dreitägige Festival bietet eine grossartige Möglichkeit, den Dialog zwischen Publikum, Studierenden, Dozierenden und herausragende Inter preten und Pädagogen aus aller Welt herzustellen – darunter Frederick L. Hemke, Nikita Zimin, RolfErik Nystrøm und Iwan Roth, welche alle verschiedene Schulen, Zugänge und Generationen in der Ent wicklung des Saxophons repräsentieren. Bei Roundtables, Lectures oder bei offenen Gesprächs runden wird der interessierten Öffentlichkeit ein Weg geboten, an diesem aufregenden Event teilzunehmen. Das musikalische Programm umfasst ein weites Spektrum an verschiedensten Werken und bietet spannende Momente für professionelle Musikerinnen, Musikliebhaber oder Familien. Zu Gast am Festival sind SaxophonStudierende der Schweizer Musikhochschulen Basel, Bern, Genf, Lausanne, Lugano, Luzern, Zürich sowie der Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien. Daneben treten verschiedene, international renommierte Ensembles mit ehemaligen Studierenden dieser Hochschulen auf: Ensemble Nikel, Too Hot to Hoot?, Trio Sæitenwind und Five Sax. Ein Teil des Festivals sind die Schweizer Saxophon

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Pierre-Max Dubois (1930–1995)from Concerto: 2nd mvt. (Sarabande)

Selina Hanser, alto saxophone (Conservatorio Scuola Universitaria di Musica Lugano, class of Raphael Camenisch)

Georges Aperghis (*1945) P.S. (2010)

Pisol Manatchinapisit, soprano saxophone(Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

Carlos Gonzalo Guzmán-Muñoz (*1972) Monólogo en Tiempo de Joropo, Joropo Colombiano (2008)

Juan Contreras, alto saxophone (Haute école de musique de Genève, class of Philippe Collet)

Simon Steen-Andersen (*1976)De profundis (2000)

Charles Ng, soprano saxophone (Zürcher Hoch schule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

SAXOPHONE AND ELECTRONICS / ARTISTIC RESEARCH14:00 –15:00, Konzertsaal 1

SPOT 15:00, 6th Floor, Café Z Olga Neuwirth (*1968), Ondate (1998)Spectre Saxophone Quartet:Georg Palmanshofer, Patricia Coronel Avíles, David Delgado Martínez, Srdjan Paunovic

SAXES EN AXES16:00 –17:00, Konzertsaal 1

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)Praeludium in fMoll

Robert Schumann (1810–1856)Stück in Fughettenform op. 126 n°4; Lebhaft

Leos Janacek (1854–1928)V mlhàch (Im Nebel, dans la brume) III. Andantino (transcriptions : Pierre-Stéphane Meugé)

Ernest H. Papier (*1964)Sinistrose solo double pour sax à gauche et piano droit (2014) Ninonanno studivertimento per due sassofoni sopranini (version à 2 sopranos) (2003) (Commande des SaxTage 2004, Basel)

Philippe Racine (*1958)Trois Axes pour trois saxophones alto (2005) (Commande des SaxTage 2006, Lausanne)

Ernest H. PapierAxe à quatre figure de concert pour double couple en sax (1991)

Classe de Pierre-Stéphane Meugé, Haute Ecole de Musique (HEMU), Lausanne: Nadia Aeberhard, Alain Métrailler, Dimitri Kuznetsov, Baptiste Grémion, Alexandre M’Barek, Roi Barros Germiñas, Marcos Rufino del Val

OUVERTURE

LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS20:30 – 22:00, Konzertsaal 3

Paul Dukas (1865–1935)The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Gérard Pape (*1955)Vers la lumière… (2017, world premiere)

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso op. 28

Intermission

Igor Stravinsky (1882–1921)The Rite of Spring

Olga Krashenko, glissando flute and soprano voiceNikita Zimin, saxophoneLars Mlekusch, conductor

Saxophonensemble Zürich – Wien:Michael Krenn, Amit Dubester, Valentine Michaud, Charles Ng, Georg Palmanshofer, Srdjan Paunovic, David Delgado Martínez, Vincent Magnin, Faustyna Szudra, Emilie Chabrol, Joan Jordi Oliver, Simon Engel, Vera Wahl, Kathrine Oseid, Manuela Villiger, Pisol Manatchinapisit, Kay Zhang, Paulina Pitenko

Robin Fourmeau, Sylvain Andrey, Radiana Redaelli, Thomas Büchel, Matthias Kessler, Lukas Aebi; percussion

Anna Berwanger, harp

LATE NIGHT

INNER SONG22:30 –23:00, Konzertsaal 3

Rolf-Erik Nystrøm (*1975)Inner Song

Luca Francesconi (*1956)Tracce (version for saxophone dedicated to R.-E. Nystrøm) (1987)

Rolf-Erik NystrømHommage á Xenakis Legende d’Eer

Ennemond Gaultier (1575–1651)Le Canaries by (arr. Rolf-Erik Nystrøm)

Rolf-Erik NystrømBorders to Dogon

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4X410:00 –11:00, Konzertsaal 2

Georg Friedrich Haas (*1953)Saxophone quartet (2014/2016)

Spectre Saxophone Quartet:Georg Palmanshofer, Patricia Coronel Avíles, David Delgado Martínez, Srdjan Paunovic(MUK-Uni Wien, class of Lars Mlekusch)

Nadir Vassena (*1970)31 Anatomie Notturne for four Saxophones (1998)

Mattia Catarinozzi, Selina Hanser, Marina Notaro, Alessia Berra; saxophones(Conservatorio Scuola Universitaria di Musica Lugano, class of Raphael Camenisch)

Dai Fujikura (*1977)Reach Out (2002)

Quatuor du Bout du Monde:Quentin Darricau, Don-Paul Kahl, Noa Mick, Kay Zhang

Iannis Xenakis (1922–2001)XAS (1987)

Toni Saxophone Quartet:Charles Ng, Amit Dubester, Valentine Michaud, Joan Jordi Oliver (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

SPOT 11:30, 6th Floor, Café Z Joseph Michaels (*1977), Assembly Line (2014) Benjamin Ryser (*1989), Double (2017) Duo Eventuell.: Vera Wahl, Manuela Villiger; saxophonesPascale Utz, dancer

SAX O’TRONIC12:00 –13:00, Konzertsaal 1

Nikolas Tzortzis (*1978)Ossia (2006)

Quentin Darricau, saxophone(Haute école de musique de Genève, class of Philippe Collet)

Fabien Lévy (*1968)L´air d´ailleurs – Bicinium (1997)

Valentine Michaud, alto saxophone(Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

Andrea Agostini (*1964)Gli atomi che s’accendevano e radiavano (2009)

