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ZAGREB SAXOPHONE QUARTET / Mladen Tarbuk - A Streetcar Named Desire

Dragan Sremec Soprano Saxophone
Goran Mercep Alto Saxophone
Sasa Nestorovic Tenor Saxophone
Matjaz Drevensek Baritone Saxophone

from Croatia, Slovenia

The graduates of the University of Zagreb Music Academy (Croatia) founded the Zagreb Saxophone Quartet, which has been performing with the present members since 1989. The Zagreb Saxophone Quartet are: Dragen Semec, saxophone professor and vice dean at University of Zagreb Music Academy - soprano saxophone, Goran Mercep, chamber music professor at University of Zagreb Music Academy - alto saxophone, Sasa Nestrovic, chamber music professor at University of Zagreb Music Academy and director of HRT Big Band - tenor saxophone, and Matjaz Drevensek, saxophone professor at University of Ljubljana Music Academy (Slovenia) - baritone saxophone.

ZSQ has performed in Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Latvia, Macedonia, Monaco, Montenegro, Russia, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and USA.

The Quartet has been soloists with orchestras in Croatia, Slovenia, France, USA, and Hong Kong, and performed at festivals in Berlin, Dubrovnik, Ljubljana, Munich, Novi Sad, Ohrid, Orsay, Paris, Podgorica, Split, Zagreb; also at WSCs in Pesaro, Valencia, Montreal, Minneapolis, and Ljubljana. Numerous Croatian as well as foreign composers have dedicated more than 50 pieces to them. The Quartet has recorded for the HRT, ÖRF, RTL, RTV Slovenia, Radio France, Radio Spain, WDR, and released 13 CDs.

A Streetcar Named Desire - Mladen Tarbuk

I.Blanche (Incominciare molto calmo e rubato. Poi sempre più agitato).
II.At the Party (Allegro vivo).
III.Kowalski (Allegro giusto)
IV.The Rape (Presto satanic).
V.Blanche After the Rape (Andante grave)

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VINCENT DAVID / Maurice Ravel - Tzigane para Saxofón y Orquesta

from France

Vincent David was born in 1974 in Paris and graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris in 1996 with a first prize with unanimity, classe of Claude Delangle. He finished his studies in perfectionnement where he distinguish himself in international competition: Adolphe Sax in Dinant 1994, International Competition of musical execution of Genève 1995 and International Competition Jean-Marie Londeix of Bordeaux 1996.

Since the beginning of his career he has played with the famous Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Pierre Boulez, David Robertson, Jonathan Nott, Peter Eotvös and others.

He collaborated with Pierre Boulez creating a new version for saxophone of "Dialogue de l'ombre double" in Paris in 2001. Bruno Mantovani composed a concerto for him for saxophone solo and an ensemble "troisième round". He performed it with Ensemble Intercontemporain and this piece is recorded by AEON production with the ensemble TM+.

Tzigane - Maurice Ravel

Tzigane is a rhapsodic composition by the French composer Maurice Ravel. It was commissioned by and dedicated to Hungarian violinist Jelly d'Arányi, great-niece of the influential violin virtuoso Joseph Joachim. The original instrumentation was for violin and piano (with optional luthéal attachment). The first performance took place in London on April 26, 1924 with the dedicatee on violin and with Henri Gil-Marchex at the piano (with luthéal). Ravel soon orchestrated the composition, and this version was first performed on November 30, 1924 in Paris with the Concerts Colonne under the direction of Gabriel Pierné. The first performance of the version with piano was by Robert Soetens in 1925. The name of the piece is derived from the generic European term for 'gypsy' (in French: gitan, tsigane or tzigane rather than the Hungarian cigány) although it does not use any authentic Gypsy melodies. Note that in Ravel's days in Paris gypsy/gitan/tsigane/tzigane did not so much refer to the Roma (Gypsy) people in any strict sense: the 'gypsy' style of the work was rather a kind of popular musical exoticism.

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TIMOTHY ROBERTS / Dana Wilson - Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise

from USA

American Saxophonist Timothy Roberts currently serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone at Shenandoah Conservatory in Winchester, VA. He recently retired as Principal Saxophonist and National Tour Soloist with the United States Navy Band in Washington, DC, where he was also Coordinator of the Navy Band's International Saxophone Symposium. As one of the Navy Band's premier concert soloists, Roberts performed for five U.S. Presidents, foreign dignitaries, and hundreds of thousands of people throughout all 48 states and around the world from 1987-2011.

The Washington Post described his Kennedy Center performance of Jacque Ibert's Concertino da Camera with the National Symphony Orchestra as "simply stunning". A 1999 concerto performance with the Navy Band in Quebec City was reviewed by Le Soliel as "the audience enjoyed the fluid technique, lightness of tone, and impeccable playing of saxophonist Timothy Roberts". In two separate solo appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Dallas Morning News noted, "Tim Roberts poured forth the creamiest, most gorgeous sounds ever heard from a saxophone, and phrased eloquently besides", and "the especially deft, lovingly played saxophone lent his own magic".

