Activities 2018 - Francisco Martínez

April 28, 19:30h. Arévalo Auditorium
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble Group: Saxophone Quartet

ALDEMARO ROMERO________________________________ Cuarteto latinoamericano

EMILIO CALANDIN_______________________ Mantra: 30 maneras de decir felicidades

CARLOS CRUZ DE CASTRO_________________________________ Sombras de saxofón

GYORGY LIGETTY_____________________________________________ Seis Bagatelas

May 13, 12:00h., Auditorium
of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble: Saxophone Octet

OPENING CONCERT

AROON COPLAND____________________________ Fanfarria para el hombre corriente

BERNAT QUETGLAS________________________________________ Tonada i interludis

TOMAS MARCO___________________________________________ Paraiso Danzante

JESUS RUEDA______________________________ Concierto de Cámara nº 3 (Fanfarria)

GYORGY LIGETTY_____________________________________________ Seis Bagatelas

May 16, 17:00 h, Civica Scuola de Música Cinisello Balsano
Concert: Francisco Martínez: Saxos and electronics

MICHAEL EDWARDS ______________________________________ Flung me, foot trod

ENEKO VADILLO __________________________________________________ Murano

May 18, 5:00 pm, Civica Scuola de Música Claudio Abbado of Milan
Francisco Martínez: Conference

Conference on contemporary Spanish music, Luis de Pablo, Cristóbal Halffter and Tomás Marco

June 10, 12: 00h., Auditorium of the Museum of Lázaro Galdiano
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Duo of saxophones and electronics Henrique Portovedo and Francisco Martínez
Sax-Ensemble Quartet. Concert with electroacoustics and live video

IGOR SILVA ______________________________________________________ Estreno*

MICHAEL EDWARDS ______________________________________ Flung me, foot trod

NUNO PEIXOTO______________________________________________ Dialogismos*

ENEKO VADILLO ________________________________________________ Murano 2*

DATIVO TOBARRA_________________________________________________ Estreno*

June 16, 4:00 pm, Aveiro Conservatory Auditorium (Portugal)
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Conference on Spanish music for saxophone.

June 16, 18: 00h., Aveiro Conservatory Auditorium (Portugal)
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Duo of saxophones and electronics Henrique Portovedo and Francisco Martínez
Concert with electroacoustics and live video

IGOR SILVA ______________________________________________________ Estreno*

MICHAEL EDWARDS ______________________________________ Flung me, foot trod

NUNO PEIXOTO__________________________________________________ Estreno*

ENEKO VADILLO _________________________________________________ Murano 2

12th of July. Zagreb Conservatory
XVIII WORLD SAXOPHON CONGRESS
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Duo of saxophones and electronics Henrique Portovedo and Francisco Martínez
Sax-Ensemble Quartet. Concert with electroacoustics and live video

IGOR SILVA _______________________________________________________ Estreno*

MICHAEL EDWARDS________________________________________ Flung me, foot trod

NUNO PEIXOTO____________________________________________________ Estreno*

ENEKO VADILLO __________________________________________________ Murano 2*

DATIVO TOBARRA__________________________________________________ Estreno*

August 6, Santander Festival
Emilio Botín Foundation
Sax-Ensemble: Director Santiago Serrate
Flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, violin, cello, piano, 1 percussion
Voice of soprano and narrator

JUAN JOSÉ MIER________________________ Heidelberg, una puerta de luz para Gaia

LUIS DE PABLO_____________________________________________ Pocket Zarzuela

WILLIAM WALTON _______________________ Façade, an entertainment, version 1951

September 16, 12: 00h., Auditorium
of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Guest group: Zahir Ensemble

ELENA MENDOZA_______________________________________________ Nebelsplitter

ANNA MALEK________________________________________________ To repel ghosts II

ENEKO VADILLO______________________________________________________ Selene

CESAR CAMARERO_______________________________________________ Opus sectile

REINHARD FEBEL___________________________________________________ Two Birds

LUIS DE PABLO___________________________________________ Epístola al transeúnte

September 29, 7:30 pm, Auditorium of the

Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble: Director Santiago Serrate
Tribute to Zulema de la Cruz and Jacobo Duran Loriga
Quartet of Saxos, piano and percussion

JACOBO DURAN LORIGA__________________________________________ Autumnal*

ZULEMA DE LA CRUZ __________________________________ Concierto Mediterráneo

JACOBO DURAN LORIGA _____________________________________________ Estival

ZULEMA DE LA CRUZ ______________________________________________ Estreno*

October 14, 12: 00h., Auditorium of the Museum of Lázaro Galdiano
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Guest soloists: Florian Vlashi (violin) Ruslana Prokopenko (violoncello)

CRISTÓBAL HALFFTER ___________________________________ Sonata per violín solo

JOAQUIN NIN________________________________________________ Suite Española

RAMON BARCE_______________________________________________________ Dúo

FERNANDO BUIDE ___________________________________ Pulcre Facies (violín solo)

MANUEL DE FALLA___________________________________ Seis canciones españolas

October 20. Auditorium Theater of Tres Cantos

International Festival of Three Cantos
Sax-Ensemble Group: Director Santiago Serrate
Clarinet, sax, violin, cello and piano

RAMON BARCE___________________________________________________ Serenata

JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH__ Preludio nº 7 en mi bemol del Clave bien temperado, Libro I

ZULEMA DE LA CRUZ___________________________________________ Estreno10-12

JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH_____________________ Variaciones Goldberg, Vars. 10 y 30

JOSEP SOLER I SARDA__________________________________ Para Elena y Ramón Barce

JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH ________ El Arte de la fuga, Contrapunctus 6 in style francese

RAMON BARCE___________________________________________________ Trama-7

JOHAN SEBASTIAN BACH____________________________ Concierto Italiano (1º mov.)