Marina Notaro, baritone saxophone (Conservatorio Scuola Universitaria di Musica Lugano, class of Raphael Camenisch)

Marco Momi (*1978)Cinque Nudi (2012) for tenor saxophone and pedal effect

Silke Strahl, tenor saxophone(Hochschule Luzern – Musik, class of Beat Hofstetter, Sascha Armbruster)

Christophe Havel (*1956)Dissidence Ib (2012)

Amit Dubester, soprano saxophone (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

Florian Bogner (*1978)Mehrklang (2015)

Joan Jordi Oliver, alto saxophone (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)Florian Bogner, electronics

SPOT 13:00, 6th Floor, Café Z Kollektiv TotemPerformers: Léo Collin, Nuriya Khasenova, Kay Zhang

TREFFPUNKT 214:00 –15:00, Konzertsaal 2

José Evangelista (*1943)Saxoctet (1985). Giusto e semplice . Giardino . Scorrévole . Tenso

Hirotaka Haga, Nikolas Kämpf, Giovanna Trosi, Sascha Armbruster, Juan José Faccio, Eva-Maria Karbacher, Silke Strahl, Lukas Fricker; saxophonesBeat Hofstetter, conductor(Hochschule Luzern – Musik, class of Beat Hofstetter, Sascha Armbruster)

Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714–1788)Sonate aMoll Wq 132 (H 562) . Poco adagio . Allegro . Allegro

Hirotaka Haga, soprano saxophone (Hochschule Luzern – Musik, class of Beat Hofstetter, Sascha Armbruster)

Luciano Berio (1925–2003)Sequenza VIIb (1969/1993)

Charles Ng, soprano saxophone (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

Lucas Niggli (*1968)One for Evan (2006)

Toni Saxophone Quartet:Charles Ng, Amit Dubester, Valentine Michaud, Joan Jordi Arcos, soprano saxophones (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

Giorgio Netti (*1963)Ultimo a lato (2005)

Amit Dubester, soprano saxophone (Zürcher Hochschule der Künste, class of Lars Mlekusch)

ROUNDTABLE: REALISATION OF ARTISTIC PROJECTS 17:00 –18:00, Kammermusiksaal 1

Discussion with Ensemble Nikel, Too Hot To Hoot?, Trio Sæitenwind, Duo Eventuell., Glitch

Lars Mlekusch, presenter

TIERKREISTOO HOT TO HOOT? 19:00 –20:00, Konzertsaal 1

Ernest H. Papier (*1964)La plainte qui de loin s’axe au Faune (petit duo déconcertant) (2016)

Kevin Juillerat (*1987)Plaisirs peu solitaires for four performers (2015) . Besogneux souffleur. Nature morte. À blanc. Boules

Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)Tierkreis, 12 Melodies of the Star Signs (1974/75, 35’) (quartet version by Kevin Juillerat 2013)

Too Hot To Hoot?: Kévin Juillerat, saxophoneEstelle Costanzo, harpSofia Ahjoniemi, accordionJulien Mégroz, percussion

SPOT 20:00, 6th Floor, Café Z Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007), In Freundschaft (1977)Valentine Michaud, soprano saxophone

SKIP A BEATENSEMBLE NIKEL 20:30 –21:30, Mehrspur

Louis Andriessen (*1939)Hout (1992)

Mark Andre (*1964)iv12 (2013)

Clinton McCallumIn a hall of mirrors waiting to die (2008)

Michael Wertmueller (*1966)Skip a Beat (2012)

Ensemble Nikel:Patrick Stadler, saxophoneYaron Deutsch, electric guitarBrian Archinal, percussionAntoine Françoise, piano

SAX VOYAGEFIVE SAX 22:00 –22:45, Kaskadenhalle

Five Sax invites you to join them on an unforgettable musical journey. The multi-continental trip begins in the legendary capital of music: Vienna, with a look back at some timeless classics of the past. Then we jump on a train to explore the rich ethnic musical styles of Spain, Italy, Hungary and the Balkans. From there we hop on a flight to Rio de Janeiro to experience the seductive rhythms of Brazilian Bossa Nova, the passion of Argentine Tango and a visit to the mythic Columbian town of Macondo. For the last stop of our voyage, we touch down in sunny Los Angeles where we rediscover some of the most famous Hollywood hits.

Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)Tango Nuevo (arr. Joel Diegert)I. FugataII. OblivionIII. LibertangoIV. ViolentangoV. Escualo

Latin American Suite (arr. Alvaro Collao)I. Antônio Carlos Jobim (1927–1994) Girl from IpanemaII. D.C.D. Canseco – MacondoIII. R.B. Rosado – Champotón

Daniel Alomía Robles (1871–1942)El Cóndor Pasa (arr. Alvaro Collao)

Vittorio Monti (1868–1922)Csárdás (arr. Joel Diegert)

AnonymousPetrunio Horo (arr. Joel Diegert)

Fiorenzo Tassinari (*1961)Polkissima (arr. Alberto di Priolo)

Five Sax: Alvaro Collao León, Joel Diegert, Damiano Grandesso, Michal Knot, Charles Ng

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ROUNDTABLE: THE CONCERT SAXOPHONE 1950 –2017 09:00 –10:00, Kammermusiksaal 1

Discussion with Frederick Hemke, Iwan Roth, Marcus Weiss, Beat Hofstetter, Lars Mlekusch

SPOT 10:00, 6th Floor, Café Z José Pablo Polo (*1984), Better out than in (2014)Nuriya Khasenova, fluteGaia Gaibazzi, clarinetJoan Jordi Oliver, saxophone

DUO DUO New and old music for two saxophones

11:00 –12:00, Konzertsaal 1

Henry D. Cowell (1897–1965)Hymn and Fuguing Tune 18

Cristina Arcos CanoLuis Homedes López

Robert Lemay (*1960)Fragments Noirs (2016)

Noa MickAlfonso Martinez Vicente

Dieter Ammann (*1962)D’accord(s) (2004)

Cristina Arcos CanoCarlos Tena González

Georges Aperghis (*1945)À bout de bras, original for two clarinets (1989)

Carlos Tena GonzálezDing Zhang

Louis Andriessen (*1939)Lacrimosa, original for two bassoons (1991)

Cristina Arcos CanoLuis Homedes López

Matias Far (*1973)El Poeta, en 7 letras una de ellas releída (2012/13)

Alejandro Oliván LópezPablo González Balaguer

Interludes

Fabian MartinManu Vazquez

(students of the Hochschule für Musik Basel, class of Marcus Weiss, Patrick Stadler, Philippe Koerper)

MANESTRIO SÆITENWIND 12:00 –13:00, Konzertsaal 2

Mischa Käser (*1959)Vier phonisische Baccunicellen (2008)

Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)excerpts from «Lyric Pieces»

Knut Müller (*1963)Manes (2015)

Trio Sæitenwind:Karolina Öhmann, celloOlivia Steimel, accordionJonas Tschanz, saxophone

SPOT 13:00, 6th Floor, Café Z Can You Whisper in a Megaphone? (2016)Kay Zhang, saxophoneBenjamin Ryser, megaphone

LA BOCCA, I PIEDI, IL SUONO 15:30 –16:15, Kaskadenhalle

Salvatore Sciarrino (*1947)La Bocca, I Piedi, Il Suono (1997)

for 4 saxophone soloists and 100 saxophonists in motion

Soloists: Valentine Michaud, Charles Ng, Joan Jordi Oliver, Pisol Manatchinapisit

FINALE

MASSIVE HAKA 18:00 –19:00, Konzertsaal 3

Richard Strauss (1864–1949)Serenade for 13 wind instruments

Junghae Lee (*1964)Kyol (2017, world premiere)

Francisco Guerrero (1951–1997)Rhea (1988)

Saxophonensemble der ZHdK:Amit Dubester, Valentine Michaud, Charles Ng, Vincent Magnin, Faustyna Szudra, Emilie Chabrol, Joan Jordi Oliver, Simon Engel, Vera Wahl, Kathrine Oseid, Manuela Villiger, Pisol Manatchinapisit, Kay Zhang, Paulina PitenkoFrederick L. Hemke, conductor Lars Mlekusch, conductor

Jean–Denis Michat (*1971)Massive Haka (2009)

Saxophonensemble der MUK-Uni Wien:Patricia Coronel Avilés, Michael Krenn, Georg Palmanshofer, Srdan Paunovic, Szaller István, Faustyna Szudra, David Delgado Martínez, Nicolas Mizen, Ku Chun-Hao

Irena Manolova, percussion

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SAXONY19:00 – 19:30, Kaskadenhalle

James Tenney (1934–2006)Saxony (1978)

with saxophonists of several Swiss Music Universities and guests from MUK-Uni Wien.

100 saxophones:Nadia Aeberhard, Barbara Aeschbacher, Mitja Allgäuer, Ingvild Amundsen, Maxime André, Cristina Arcos Cano, Nathan Baudis, Alessia Berra, Julia Bonafiglia, Michelle Burri, Jürgen Callejas, Deniz Çangatin, Mattia Catarinozzi, Emilie Chabrol, Sung-Min Chang, Amit Dubester, Ku Chun-Hao, Juan Francisco Contreras Pardo, Patricia Coronel Avíles, Michele D’Auria, Fabio Da Silva, Quentin Darricau, Alain Dobler, Andrea Egger, Simon Engel, Juan José Faccio, Rachid Faraji, Danielle Fischer, Lukas Fricker, Sina Fuchs, Anouk Gäbler, Zeki Ghazoul, Pablo Gonzalez, Richard Grob, Selina Hauser, Florian Haupt, Manuel Herren, Sofia Heusser, Hirotaka Haga, Luis Homedes, Lea Jäggi, Alejandro Jaramillo, Demian Kammer, Nikolas Kämpf, Eva-Maria Karbacher, Paul Knell, Michelle Koller, Michael Krenn, Teresa Krittl, Dimitri Kuznetsov, Marcel Lomba, Alejandro Lopez, Alexandre M‘Barek, Vincent Magnin, Pisol Manatchinapisit, Valentin Marti, Fabian Martin, Lisa Martinez, David-Delgado Martinez, Alfonso Martinez Vicente, Silvia Mazzolini, Alain Métrailler, Noa Mick, Mario Millinger, Pascal Misséwu, Nicolas Mizen, Marina Notaro, Daniela Ohrwalder, Kathrine

Oseid, François Paladino, Georg Palmanshofer, Srdjan Paunovic, Elia Pellegri, Thitipol Piseskul, Paulina Pitenko, Pattranant Pliensakul, Iona Poldervaart, Nick Purtschert, Leon Regenscheit, Anton Rennhard, Sahar Richter, Germiñas Roi Barros, Fernando Rosa, Marcos Rufino del Val, Annie Madina Santos, Ueli Scherrer, Jasmin Schnetzler, Nadine Speziga, Valentin Stadelmann, Silke Strahl, Finn Strähle, Istvan Szaller, Faustyna Szudra, Carlos Tena Gonzalez, Norraphat Thanavisuth, Manuela Villiger, Joel von Fellenberg, Aurel von Marx, Dorine von Overbeck, Marlon Valk, Miriam Vonesch, Vera Wahl, Harry White, Olivia Wittlin, Leandro Sá Zanetti, Ding Zhang, Kay Zhang

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ARTISTIC RESEARCHORIENTATION TONI-AREAL SAXOPHONE AND ELECTRONICS 14:00 –15:00, Konzertsaal 1

Presentation SABREPresenter: Matthias Müller

Working with electronics is an enriching and fascinating challenge for performers. As instrumen-talists we do not want to give up the quality of our instruments, and we want to work with electronics as freely as we do with human partners. This is what motivated clarinetist and composer Matthias Mueller, professor at the ZhdK, to initiate the SABRE research project together with his team from the Institute for Computer Music and Sound Technology, supported by the Swiss National Science Foundation in 2008. After nearly 10 years of conception, development and artistic experimentation, the first product is now coming to market: the SABRE Multi Sensor (SMS). This sensor can be easily attached to any saxophone or clarinet and comes with its own powerful software, designed for use by non- specialists. The SMS enables a new artistic way of realizing the coordination between performer and electronics. With his instrument the performer can control not only electronic music, but also light, visuals, video and video games. The SMS is avail-able worldwide online beginning in February 2017. More: www.sabremultisensor.com.

Extending the Saxophone via Live ElectronicsPresenter: Joel Diegert

As modern computers have becoming increasingly powerful, digital processing has become an integral part of most music production in virtually every genre. The crucial capability to process streams of audio in real time is now available to anyone with a laptop or smartphone, opening the door to new modes of performance, improvisation and compo sition. This research project investigates the inter section of acoustic instrumental performance and digital sound manipulation. In this presentation we will take a look at the idea of the «extended instrument». What does it mean to «extend» an instrument, and how could we go about designing one? The interest in this kind of hybridization has been present since the early days of electronic music, but the goal of a truly extended instrument has proven to be elusive. American saxophonist Joel Diegert has won prizes at several major international competitions and has performed at prestigious venues and festivals around the world. He is dedicated to the develop-ment and promotion of contemporary music, having premiered countless works in collaboration with modern composers. Joel is currently a doctoral student at the Kunstuniversität Graz, where he is researching the topic Extending the Saxophone via Live Electronics with the support of a KUG doctoral stipend.

