Composer and PhD researcher at the FCSH/ Kunstuniversität Graz/ Fondazionne Archivio Luigi Nono and member of the Concrète [Lab] Ensemble, João Quinteiro is In Focus on MIC.PT in March.
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The conception of this piece is based on the approach to
the great diversity of the saxophone, which is an
instrument with a very wide versatility. Thus, from this
first conceptual idea, results a work that carries different
states and even different musical languages.
Lino Guerreiro
Instrumentation
Musical Category Soloist(s) and Orch./Ens. and/or Choir
Instrumentation (general) saxophone quartet & concert band
Premiere
Date 2009
Performer(s)
ARTEMSAX quartet
Banda da Armada Portuguesa
Organization/Event III Festival Internacional de Saxofones de Palmela
Town Palmela
Country Portugal
Program Notes
This piece was originally written for the ARTEMSAX quartet. The premiere was at the III International Palmela Saxophone Festival, by the ARTEMSAX quartet and the Portuguese Navy Band.