5th Festival Alpsax Summer 2022

Kranjska Gora, the world-famous ski resort, will once again host the Summer Saxophone School. The festival will be enriched by concert events and other activities related to this instrument, which are organised for the fifth year in a row by the Sequoia Cultural Association.

The main purpose of the festival is to provide young musicians with an opportunity to stay in touch with music and their instruments during the holidays and to strengthen and improve their skills. Training in chamber and orchestral music making is one of the priorities of this event.

During the summer school, participants have several individual lessons with different instructors and can play in chamber groups.
Dodana vrednost je zagotovo tudi sodelovanje v orkestru saksofonov, ki že tradicionalno nastopi na zaključnem koncertu. Letos boUndoubtedly, an added value is the participation in the saxophone orchestra, which traditionally performs at the closing concert. This year the orchestra will be led by Dutch saxophonist and professor Johan van der Linden, also a renowned composer and arranger. In addition to the final concert, there will be an extra event this year, as the orchestra will perform on 8 July at Bevk Square in Nova Gorica and then attend the finals of the International Saxophone Competition.

Festival participants and other guests can also attend free evening concerts, which are organised as an enrichment of the cultural and tourist programme of Kranjska Gora. In these concerts, participants can listen to their mentors, learn about different musical styles and roles, in which the saxophone of course plays a major role.

In addition, this year’s edition of the festival will allow the participants to take part in various thematic workshops led by our speakers and guests. They will have the opportunity to visit a music fair with renowned producers presenting some of their new products and, of course, to take part in sports and other past-time activities.

The Artistic Director of the 5th ALPSAX SUMMER FESTIVAL 2022 and the Summer School is Professor Lev Pupis, who has designed the Summer School programme on two levels.