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SASCHA ARMBRUSTERSAXOPHONESascha Armbruster was born in Lahr/Schwarzwald (Germany) in 1974. First he studied saxophone in Basel with Iwan Roth and Marcus Weiss. After the «Premier prix à l‘ Unanimité» at the Conservatoire de Paris with Claude Delangle, he specialized in contemporary music and its borders. Concert- activities as soloist and with chamber groups brought him to famous festivals for example in Japan, the US and all over Europe. He performed with leading ensembles for contemporary music as the «Ensemble Modern», the «Ensemble Recher-che» and the «Klangforum Wien». As member and founder of the ARTE Quartett (Basel) he worked with musicians like Tim Berne, Marc Ducret, Pierre Favre, Fred Frith, Urs Leimgruber and Terry Riley. Since winterterm 2001 he has been working as a tutor at the Conservatory of Lucerne.

RAPHAEL CAMENISCHSAXOPHONERaphael Camenisch was born in Zurich. He started his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Zurich while still attending high school in the class of Marcus Weiss, and continued under Jean-Georges Koerper to graduate with distinction in 2000. Further influence came from masterclasses with Ivan Roth, Jean-Michel Goury and Kyle Horch. He has won various competitions and was soloist in Zurich‘s Tonhalle as part of the Orpheum concerts.Raphael Camenisch brings his passion as a chamber musician to various formations, be it with piano, with saxophone quartet, with the Trio Trafique or with audio designer Holger Stenschke, his versati-lity being essential in each case. He thus dedicates

himself to «classical’’ and contemporary repertoire in equal measures, with his concert activity also co-vering electroacoustic music and free improvisation. As an interpreter of new works, he has drawn widespread attention and featured in numerous premiere performances of works by Peter Eötvös, Olga Neuwirth, Edu Haubensak, Andrea Molino, Felix Profos and Yannis Kyriakides.His active concert career has taken him to London‘s Wigmore Hall, Kolorac in Belgrade, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires and to the festivals of Schleswig- Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Wien Modern, «close encounters» in Tbilisi and the Audio Art F estival in Krakow. He is currently teaching at the Music University of Lugano and Dean of the Bachelor studies in classical music at the University of the Arts in Bern.

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JOEL DIEGERTSAXOPHONEAmerican saxophonist Joel Diegert has won prizes at several major international competitions and has performed at prestigious venues and festivals around the world. He is dedicated to the develop-ment and promotion of contemporary music, having premiered countless works in collaboration with modern composers. Joel is currently a doctoral student at the Kunstuniversität Graz, where he is researching the topic Extending the Saxophone via Live Electronics with the support of a KUG doctoral stipend.

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sence and hold many prizes from important national and international competitions. The members converged in Vienna from around the world, united by a modern conception of virtuosity and the constant urge to push the limits of performance. The five musicians from Poland, Italy, Hong Kong, the USA and Chile each brings his own unique and vibrant personality to the group. The ensembles imaginative programming mirrors the diversity of its members; rooted in classical music, while venturing into American jazz, South-American Latin styles and European folk music. The ensemble began in an unusual way: performing street theater in the centre of Vienna. Their first year performing together was an unforgettable ex perience of running from the police, surviving freezing temperatures and dealing with angry shopkeepers. The ensembles past is echoed in their concerts by their use of theatrical elements, their strong connection with the audience, and their spon-taneous approach to making music.

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FREDERICK L. HEMKE SAXOPHONEFrederick L. Hemke is the Louis and Elsie Snydacker Eckstein Emeritus Professor of Music in the Bienen School of Music, at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. Dr. Hemke holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, a Master of Music degree from the East-man School of Music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He also is the first American to win a Premier Prix in Saxophone, from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique, Paris in 1955, where he was a student of the eminent saxophonist and pedagogue, Marcel Mule.Dr. Hemke is internationally recognised as an ad-judicator, a master teacher, and a concert soloist.

He led the Northwestern Saxophone Quartet on a three-month Cultural Exchange tour to the Far East for the United States Department of State in 1965. As an active recitalist and performer with orchestras and wind ensembles worldwide. Among others, he has recorded with the Chicago Symphony Orche-stra, the Kronos String Quartet, the Stockholm Philharmonic, the Japan Radio Orchestra, the Korea Philharmonic Orchestra, the New Zealand National Symphony, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Eastman Wind Ensemble, the Northwestern Uni-versity Wind Ensemble, the University of Michigan Wind Ensemble, the University of Wisconsin Wind Ensemble, the Chicago Contemporary Chamber Players and the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. His latest three CD recordings Fascinating Rhythm for Saxophone and String Quintet. Simple Gifts for Saxophone and Organ and The American Saxopho-nist for Saxophone and Piano are issued on the EnF label. His CD recording of the Augusta Read Thomas, Hemke Concerto «Prisms of Light», is available through Nimbus Records.He is an editor of music for saxophone solos and ensembles, author of many articles and educati-onal materials. Dr. Hemke serves as a consultant to the Rico Corporation, the Conn-Selmer Corpo-ration, and the Southern Music Company. Among other teaching and performance awards, he is the recipient of the Kappa Kappa Psi Distinguished Service to Music Award, Distinguished Service Award from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Selmer Paris Lifetime Achievement Award and is an Honorary Alumnus of Augustana College. He has taught Master Classes in Saxophone Chamber Music Performance at Olavsfestdage in Trondheim, Norway. He presently teaches and coaches each summer at the Frederick L. Hemke Saxophone Institute at Snow Pond, The National Music Camp, Sydney, Maine. Dr, Hemke is a consultant and Artist Representative for the Conn/Selmer Corporation, the D’Addario Corporation and Southern Mu-sic Publications. Among other publications, Dr. Hemke is listed in Who‘s Who in America, Inter-national Who’s Who, Who’s Who in Music, the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Baker’s Bio graphical Dictionary of Music and Musicians, and the Encyclopédie de la Musique. His students are to be found teaching and performing in major positions throughout the world.

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BEAT HOFSTETTERSAXOPHONEGraduated at «Hochschule für Musik – Musik-Aka demie Basel»with diplomas in Saxophone, Windband conducting and Schulmusik.Further studies in Saxophone and Conducting at Northwestern University of Chicago, where he graduated with a Master of Music. Studies for orchestral conducting at Hochschule für Musik in Karlsruhe. Winner of the 10. National Music compe-tition in Riddes, price winner of Swiss Radio station «Espace 2» and holder of a grant of the «Kiefer- Hablitzel» foundation.Beat Hofstetter is a co-founder of the «Arte- Quartett». Collaboration with interpreters and composers such as Tim Berne, Pierre Favre, Fred Frith, Terry Riley, Nadir Vassena and Andreas Schaerer. The Arte-Quartett commissioned and premiered numerous compositions, which are recorded on various CD’s. Beat Hofstetter is a regular guest in Symphony orchestras in Switzerland and Germany. As a conductor he worked with different wind ensembles and orchestras such as Dreiländer-ensemble, Orchester Liestal, Sinfonieorchester Trirhenum Basel.Beat Hofstetter is professor of Saxophone and chamber music at Lucerne University of applied Science and Arts, where he established a team teaching concept with his colleague Sascha Armbruster. Beat Hofstetter is also professor and coordinator of studies for music education at Hochschule für Musik/University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW.

