EVENTS 2018

February 14th to 16th, Albacete, Spain
Concert and masterclass for David Pons Grau’s and Antonio Felipe Belijar’s saxophone class at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Castilla-La Mancha

 

March 10th, Vuotalo, Helsinki
Alexander Glazunov: Saxophone concerto op. 109
As a soloist with the Helsinki Saxophone Orchestra, dir. Risto Sojakka

 

March 15th, Helsinki Music Centre, Black Box
Open masterclass at the National Wind Instrument Days

 

March 23rd, Helsinki Music Centre, Concert Hall
B.A. Zimmermann: Trumpet Concerto
As a part of the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra

 

April 13th to 15th, Wroclaw, Poland
Concert, masterclass and jury at the European Saxophone Forum Wroclaw

 

April 25th, Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
Spring concert of the Sibelius Academy saxophone class
 

April 29th, Theatre Grand, Porvoo
Bizet: Carmen – concert version. As “Remendado”, a smuggler

 

May 29th to June 1st
Masterclass at the Ljubljana Music Academy (professors: Matjaž Drevenšek,
Miha Rogina and Dejan Prešicek)

May 30th, Ljubljana Music Academy
Recital
A. Marcello: Oboe concerto in d minor
C. Saint-Saëns: Sonata for clarinet and piano op. 167
W.A. Mozart: Kegelstatt-Trio
with Sae Lee, piano
Miha Rogina, saxophone
Saxophone students of the Ljubljana Music Academy

 

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July 10th to 14th, Zagreb World Saxophone Congress, Croatia

July 11th at 15.15,  STUDENT CENTER Theatre &TD Big Hall , Savska cesta 25
Solo recital
Minna Leinonen: My Personal Space for baritone saxophone (2018, premiere)
Lauri Supponen: Opus nen for baritone saxophone and electronics (2017)

July 12th at 17.00, ACADEMY OF MUSIC Blagoje Bersa Hall , Trg Republike Hrvatske 12
Olli Virtaperko: Multikolor – concerto for baritone saxophone and ensemble
As a soloist with Cantus Ensemble, dir. Lars Mlekusch

July 13th at 14.00, ACADEMY OF MUSIC Blagoje Bersa Hall , Trg Republike Hrvatske 12
D'Addario Artist Showcase
Philippe Geiss: Kyddo (2018)
 
July 14th at 16.15, ACADEMY OF MUSIC Fran Lhotka Hall , Trg Republike Hrvatske 12
SaxibA – Sibelius Academy Saxophone Ensemble
Claude Debussy (1862-1918): The Children’s Corner (arr. Marko Hilpo) 
Karol Beffa (1973): Octopus

 

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July 15th to 28th, Gap, France
As a teacher at the European Saxophone University

July 19th, Chapelle des Pénitents, Gap
Tebogo Monnakgotla: Crossing Borders (2015)
Guest appearance at Johannes Thorell’s recital

July 20th, Chapelle des Pénitents, Gap
A. Marcello: Oboe concerto in d minor
C. Saint-Saëns: Sonata for clarinet and piano op. 167
Tuomas Turriago: Sonata for saxophone and piano (premiere)
W.A. Mozart: Kegelstatt-Trio
With Claude Delangle, tenor saxophone
Cyrille Lehn, piano and harpsichord
Student quartet of the European Saxophone University

 

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August 2nd to 11th, Rostrenen, France
As a teacher at the Bretagne International Saxophone Academy

August 2nd, Chapelle du Campostal, Rostrenen
Opening concert of the festival Klasik
With Alexandre Souillart, Hiroe Yasui, Mai Toyama, Miyu Koda and Matthieu Acar

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August 17th, Helsinki Music Centre, Camerata Hall
Olli Virtaperko: Multikolor – concerto for baritone saxophone and ensemble
As a soloist with TampereRaw Ensemble, dir. Maria Itkonen

 

September 5th to 9th, Concerts in Taipei, Taiwan

 

October 4th, Carelia Hall, Joensuu, Finland
Raminta Šerkšnyte: Saxophone concerto
As a soloist with the Joensuu City Orchestra, dir. Eero Lehtimäki