November 4, Auditorium of Segovia.
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
“Conferences of Contemporary Music of Segovia”
Sax-Ensemble: Director Santiago Serrate
Quartet of Saxos, piano and percussion

TOMAS MARCO____________________________________________ Paraiso dinámico

TRIBUNA SAX-ENSEMBLE 1________________________________________ Estreno**

PILAR JURADO__________________________________________________ XtremesaX

TRIBUNA SAX-ENSEMBLE 2__________________________________________ Estreno

DAVID DEL PUERTO____________________________________________ Sonata a seis

November 11, 12: 00h., Auditorium
of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Guest soloists: Ensemble de Segovia

JOSE MARIA GARCIA LABORDA_________________________ El bestiario del Evangelio

SEBASTIAN SANCHEZ CAÑAS_______________________________________ El gimneta

ADOLFO NUÑEZ______________________________________ Variaciones de casi nada

FLORES CAHVIANO _____________________________________ Visita nocturna a Tlön

Auditorium of Ferrol
Ferrolana Philharmonic Society
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble – Saxophone Quartet

ALDEMARO ROMERO________________________________ Cuarteto latinoamericano

BERNAT QUETGLAS________________________________________ Tonada i interludis

CARLOS CRUZ DE CASTRO_________________________________ Sombras de saxofón

JEAN FRANÇAIX_______________________________________________ Petit Quatuor

GYORGY LIGETTY_____________________________________________ Seis Bagatelas

November 23. CICUS Auditorium (Seville)
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble Quartet. Concert with electroacoustics and live video

MICHAEL EDWARDS ______________________________________ Flung me, foot trod

NUNO PEIXOTO______________________________________________ Dialogismos*

JESUS VILLA ROJO___________________________________________________ Lamento

ENEKO VADILLO ___________________________________________________ Murano 2

DATIVO TOBARRA__________________________________________________ Estreno*

November 28, Concert in COMA festival and “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble Group: director Santiago Serrate
Program to be determined by composers of the
Madrid Association of Composers

December 9, 12: 00h., Auditorium
of the Lázaro Galdiano Museum
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble: Director Santiago Serrate
CONCERT OF THE FINALISTS
AND DELIVERY OF THE TRIBUNA SAX-ENSEMBLE AWARDS

December 15 12:00., Auditorium of the Royal Academy
of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Concert of the cycle “Music for the third millennium”
Sax-Ensemble: Director Santiago Serrate
Flute, clarinet, sax, trumpet, 2 violin, cello, double bass, piano, 2 percussions and narrator
CLOSING CONCERT

WILLIAM WALTON__________________________________________________ Façade

JOSE NIETO_______________________________________________________ Impulso

He is one of the saxophonists who has contributed most to the saxophone repertoire in the last 30 years. His activity has led to the world premiere of 203 works for saxophone and the publication of 18 CDs and 2 DVDs so far. He has performed in over 20 countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe and has performed five world premieres of concerts with orchestra. As an interpreter he is greatly appreciated for his sound, technique and quality of interpretation that has earned him the highest acclaim.

He is the founder and artistic director of Sax-Ensemble Group. This group is considered one of the best contemporary music groups in Europe and is the largest contributor to the international repertoire of saxophone in the last 20 years. It was the first group of chamber of Spain awarded the National Prize for Music.

He is a saxophone professor at the Royal Superior Conservatory of Madrid and also Head of Wood Wind Department. His training at conservatories in Madrid and Alicante, and later in Paris, Bordeaux, and with the most renowned professors of the French school have allowed him to be one of the best prepared teachers in Spain. Many students have passed through his classrooms and more than 70 teachers have completed their saxophone studies in his classrooms.

He has taught courses and masterclasses in addition to Spain, Russia, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Holland, Portugal, Slovenia, Canada and the United States.

He was the founder of the Association of Spanish Saxophonists, and organizer of many activities to promote the saxophone in Spain. In 1987 he organized in Alicante the II European Saxophone Meeting, where the Sax-Ensemble performed for the first time. Later he taught the first Saxophone European University in France (1989), and founded the Saxophone European University in Spain (1990). In 1993 he founded the Sax-Ensemble foundation which is currently the artistic director and which organizes the cycle Music for the Third Millennium. He is currently president the Governing Board of the Foundation Sax-Ensemble. He was artistic director of the I European Saxophone Congress “Eursax 2014”. Also is president of the European Saxophone Committee.

He has published articles in the magazine “Anuario Musical” (Higher Council of Scientific Researcho of Spain) in the revues: Music and Education, Euphony, Melomano, Ritmo, El País, Viento, Allegro, “Music” published by Royal Conservatory of Madrid and the magazine ASE.

He has done PhDs in Musicology and Applied Creativity at the Autonomous University of Madrid. In 2011 he obtained the title of European Doctor in Musicology with the qualification “outstanding cum laude”. He have been part of the juries most importants in national and international competitions