In Los Llanos de Aridane (La Palma)
22–25 April 2022
Due to COVID-19, the programme, teachers or artists may change. Any changes will be announced in due course.
This “II eiSAXional” is the second part of the event held last December 2021, the II La Palma International Saxophone Meeting.
Due to the state of emergency declared after the volcano erupted in the municipality on 19 September, we were forced to postpone part of the activities until April 2022.
Out of consideration for the musicians who have to travel, as well as for the musicians and students seriously affected by the situation on the island, we have split the event into two parts.
Masterclasses
OUTLOOK FOR THE eiSAXional 2022 EDITION
With the participation of...
KinetixDUO
Fernando Ramos and Jeffery Davis
Eccetera Saxophone Quartet
Laura Chittolina (soprano sax), Andrea Carrozzo (alto sax), Alessandra Zanon (tenor sax) and Alessandro Leo (baritone sax)
ORCHESTRA REHEARSALS
Classes are offered for pupils and students of all levels. This course gives musicians intensive contact with international teachers and the opportunity to thrive and make new friends in the international music scene.
- Individual lessons / KinetixDuo & Eccetera Saxophone Quartet.
- Ensemble workshops / Eccetera Saxophone Quartet.
- Music outings / Interview / Eccetera Saxophone Quartet.
All students will take part in the rehearsals and concert of the saxophone orchestra. These rehearsals and the concert will be conducted by José Fco. Climent, director of the La Palma International Saxophone Meeting.
Special activities
23 April 2022 / Los Llanos de Aridane
· 09:30 - 14:00 - Masterclass with Jeffery Davis, vibraphone
- Introduction to the vibraphone.
- Vibraphone technique.
- Scales and harmony.
- The language of the vibraphone.
23 April 2022 / Los Llanos de Aridane
· 16:00 - 20:00 - Filming: interview and partial filming for the documentary “Solamente Sax” in La Palma.
Thanks to the enthusiastic documentary maker, all the key moments of the event and its artists, as well as each artist’s personal development and goals and their experiences in La Palma, will be published professionally and internationally.
CONCERTS
22 April 2022 / Los Llanos de Aridane
· 20:00 - 21:00 - Charity concert by KinetixDUO “Lost Traveller”, at the Espacio Cultural “El Secadero”.
Aware of the need to expand the Portuguese repertoire of classical/contemporary music for saxophone and vibraphone, Fernando Ramos and Jeffery Davis join forces in a project devoted to music of the highest quality.
KinetixDUO was born when these two musicians, from different backgrounds, crossed paths and felt the need to seek out, perform and create music whose character expressed originality and excellence. Exploring the individual and searching for new sounds that allow styles and languages to merge is the duo’s guiding principle. This constant search keeps KinetixDUO on the move, looking for new paths and new limits of sound, sonic frontiers that capture listeners’ attention and hold it.
KinetixDUO is working on its first recording, which will consist of original works by Carlos Azevedo, Luís Tinoco, Paulo Bastos, Jeffery Davis and Telmo Marques. Drawing on each composer’s different influences and the duo’s own interpretative vision, KinetixDUO aims to offer listeners a unique experience in the field of new contemporary Western classical music.
24 April 2022 / Los Llanos de Aridane
· 12:00 - 13:00 - Charity concert* UNE - Unas Notas de Esperanza at Parque “Antonio Gómez Felipe”.
*Saxophone Ensemble/Orchestra made up of the event’s participants (students and teachers).
· 20:00 - 21:00 - Charity concert by Eccetera Saxophone Quartet “Sax 4 La Palma”, at the Espacio Cultural “El Secadero”.
Eccetera Saxophone Quartet is a classical saxophone chamber quartet made up of Laura Chittolina (soprano saxophone), Andrea Carrozzo (alto saxophone), Alessandra Zanon (tenor saxophone) and Alessandro Leo (baritone saxophone). The quartet has performed at many major festivals around the world and has won national and international awards. Its repertoire consists of arrangements of the greatest classical composers as well as classical and contemporary works written originally for saxophone.
The concert offers a musical journey from Italy to Spain, with a special nod to the French classical saxophone repertoire. The programme opens with a reworking of two madrigals by Carlo Gesualdo da Venosa from Pagine, by the well-known contemporary Italian composer Salvatore Sciarrino. The concert continues with three arrangements of classical pieces by Paganini, Puccini and Rossini, some of the greatest Italian composers.
The second half features an original piece for saxophone quartet by Jean Françaix, the Petit Quatuor, one of the most important chamber works in the saxophone repertoire. This is followed by three pieces by two Spanish composers, Isaac Albéniz and the saxophonist-composer Pedro Iturralde, who experimented with blending European folk dances and jazz.
PARTNERS
Ayuntamiento de Los Llanos de Aridane
Banda Municipal de Música de Los Llanos de Aridane: band director
SusanneAernecke www.susanne-aernecke.de
