M.Glinka, A.Dvorak, A.Glazunov, A.Piazzolla, A.Litvinovsky, A.Marquez, D.Loiko
“VOICE OF THE EPOCH”
BELSAXO Saxophone Orchestra
Artistic Director and Conductor – Pavel Kazak
Soloist - laureate of international and republican competitions
Nikita Petrov
Host – Maria Isayeva
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One of the most popular instruments nowadays is the saxophone. Everyone has their own associations and expectations, but this instrument always surpasses them. On 3 December at the Great Hall of the Belarusian State Philharmonic Society the only BELSAXO saxophone orchestra will present a new program “VOICE OF THE EPOCH”. We will show the whole range of possibilities of this instrument. The varied and multi-genre palette will help to enjoy the voice of the epoch to the fullest!
The BELSAXO orchestra, founded in 2019, is a versatile creative team, which is able to perform music from the baroque and classical-romantic era, as well as jazz and works by contemporary composers. Its founder, artistic director and conductor is Pavel Kazak, a graduate of the Belarusian State Academy of Music. Winner of international and national competitions, saxophonist, teacher, conductor, instrumentalist, arranger, member of the SAXAS saxophone quartet.
The soloist is Nikita Petrov, laureate of international and national contests, member of the National Academic Concert Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus named after M.Finberg, teacher at the Belarusian State Academy of Music, member of the SAXAS saxophone quartet.
The orchestra consists of saxophonists of different generations - professional musicians, students and pupils of different educational institutions of the country, united by a common idea – popularization of saxophone playing art.
Maria Isayeva, theater and cinema actress and director of the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus, is the host.
The concert program “Voice of the Epoch” will feature works by M.Glinka, A.Dvorak, A.Glazunov, A.Piazzolla, A.Marquez, A.Litvinovsky, D.Loiko.