KEVIN JUILLERATSAXOPHONEBorn in 1987 in Switzerland, Kevin Juillerat studies saxophone with Pierre Stéphane Meugé in Haute Ecole de Musique Lausanne and Marcus Weiss in

Hochschule für Musik Basel – he obtained a Masters degree in Music Pedagogy and a Masters degree specialized in contemporary music. Along with his instrumental studies, he attends composition lessons by Michael Jarrell and Luis Naon in Haute École de Musique de Genève and by Georg Friedrich Haas in Basel.He is also selected to attend the IRCAM Cursus 2015–2016 in Paris.As a saxophonist, Kevin Juillerat participates in several classical, contemporary and experimental music projects, playing with several ensembles such as Ensemble Intercontemporain, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Verbier Festival Orchestra or Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra, under the baton of well known conductors, such as Valery Gergiev, Pierre Boulez, Neeme Järvi, Gianandrea Noseda or Matthias Pintscher. He worked with composers such as Heinz Holliger, Peter Ablinger, Jean-Claude Risset and Tom Johnson.He is also a founding member of the quartet Too hot to hoot? and the duet Duo Ekla with the French pianist Violaine Debever.

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OLGA KRASHENKOSOPRANO VOICE, GLISSANDO FLUTEOlga Krashenko is a composer and performer who obtained her degree in composition at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory «Rimsky-Korsakov». She also studied composition at the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris. Since moving to France in 2009, Olga Krashenko founded the duo DLSI with Gerard Pape (dlsi.krash.net) and became a composer/per-former member of the ensemble CLSI (clsimusic.free.fr). She has performed as a soloist and chamber musician at numerous International music festivals for contemporary music such as the ‚Mode Records concert series at The Stone‘ in New York (USA),

‚Stockhausen‘s Summer Courses and Concerts‘’in Kürten (Germany), ‚Festival for the Liberation of Sound and Image‘ in Paris (France), ‚Nuovi Orizzonti Sonori‘’ in Bologna (Italy), ‚Dias de Musica Electro-acustica‘ in Lisbon (Portugal), and the «Déviation» festival in Toulouse (France). Besides performing her own music for voice and / or for flute / viola / piano, she has worked extensively with Gerard Pape, amongst several other composers who have written for her. Olga Krashenko performed the solo role of the Philosopher for voice and viola in Pape’s Opera «Why Poets?», in addition to the solo flute part in Pape’s «Harmonies of Time and Timbre».

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MICHAEL KRENNSAXOPHONEMichael Krenn is professor of classical saxophone at the Conservatory of Innsbruck since 2016 and became Prof. Lars Mlekusch`s teaching assistant at the MUK University Vienna in 2015. As one of the leading saxophonists of the younger generation during his studies with prof. Lars Mlekusch and prof. Oto Vrhovnik. He has been awarded at numerous saxophone competitions across the globe such as 2nd prize winner at the Jean Marie Londeix saxophone competition (Bangkok 2011), 1st prize winner at the International saxophone competition in Lodz (2009) and 1st prize winner at the Austrian classical music competition Gradus ad Parnassum (2009). He has given concerts in Europe, USA and Asia. He has played with diverse renown ensembles and Orchestras such as Klangforum Wien, Tonkünst-ler Orchestra Niederösterreich, Orchestra of Vienna Volksoper, European Union Youth Orchestra, Radio Orchestra Vienna and many others. He is founding member of Mobilis Saxophone Quartet, Vienna Saxophonic Orchestra and since 2013 member of the Austrian Ensemble for New Music (OENM) based in Salzburg. Next to his teaching profession, he is an active chamber musician and as a solo

saxophonist, having recorded already five CDs with varient ensembles. He has been awarded prizes by the Austrian broadcasting channels OE1 and Radio Stephansdom.

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JUNGHAE LEECOMPOSERJunghae Lee was born in Tokyo in 1964 and is a Korean citizen. She studied composition with Byung-Dong Paik at Seoul National University and later took part in masterclasses with Isang Yun and Toru Takemitsu. In 1991 she moved to Basel, where she studied electronic music and harpsichord at the Musik-Akademie Basel. A series of tape pieces reflects her search for strong and clear means of expression and led to their own idiom. After a phase of intensive activity in electro-acoustic music, she has once again turned her interest to instrumental composition. Special sounds and high expressivity characterize her work, both with and without electronic elements.Since 2010 she is realizing projects revolving around her interest for musical ressources in Korea.KYOL (PASSING MOMENTS) (2017)The Korean word «kyol» has several different meanings: Primarily it means «texture»,»grain» and «wave». But also it has some meanings in relati-on with time. In this case, it means «short while», «passing moments» or «time-event by chance». This kind of time concept represented by a single syllabic word «kyol» seems to me somehow related with a personal perception of each individuals.This piece is the continuation of a series of my work in the last years titled by «sorimuni(Klang-Sinn-bilder)» in which I research the relation between sound materials and sound images. The transfor-mations of sound materials and the organization of time elements are required in this working process.Experimenting the idea about «passing moment», I

set the spirit of «animato» as the main energy of the piece «kyol». Here, the energy is captured in «pas-sing moments» which are moving in the time space through the projection, concentration and diffusion.