Roberts makes frequent appearances with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, performing on European festival tours, and on numerous recordings for the Dorian, Delos, and Hyperion compact disc labels. He was chosen as one of four international concerto soloists featured at the World Saxophone Congresses in Bangkok, Thailand (2009), and Montreal, Canada (2000), along with the North American Saxophone Alliance Conferences in Vancouver (2011) and Iowa City (2006). He performed at saxophone congresses in Ljubljana, Slovenia (2006) and Columbia, South Carolina (2008) and was recently invited to perform at the International Clarinet/Saxophone Festival in Nanning, China and the Australian National Band Championship in Hobart, Tasmania and has taught recently at the Paris National Conservatory and the Eastman School of Music.

Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise - Dana Wilson

I. Out Of The Depths....
II. If I Could Tell You
III. The World Cries, Hoping ....

'Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise' is about emotional upheaval, suggesting that life often goes in difficult directions, intermingling pain with hope. The piece begins quietly, gradually emerging from emotional depths. The second movement is a song of love lost, its title borrowed from a poem by W. H. Auden about the challenge of conveying love. The final movement strives to universalize the thought by exploring its dimensions through various styles and musical experiences. The work was commissioned by saxophonist Laura Hunter and the University of Northern Arizona. The work has been recorded by Steven Mauk and the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, and Eric Marienthal and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Wind Symphony (both on Mark Recordings).

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PHILIPPE GEISS & DIASTEMA SAXOPHONE QUARTET/ Philippe Geiss - United Colors of Saxophones


from France

Philippe Geiss is professor at the Strasbourg Conservatory and the Alsace superior University for Arts, France, an internationally regarded saxophonist and widely performed composer. He is one of the first musicians from the French saxophone school who has madee his own "crossover" style between classical and improvised music and plays the entire saxophone family from sopranino to bass saxophone. 

An active musician worldwide, Philippe has given concerts and master classes in many countries. He won a European recording award with his CD 'Saxophones & Percussion', performing the music of Debussy, Fauré, Satie, Ibert, Milhaud.

As a composer, his music has been performed by renowned musicians and ensembles including the U.S. Navy Band, Brandford Marsalis, Nederland Wind Ensemble, Slovenian Police Orchestra and leading saxophone quartets including Habanera, Alliage Diastema, Ellipsos and more.

Philippe's passion is to build links between classical & jazz saxophonists. To this end he started a duet project with Jerry Bergonzi in which they both perform, compose, teach and share their experience with enthusiasm and passion. He works closely with French pianist Jean-François Zygel collaborating in live concerts and TV shows playing classical improvised music. Philippe's own musical style lies somewhere between contemporary classical, jazz and world music.

His compositions include works for beginners to high level performers and he is published by Robert Martin, Billaudot, Leduc and Alphonce production.

Each year Philippe also organises a major saxophone festival in Strasbourg (Les Rencontres du Saxophone). Philippe is a Rico, Selmer & Da Fact artist

Diastema Quartet

Since 1986 the four members of the Diastema saxophone quartet have shared the same passion and enthusiasm for chamber music.

They have acquired a collossal experience on the international stage which placed the quartet at the forefront of chamber music groups. They promoted themselves extensively arround the world and have also performed with many highly acclaimed orchestra in Paris, Toulouse, Calgari, Taipei, Washington...

Their necessity for exploration in music led many composers to write for them (recently Philippe Geiss and Vincent Paulet) and push them to exchange with different forms of art : Improvised music, Danse, Scenography. The dynamism and the fusion within the quartet drives the members to new and exciting moments in concert or recordings.

United Colors of Saxophones - Philippe Geiss

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PAUL NOLEN / Roy D. Magnuson - Book of the Dead: Concierto para Saxofón Alto, Vientos y Percusión

from USA

Paul Nolen has appeared as soloist, chamber musician, and jazz artist throughout the United States, Canada, and the UK. As a soloist, he recently performed and recorded David Maslanka's Concerto for Saxophone and Wind Ensemble with the Illinois State University Wind Symphony, to be released soon on Albany Records. He has also performed with diverse groups such as the Illinois Symphony Orchestra, the Peoria Symphony, Mexico City's ONIX Ensamble, and appeared numerous times as soloist with the ISU Wind Symphony and Symphonic Bands.

During the summers of 2008 and 2009, Paul was named Artist-in-Residence, performing and teaching at the Aberystwyth International Music Festival in Wales, UK. He has given numerous masterclasses and lectures, including recent classes at the Brevard Music Festival in North Carolina, the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and East Carolina University. He currently serves as Assistant Professor of Saxophone at Illinois State University.

Paul received both the Doctor of Musical Arts and Masters of Music degrees in performance from the College of Music at Michigan State University, and the BM from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. His teachers and mentors have included Joseph Lulloff, Tim Timmons, Gary Foster, Hal Melia, and Jackie Lamar.

Book of the Dead: Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Winds and Percussion - Roy D. Magnuson

I. All the evil upon me has been removed
II. Guarding against the loss of heart
III. Defending against being devoured by servants of Osiris
IV. The weighing of the heart

The Book of the Dead is a musical interpretation of a number of ancient Egyptian writings found in the text of the same name.  Commonly referred to as 'spells', each movement is an interpretation of the text which has been used to facilitate movement from this world to the world of the afterlife.  Each movement follows the saxophonist on this journey, slowly moving from burial and separation of body and soul, through the trials of the underworld, and ending with the judgement of worth and the weighing of the heart.

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