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Melisma Saxophone Quartet

David Cristobal Soprano Saxophone
Marijke Schröer Alto Saxophone
Henriette Jensen Tenor saxophone
Jonas Tschanz Baritone saxophone

from Denmark

Melisma Saxophone Quartet is a young international ensemble based in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The quartet was formed in autumn 2009 and since then the quartet has distinguished itself as a very talented young ensemble with a great potential. In May 2011 the quartet reached the final of the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan as the first Dutch ensemble ever, and received honourable mentions for their performances.

Melisma Saxophone Quartet have performed in bigger concert halls in the Netherlands and abroad, among them The Manuel de Falla Hall (Madrid, Spain), Izumi hall (Osaka, Japan), Orgelpark (Amsterdam), and at major festivals e.g. The 1st Bach Festival in Dordrecht 2010 (NL). The quartet has also played live on the Dutch national Radio 4 directly from the Spiegelzaal in Concertgebouw (Amsterdam).

Melisma is feeling equally at home in early music as well as in the more recent traditional repertoire for saxophone quartet. The quartet is also curious to find new repertoire for saxophone quartet and often do their own arrangements e.g. of music from their home countries, as there are four different nationalities represented in the quartet (Danish, Dutch, Spanish and Swiss).

This event is a premiere

One for Evan - Lucas Niggli

Lucas Niggli is a Swiss drummer/percussionist and composer. He is working in the field of jazz, improvised and contemporary music and has played on many of the major jazz and contemporary music festivals throughout Europe. His piece One for Evan is dedicated to the jazz saxophonist Evan Parker and is inspired of the way he improvised.

Deux Mouvements - Jacques Ibert (arr. by David Cristobal)

i. Allant
ii. Assez vif et rhythmé

These two movements by Jacques Ibert where originally written for windquartet (2 flutes (or flute and oboe), clarinet and bassoon), and is one of Ibert's earliest works. His biographer, Alexandra Laederich, wrote: "His music can be festive and gay ... lyrical and inspired, or descriptive and evocative ... often tinged with gentle humour ... " which describes this piece very well.

This event is a premiere

Ciudades - Guillermo Lago

i. Córdoba (España)
ii. Addis Ababa (Ethiopia)

Guillermo Lago is pseudonym for the dutch saxophonist Willem Van Merwijk, who also works as a composer and has written over 40 compositions. His Ciudades' (Cities) is a series of musical sketches of cities that have a special meaning to him. It is a work in progress and new sketches are still added.

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