LARS MLEKUSCH SAXOPHONE, CONDUCTOR, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR He premiered many works written for him, such as concertos by Bernhard Lang, Ricardo Nillni, Michael Norris and chamber music works by Germán Toro-Perez, Jorge Sanchez-Chiong and many more. At the age of only 26, he was appointed professor of saxophone and chamber music at the Konser-vatorium Wien University in Vienna (now: Music and Arts University of Vienna). Since 2015 he is also the saxophone professor at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK).Mr. Mlekusch has performed throughout the world as a soloist, with orchestras or in chamber music. From 2000–2010 he was a regular guest saxophonist of the Klangforum Wien and from 2010–2016 he was the saxophone soloist of the Vienna based ensemble PHACE. Lars Mlekusch has been invited to teach master-classes at many renowned institutions such as the Conservatoire de Paris CNSMD, Conservatorium of Amsterdam, Conservatoire de Strasbourg, Koninklijk Conservatorium and Conservatoire Royal Brussels, Chopin University of Music Warsaw, Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi Milano, Conservatorio Real Superior Madrid, Conservatorio Superior Sevilla, Royal College of Music London, Bejing Central Conser-vatory, Senzoku Gauken College Tokyo, Kunitachi College Tokyo, Northwestern University Chicago, Eastman School of Music, Manhattan School of Music, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, University of Miami, Bowling Green State University and the University of Toronto.Furthermore, he is on the faculties of the European Saxophone University Gap, the Impuls Academy Graz and the Arosa Music Academy. He was a jury member at many International compe-titions such as the Int. Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, the saxophone competition Nova Gorica, the 3rd Int. Jean-Marie Londeix Competition in Bangkok, the Deutscher Musikwettbewerb in Bonn and in 2017 he will be on the jury of the M-Prize Chamber Music Competition in Ann Arbor USA and at the Nochta Saxophone Competition in Zagreb. As a conductor he appeared at the Musikverein and Konzerthaus Wien, the Cité de la Musique Strasbourg and the National Concert Hall Taipei. In 2017, he is invited as a guest conductor of the «Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt» and in the following season with Ensemble PHACE Vienna. Lars Mlekusch is a graduate from the University of Music in Basel (Marcus Weiss) and from North-western University (Frederick L. Hemke). He also enjoyed conducting classes with Emilio Pomárico

in Milano, which led him to explore a new musical journey through conducting. In 2006, he was diagnosed with Focal Dystonia («Musician´s Cramp») in the right hand and in 2010 focal dystonia of the embouchure. Besides his appearances as saxophone soloist, he is getting more involved with conducting and is enjoying the rewarding work with his students in Vienna and Zurich. He is the founder and Artistic Director of both the Vienna International Saxfest and the Zurich International Saxfest.

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ENSEMBLE NIKELA quartet consisting of saxophone, electric guitar, percussion and piano. These instruments, mostly evolving in the 20th century were joined together to form a new chamber music output where electric and acoustic sounds are to be melted into a unified organism bridging between, not only different sources of mechanical waves, but also aesthetic prejudice and dichotomies of musical genres. In its quest of exploring its audio spectral artistic possibilities, the group has been presenting an ongoing subscribers series in Tel Aviv & amp; Haifa, Initiating conceptual projects with changing part-ners, soloists or ensembles and above all collabo-rate with composers in developing new repertoire. Among the composers who wrote for the ensemble one can find Raphaël Cendo, Chaya Czernowin, Clemens Gadenstaetter, Philippe Hurel, Eduardo Moguillansky, Marco Momi, Helmut Oehring, Stefan Prins, Jose Maria Sanchez Verdu and Michael Wert-müller to name a few.Founded in 2006 by Yaron Deutsch and Gan Lev, the ensemble became a frequent guest in honorable festivals such as Wien Modern, Donauecshinger Musiktage, Ultraschall (Berlin), Bang on a Can (New York), International Summer Course for New Music Darmstadt, ArsMusica (Brussels) Klangspuren

(Schwaz) and Warsaw Autumn among others. Along side its changing chamber concerts and concert programs, the ensemble is also touring with recent concrete developed projects such as «Zohar Iver» – a concerto for Ensemble Nikel and Orchestra by composer Chaya Czernowin; «rAVE nIGHT» – an audio visual technospectacle based on a 50 minute work by Alexander Schubert for Nikel, Singer Mohna, lights & amp; electronics (Premiered in Wien Modern festival 2015) & our pedagogic performance project titled – «Nikel, mINus One» (Premiered at the Darmstaedter FerienKurse 2014) . For further details about these projects please visit the Features page on this website.

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ROLF-ERIK NYSTRØMSAXOPHONENorwegian saxophonist born in 1975. Nominated the Nordic Council Music Prize 2011 (previous nominees are a.o.Bjørk, Kaija Saariaho, Esa Pekka Salonen,Jan Garbarek & Christian Lindberg). About Nystrøm the jury writes:Rolf-Erik Nystrøm, despite his young age, is one of Norway’s most award-winning and Internationally active musicians. His unique technical talent gives him a timbre control that blows most people’s notions of what is possible on a saxophone, to a degree that makes the saxophone as an instrument almost subordinate to his personal expression. Nystrøm’s range spans from being a soloist with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra and a number of other Nordic and International ensembles, to receiving specially written music from composers such as Luca Francesconi and Richard Barrett, to name a few. In addition, he co-operates with leading performers in various folk music (Senegal, South- Africa, Tadjikistan, Egypt, Brazil, Ivory Coast, China, Norway, Sri Lanka) and tours the world with them.He also signs his own improvisation-based compo-

sitions. Far from being a superficial cross-over artist, on the contrary, he makes his mark by an unusual ability to orient himself in new musical situations; to be ‚in the style‘ and contribute with a personal, pioneering expression.

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GERARD PAPECOMPOSERAmerican composer, born in New York City in 1955, has lived in France since 1991. He studied compo-sition privately with George Cacioppo and William Albright and electronic music with George Wilson at the University of Michigan. He has composed more than 80 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, vocal and instrumental soloists, and electroacoustic works. His works have been played throughout the world, including renown performers of Arditti String Quartet, Voxnova, Ensemble 2e2m, Paul Mefano, Nicholas Isherwood, Erik Drescher, Irvine Arditti, Rohan de Saram, Maurizio Barbetti, Daniel Kientzy, Cécile Daroux, Roland Auzet, Neue Vocalsolisten, Orchestre Nationale de Lille (conducted by Jean Claude Casadesus), the Orchestre des Flûtes Françaises, Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Risto Joost) and the Ensemble U.Formerly director of the Ateliers UPIC/CCMIX from 1991 to 2007, Gerard Pape founded the C.L.S.I. («Cercle pour la Liberation du Son et de l‘Image»), an ensemble consisting of 8 performers playing instruments and computers «live» in 2007. In 2010, Pape founded along with his wife, the Russian composer, Olga Krashenko, the D.L.S.I., a duo where each composer participates in the performance of the other‘s works.Two recent CDs of his music came out in 2015 on Stradivarius and Mode Records. A bi-lingual book of Pape’s texts as well as musicological texts about his work, «MUSIPOESCI», was published in 2015 by Editions Michel de Maule in Paris.

