29 January, 2017, at 7 pm
Minorite Church, Maribor
The Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., cordially invites you to a concert of the international ensemble KUG-Sax-SIPPIA, which will take place on Sunday, 29 January 2017, at 7 pm in the Minorite Church (Vojašniški trg 2 A, Maribor).
The Association EPEKA, Soc. Ent., organises a concert of KUG-Sax-SIPPIE – a 13-piece orchestra, with a drummer in addition to twelve saxophonists. The artistic director and conductor of the orchestra is Gerald Preinfalk, a renowned Austrian saxophonist, who also contributes much of the literature for the orchestra.
SIPPIE’s origins date back to 2012, when the saxophone classes of the University of Vienna and the University of Graz carried out a joint project and formed a saxophone orchestra. Soon after, Preinfalk, impressed by the sound of this kind of ensemble, decided to create his own ensemble. The ensemble consists of current and former students of the Graz University of the Arts. The word SIPPIA itself means family in Old German, indicating the strong interconnectedness of the members. Since its foundation, the orchestra has given several successful concerts in Graz, Vienna, Varaždin and Wrocław, Poland, and was also presented at the SaxOPEN 2015 International Saxophone Meeting in Strasbourg, France.
The music performed by the orchestra is stylistically and technically quite complex. Starting from the classical saxophone school, the orchestra aims to create as wide a range of different sounds as possible, from imitating a church organ to a saxophone section in a big band. In addition to arranged “classical standards” and new compositions, a large part of the literature is contributed by the leader Gerald Preinfalk. His compositional style often incorporates progressive use of modern techniques such as microtonality, rhythmic idiosyncrasies, imitation speech, etc. He also incorporates jazz phrasing and improvisation.
In the concert at the Minorite Church, the ensemble will present a new concept, echoing music from two very distant time periods, looking for the common denominator of both styles. In the first part, they will focus on the performance of works by some of the most famous Baroque composers; Bach, Correlli and Vivaldi. The second part of the concert will feature contemporary classical music. In addition to the well-known Italian composer Luciano Berio, the orchestra will also perform original music by Gerald Preinfalck, written exclusively for SiPPia.
One of the more referential instruments of the Baroque period is the organ; essentially a group of metal tubes that create sound by means of air vibrations. In a similar way, and in a stripped-down essence, i.e. made up of a bunch of metal tubes, the saxophone orchestra is also composed. The specificity of saxophone playing encompasses many other adaptations of sound, which will be heard at the Sax Overload: MB Edition concert. Rok Volk, award-winning Slovenian saxophonist, will join the orchestra as musical guest this time.
Gerald Preinfalk studied saxophone in Vienna with Prof. Otto Vrhovnik (classics) and Wolfgang Puschnik (jazz). He continued his studies in New York at Berklee College of Musik with George Garzon and in Paris with Serge Bertocchi. In 2001 he received the “Hans Koller” prize in the category “Newcomer of the Year”. Since 2000 he has been a member of the renowned contemporary music ensemble Klangforum Wien, and in 2011 he became full professor of classical saxophone at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.
As a musician and composer, he has participated and continues to participate in various ensembles and projects in a wide range of musical genres. He has also appeared as soloist with the Wiener Symphonikern, Staatsorhcester Stuttgart and Ensemble Kontrapunkte. In 2011 he released the album “Art of Duo”, featuring compositions from the classical saxophone repertoire as well as contemporary compositions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdm9KHliEoM
Entrance fee: 7 EUR
Students, pupils and pensioners: 5 EUR
Photos from the event:
Slavko Rajh
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Urška Lukovnjak
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