The World Saxophone Congress is a festival gathering approximately 1000 saxophonists and other musicians from all over the world.[1] It is held every three years at a different congress centre in a different country and focuses primarily (although not exclusively) on the performance of classical saxophone music.
The Congress presents an opportunity to meet saxophonists from many countries and to listen to various concerts and performances of saxophone soloists, chamber ensembles, big bands and symphony orchestras that run simultaneously throughout the day in different halls of the congress centre. Each of the five days is concluded by an evening concert of the orchestra and outstanding international soloists. It is also convened with the purpose of presenting the advancements of music production and distribution as well as innovations in instrument-making and equipment.
The seventeenth World Saxophone Congress, known as SaxOpen, was held between 9 and 14 July 2015 in Strasbourg France.[2][3] The eighteenth World Saxophone Congress took place in 2018 in Zagreb, Croatia.[4]
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- ^ World Saxophone Congress: Strasbourg 2015, retrieved 30 July 2012
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- ^ "18th World Saxophone Congress 2018". 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2016. Retrieved 30 July 2012.