His most recent musical compositions, includes HARMONIES OF FORM AND TIME for six solo-ists and six orchestras, premiered in March, 2012 and HARMONIES OF TIME AND TIMBRE for flute, 8 strings and 8 channel tape premiered in Janu-ary, 2012 as well as the opera «WHY POETS ?» premiered in May, 2014 in Aberdeen, Scotland. He was recently commissioned by the Sonar Quartet (Berlin) with funds provided by the Ernst von Siemens Foundation to write his 4th String Quartet «TEXTURES TURBULENTES ET FORMES EMERGENTES». Its world premiere was performed in Berlin December 11th, 2016.«VERS LA LUMIÈRE» (2017)This work is for soprano voice, glissando flute and an ensemble of 15 saxophones.The form is in 4 parts:1) Pulsating vibratos (Hommage to Scelsi)2) Spectral canon (Hommage to Tenney and Nancarrow)3) Climbing spectral mountains (Hommage to Daumal)4) Mnemosyne (Hommage to Holderlin )Sometimes being an artist, a creator, means having to descend into an abyss, a kind of Hell. If the artist manages to climb back alive out of his dark pit, he may even be capable thereafter of climbing high mountains, ones that may or may not exist, materially speaking, for others (ie Rene Daumal‘s great novel «Mount Analog»). In this case, climbing such heights represents a voyage towards the Light.Poets such as Holderlin and Rene Daumal have described the lows and the highs of poetical experience. Composers such as Scelsi, Nancarrow and Tenney have translated such arduous spiritual journeys into ecstatic sound. As for me, this new work represents another musical attempt to scale the seemingly impossible sonorous heights of time, timbre, harmony and polyphony.

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IWAN ROTHSAXOPHONEIwan Roth, legendary saxophone virtuoso and teacher, completed his musical studies at the Paris conservatory of music in the saxophone class of MarcelMule (1901-2001), who was together with Sigurd Rasher, the founder of the modern classi-cal saxophone. In 1961 he obtained the 1. Prize for Saxophone.In that same year he also obtained the 1. Prize for chamber music under the direction of professor Fernand Oubradous. One year later, in 1962, he began studying the flute with Professor Gaston Crunelle at the Paris conservatory. During his study he had the opportunity to assist classes from Darius Milhaud and Olivier Messiaen, which happen to been professors at the Paris conservatory during this period.During his career as a soloist and orchestral musi-cian he had the opportunity to play with orchestras such as the Berlin and the Vienna Philharmonic orchestras, the Orchestra of the Radio of Bayern, the Orchestra «Süddeutsche Rundfunk» Stuttgart, the Orchestra of the Südwestfunk, Baden-Baden, and theOrchestra of the Scala of Milan, with conductors such as Riccardo Muti, Pierre Boulez, Colin Davis, Igor Markervitch, Charles Dutoit, Luciano Berio and Leonard Bernstein. With those orchestras and as a soloist he has performed concert tours in the most important cities of the world. During 35 years of educational work he did teach students including numerous winners of international competition Successful saxophone virtuosos and prominent university teachers who have important positions at music-academies and Universities Iwan Roth has also been between 1984–1992 professor at the Conservatory of Utrecht (Netherlands), guest profes-sor at the Paris Conservatory of Music and Indiana University of Bloomington (USA). It has given mas-ter classes in several universities of the USA, Japan and regular summer courses in Sion (Switzerland), Gap, France, Tarragona , Spain and Noto (Sicily).

PATRICK STADLERSAXOPHONESaxophonist Patrick Stadler has appeared as a solo-ist with various orchestras like Philharmonie Zentral-schweiz, L’Orchestre Tibor Varga, Kammerorchester Basel and Sinfonieorchester Basel. He is member of the Ensemble Nikel, Ensemble Inverspace and plays regularly with Collegium Novum Zurich. Patrick Stadler is highly committed to contemporary music and has given world premiere performances to numerous works at renowned festivals such as at the Donaueschinger Musiktage, Wien Modern, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, Schwetzinger Festspiele,Lucerne Festival Academy, Tzlil Meudcan, Ars Musica in Brussels, Davos Festival and Klangspuren Schwaz. He has collaborated with both young and established composers such as Georges Aper-ghis, Beat Furrer, Chaya Czernowin, Giorgio Netti, Clemens Gadenstätter, Germán Alonso, Marco Momi and Stefan Prins. For his commitment and his work he has received various awards and scholarships, among others by the Dienemann-Stiftung Lucerne, Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg, Concours Nicati, Deutscher Musikwettbewerb and Nicati de Luze. From 2013–2016, he taught as an assistant of Prof. Marcus Weiss at the University of Music in Basel and since 2015 he is the teacher for classical saxophone at the University of Music in Freiburg (GER). Patrick Stadler lives and works in Basel.www.patrickstadler.com

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TOO HOT TO HOOT?CHAMBER PERFORMING QUARTETToo hot to hoot? is a swiss new music quartet with harpist Estelle Costanzo, accordionist Sofia Ahjoniemi, saxophonist Kevin Juillerat and per-cussionist Julien Mégroz. As the palindrome which forms its name, symmetry is omnipresent in the

four-instrument characteristics: two percussive instruments (harp and percussion) and two wind instruments (accordion and saxophone); two harmonic instruments (accordion and harp) and two melodic instruments (saxophone and percussion)…Since timbre and sound quality are crucial in the music of today, that allows to create a lot of original and subtle sound colours and combinations.Its repertoire is made of free instrumentation pieces, arrangements and premieres. It explores the boundaries between classical and popular music and between different eras.The quartet also pays attention to the form of its concerts which are built as actual performances: e.g. by staging the musicians or by including extra-musi-cal elements.The quartet Too hot to hoot? has performed all over Switzerland and in Europe. It has been invited to Société de Musique Contemporaine Lausanne (SMC), H95, Raum für Kultur Basel, Concerts de Musique Contemporaine (les CMC) in Chaux-de-Fonds, to Théâtre de l’Oriental Vevey and to Ren-contres Musicales d’Evian in 2016.

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TRIO SÆITENWIND Trio SÆITENWIND gave its debut in 2013 at the LiaiSons Festival in Moutier, Switzerland. Since then they have been invited to perform at renowned concert series and festivals such as «Unerhörte Musik Berlin», «musica nova Reutlingen» and «Swiss Chamber Music Festival Adelboden» and have appeared in various radio programs, inclu-ding SRF Kultur and RBB. The three musicians from Germany, Sweden and Switzerland founded the ensemble while studying contemporary music in Basel and since then they have specialized in new music. An important part of their activity is colla-boration with composers (William Dougherty, Artur Akshelyan, Tobias Schick among others) and the premiere of new works.

Trio SÆITENWIND is a scholarship holder of the Schierse Foundation (Berlin) and has been awarded prizes by the prestigious Concours Nicati for contemporary music in Bern, the ORPHEUS Swiss Chamber Music Competition as well as the Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation Lucerne. The ensemble received musical guidance and inspiration from Mike Svoboda, Marcus Weiss, Stefan Hussong and Charles Toet.

