Sax & Stix
Biography Sax & Stix
Sax & Stix
In September 2002, two young, adventurous musicians decided that they wanted to explore the new and exciting possibilities of a unique combination: the saxophone and percussion.
They continue this challenging road of discoveries today, and they have developed an original and refreshing repertoire on the way. Their programs are both appealing and unorthodox. They perform not only pieces what were written for them by others, but they also arrange pieces themselves. Their repertoire now encompasses a great variety of musical styles.
This unique repertoire in combination with their passionate performances ensures dazzling concerts, where a new world of music is explored. Communication with each other and their audience is an important and valuable part of each performance.
Sax & Stix has been invited to play at many important chamber music events both in the Netherlands and abroad. In february 2013 they played at the Hermitage in St. Petersbourg (Russia) and in 2011 Sax & Stix performed in a festival for "Dutch music" in Paris. A selection of the places they have played at includes the Muziekgebouw Eindhoven, the Muziekgebouw aan het IJ, Vredenburg and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, as well as at festivals such as the Grachtenfestival, the Uitgast festival and Kamermuziek in het Groen.
They shared the stage with classical top musicians such as Emily Beynon, Bart Schneemann, Liza Ferschtmann, Bram van Sambeek and Johan van Iersel. Their music has been broadcast by Dutch Radio 4 and in the television program Vrije Geluiden. They were coached by Reinbert de Leeuw, Walter van Hauwe, Louis Andriessen, Peter Prommel and Arno Bornkamp, among others.
Moreover, their enthusiastic and expressive collaboration was rewarded with the Grachtefestival prize 2012, first place by both the jury and the audience at the Internationaal Kamermuziekconcours Almere 2007. They also received a first prize at the Vriendenkransconcours of the Concertgebouw 2008.
