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Chosen as « Classical Revelation ADAMI of the year 2010 » by the French Association for Performing Artists, classical saxophonist Alexandre Souillart is a passionate advocate of the original repertoire for his instrument. Alexandre Souillart studied at the Paris Conservatoire in Claude Delangle’s saxophone class (Master Degree and Soloist Diploma), chamber music with Laszlo Hadady (Master Degree) and free improvisation with Alexandros Markeas and Vincent Lê Quang. He affirms his musical personality by developing an active concert career in France and abroad. In 2010, Alexandre Souillart was the only French Laureate at the prestigious Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium. In 2012, he was invited to perform at numerous festivals in Europe (Italia, Great Britain, Spain, Greece), in Asia and in South America (Musica Festival, 29th Japan Saxophone Festival, USA, Taiwan, Peru, Argentina, Colombia). He recently performed at the Paris Musée d’Orsay Auditorium and as a soloist in Tomasi’s Concerto at the Cité de la Musique in Paris under the direction of Graziella Contratto. In demand as an orchestral saxophonist, he performed in 2011 Berio’s Sinfonia with the Ensemble Intercontemporain conducted by Jonathan Nott, and appears with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris and the Ensemble Itinéraire in 2012. Alexandre Souillart is deeply engaged in contemporary music and actively collaborates with several composers. His first CD features new works for tenor saxophone with various configurations. Frédéric Durieux’s Übersicht II for solo tenor saxophone, dedicated to A. Souillart, and Philippe Leroux’s Un Lieu Verdoyant for voice and saxophone are world premiere recordings. An active chamber musician, Alexandre Souillart founded the duo Atyopsis with the pianist Matthieu Acar. The duo actively seeks to enlarge the repertoire for saxophone and piano and has encouraged several composers to write works for it. Atyopsis has performed in France, Great Britain, Greece, Peru and Colombia and was invited at the Automn Festival of the Palezzetto Bru Zane (Venice) to give the historic program ‘‘From Berlioz to Debussy’’. Alexandre Souillart is a member of the Osmose Saxophone Quartet, specialized in new music and in saxophone pedagogy. The group has appeared throughout Europe, from the Balkans to Great Britain, and has been invited to perform and give conferences in Taiwan. Osmose Saxophone Quartet recently performed Glazunov’s Saxophone Quartet at the Salle Pleyel and gave a premiere of their new pedagogical programme ‘‘Four for Tango’’at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Alexandre Souillart has received prizes in several international soloist and chamber music competitions: International Adolphe Sax Competition (Dinant, Belgium), Societa Umaniteria Competition (Milano), Concours Avant-Scènes (Paris). He teaches saxophone and contemporary chamber music at the Paris Region and has given masterclasses in Asia and South America.
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