JONAS TSCHANZSAXOPHONEJonas Tschanz, from Switzerland, appreciates the huge variety of sounds the saxophone has to offer. Therefore he’s interested in playing a broad repertory. As a passionate chamber musician he performs with different ensembles internationally. He is a member of the Melisma Saxophone Quartet (Amsterdam), the Konus Quartett (Bern) and the Trio SÆITENWIND (Basel). His musical activities brought him to many European countries as well as to Canada, China, Japan, Mexico and the US. As a soloist he performed with various orchestras like the Camerata Schweiz, the Sinfonieorchester Biel Solo-thurn and the Thuner Stadtorchester. Jonas Tschanz has appeared on numerous festivals including the Davos Festival, Grieg Festival (N) Huddersfield Cont-emporary Music Festival (UK), Jardins Musicaux and Open Days (DK). In addition to that he’s a regular guest player at the Symphony Orchestra of Bern, the Tonhalle Orchester Zurich and the Ensemble Proton among others. His performances have been broadcasted by the Swiss radio stations SRF2, ESPACE2, the Dutch Radio4 and the Mexican Radio IMER. So far he has recorded three CD’s with his quartets Konus and Melisma. Number 4 is about to follow in Mai 2017.Jonas Tschanz studied saxophone at the Hochschule der Künste Bern with Christian Roellinger, the Con-servatorium van Amsterdam with Arno Bornkamp (Master of Arts) prior to that, he received his «Mas-ter of Specialized Performance» at the Hochschule für Musik, Basel working with Marcus Weiss.He won several prizes at the Swiss Chamber Music Competition, Concours Nicati and was awarded in 2015 with the Kulturförderpreis by the city of Thun. He received the prestigious scholarship of the Ernst-Göhner-Stiftung and has been promoted by Migros Kulturprozent.

MARCUS WEISSSAXOPHONEBorn 1961 in Basel, Switzerland. Marcus Weiss studied classical saxophone at the Musikhochschule Basel with Iwan Roth and with Frederick L. Hemke at Northwestern University of Chicago. He has contributed to the developement of a new

repertoire for his instrument and has premiered many new works for solo saxophone, cham-ber music or also saxophone concertos. Such composers as Georges Aperghis, John Cage, Helmut Lachenmann, Salvatore Sciarrino, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Vinko Globokar, Georg Friedrich Haas, Hanspeter Kyburz, Toshio Hosokawa, Giorgio Netti, Brice Pauset, Stefano Gervasoni, Mauricio Sotelo and many others wrote pieces for him.

Marcus Weiss

Marcus Weiss plays as a soloist with different euro -pean orchestras, he performed with such ensembles like Ensemble Modern, Klangforum Vienna, Musik -fabrik, Ensemble Recherche, Ensemble contre-champs and other leading Ensembles of con tem-porary music. He tours with his two chamber groups, TRIO ACCANTO (with Nicolas Hodges, piano and Christian Dierstein, percussion) and the saxophone ensemble XASAX (Paris). Marcus Weiss is professor of saxophone and cham ber music at the Musikhochschule Basel, where he is also directing a masters program in contem-porary music. He is the curator of «Tage fuer neue Musik Zuerich» (new music festival of the city of Zurich) 2014 and also of «Festival Ruemlingen» 2015. He regularly teaches at european and american uni-versities and conservatories. Marcus Weiss is also regular guest teacher at the «Ferienkurse fuer neue Musik Darmstadt» and at the ensemble academy IMPULS in Graz.

HARRY WHITESAXOPHONEHarry White teaches saxophone at the Musikschule Konservatorium Zürich. As an orchestral saxophonist he has played in ensembles like the Tonhalle-Orches-ter Zürich, the SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden

/ Freiburg and the Berlin Philharmonic. As a member of the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet he collaborated with composers such as Luciano Berio, Philip Glass and Sofia Gubaidulina. His MAS diploma thesis in music physiology at the ZHdK earned the title «with distinction».COURSE In this introduction Harry White will deal with the topics of posture and breathing from a musical-physiological perspective. The focus is on exercises and instructions that are suitable for daily practising and teaching.

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NIKITA ZIMINSAXOPHONENikita Zimin is one of the brightest representatives of the Russian classical school of saxophone. President of the Eurasian Saxophone Association and Member of the Guild of young musicians of Russian Musical Union. He is also a Selmer Artist and the Professor in Moscow College of musical performance by F. Chopin. He has won many prestigious International compe-titions, to name a few: VI International Adolphe Sax Saxophone Competition (Dinant, Belgium, 2014) , 1st prize in the International Competition «Voice of the saxophone in the modern world» (Moscow, Russia, 2011). In addition, Nikita has won all three special prizes of this contest and became the owner of a unique saxophone of French company «Selmer». Nikita Zimin is winner of more than 20 National and International competitions. He is also three-times winner of the «Delphic Games» (2006, Astana, Kazakhstan; 2008, Novosibirsk; 2009, Samara).Nikita has been chosen as a scholar of Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation, «Russian performing art» Foundation, the President of the Russian Federation, the French Government and the French Foundation Meyer.

From 2013, Nikita is an official representative and artist of «Selmer-Paris». Among other awards he has won the Gratitude of the governor of the Moscow region of B.V.Gromov for victories in the All- Russian competitions; Diploma the winner of forum «Break-through», 2009; Diploma of Laureate for talented youth, established by Presidential Decree; Diplo-ma «The Best Student of the Gnesin’s Academy of Music, 2010.Nikita performs in Russia and around the world, whilst also giving master classes. He works with Orchestras such as the Volgograd Symphony Orchestra, the State Symphony Orchestra of St. Petersburg, Udmurt State Symphony Orchestra, Belgorod Philarmonic Orchestra, the Mecklenburg State Choir, Northwest German Philharmonic, Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor, Gianluca Marciano), MusicAeterna Orchestra (conductor, Teodor Currentzis), Strasbourg Phil -harmonic Orchestra, and others.In 2015, Nikita took part in the largest festival of Music and Performing Arts «Al Bustan» with famous conductor Gianluca Marciano (Beirut, Lebanon). Every year, Nikita participates in Diagilev‘s festival which is organized by famous conductor Theodor Currentzis. Nikita Zimin’s repertoire includes the composition of various styles and composers.

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EXHIBITION INSTRUMENTS AND SUPPLY 4.3., 12:00–18:00 + 5.3., 09:00–14:00,5th floor, Kunstraum

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PRESTON DUNCAN and special guest JAVIER VALERIO will present a full-immersion saxophone course to include masterclasses, daily individual instruction and chamber music.

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masterclasses & chamber musicIntensive work in a pleasant atmosphere in Arosa, Switzerland

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saxophone Lars Mlekusch, Timothy McAllister, Christian Wirth

accordion Grzegorz Stopa, Stefan Hussong

Chamber Music with all proffesors

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