Compiled from the Performing Arts programmes* and Visual Arts exhibition records from HKADC’s Arts Yearbooks and Annual Arts Survey projects dating from 2010.

Nobuya Sugawa.The Art of the Saxophone

Music

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Art Genres / Sub-categories

Western Instrumental Music

Location

Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall

Start Date

2018/10/13

End Date

2018/10/13

Art Genres / Sub-categories

Western Instrumental Music

Location

Hong Kong City Hall, Concert Hall

Start Date

2018/10/13

End Date

2018/10/13

Nobuya Sugawa.The Art of the Saxophone

Description

Description

Programme
Toshio Hosokawa
Blossoming II (2011) (Hong Kong première)

Debussy
Rhapsody for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra (Sugawa Version)

Fazıl Say
Ballad for Alto Saxophone & Orchestra, Op 67 (2016) (Hong Kong première)
Commissioned by Nobuya Sugawa

Sibelius
Symphony No 1 in E minor, Op 39

Nobuya Sugawa (Saxophone)
“A top-class saxophone player who has superlative technique and flexible musicality.”

Bravo Magazine

“A masterful performer…It is simply hard to imagine more impeccable playing tonally, technically or tastefully.”

The Japan Times

Has worked with many renowned orchestras and conductors including the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit and Alan Gilbert
Has commissioned and championed many new works including, apart from Fazıl Say’s Ballad, Fuzzy Bird Sonata and Cyber Bird Concerto by Takashi Yoshimatsu, Saxophone Concerto Esse in Anima by Akira Nishimura, Saxophone Concerto by Edward Gregson, Florida to Tokyo by Chick Corea and Fantasia by Ryuichi Sakamoto
His highly acclaimed discography includes recordings of saxophone masterpieces and contemporary works written for him
Has toured and recorded with jazz musicians such as Ron Carter and Martin Taylor
Hamamatsu Art and Culture Special Award 1996

Roberto Forés Veses (Conductor)
Musical & Artistic Director, Orchestre d’Auvergne, France

Fazıl Say (Composer)
A brilliant pianist and prolific composer who regularly receives commissions from the world’s most prestigious festivals and groups including the Salzburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festivals, Konzerthaus Berlin, Vienna Konzerthaus, Radio France, BBC, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, City of Bayreuth, etc.
His compositions and their recordings have received critical acclaims and awards such as the ECHO Klassik special prize

Toshio Hosokawa (Composer)
Award-winning composer whose works have been commissioned and premiered by the likes of Vienna Philharmonic/Gergiev (Salzburg Festival), Cleveland Orchestra (Lucerne Festival), Berlin Philharmonic/Rattle, Hamburg State Opera/Nagano, Munich Biennale, La Monnaie Brussels and Aix-en-Provence Festival, etc.
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Organiser / Presenter Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Performing / Production Unit Hong Kong Sinfonietta
Conductor:Roberto Forés Veses [Spain]
Saxophone:Nobuya Sugawa [Japan]
Composer:Toshio Hosokawa; Debussy; Fazıl Say; Sibelius

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Lowest Price

$160

Highest Price

$420

Indoor / Outdoor

Indoor

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Local, Non-local

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