XI SOLO COMPETITION 2025
CHECK IN: APRIL 27th
ROUND 1: APRIL 28, 29, 30
ROUND 2: MAY 2
FINAL ROUND: MAY 4
WINNERS
SOLO SAXOPHONE COMPETITION
WATARU HIRAI
2025
GIORDI DZHISHKARIANI
2022
CARLOS ZARAGOZA
2018
MAKOTO HONDO
2015
DMITRY PINCHUK
2024
MIKHAIL KAZAKOV
2021
FRANCISCO RUSILLO
2017
ANTONIO GARCIA JORGE
2014
MARC FELIS CANDELA
2023
VALENTIN KOVALEV
2019
JUAN PEDRO LUNA
2016
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
RULES
2025 RULES PDF
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
JURY
Arnau Bataller
Marie-Bernadette Charrier
Aina Davidsen
Asya Fateyeva
Nacho Gascón
Mariano García
Christophe Grèzes
Tomás Jerez
Albert Julià
Valentin Kovalev
Xavier Larsson
Nahikari Oloriz
Carlos Ordoñez
Weronika Partyka
Martin Trillaud
Carlos Zaragoza
Sara Zazo
Aiwen Zhang
Nikita Zimin
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
REPERTOIRE
VIDEO SELECTION PROCESS
The candidate must submit the following video:
"Caprice," Hommage à Charlie Chaplin, a piece composed by Jean-Charles Richard for the final of the Andorra Sax Fest 2024. Delage Édition.
This video file must be sent by WeTransfer to contact@andorrasaxfest.com by 3 November 2024
File name: SURNAME_FIRST_NAME_CAPRICE
Resolution: minimum 640 x 480 pixels. Format: only mp4 will be accepted.
The video file must not exceed 2Gb.
In the video, the candidate must be fully visible at all times on the screen and the camera angle must be fixed.
The video must be filmed in a single take. A montage of the video will not be accepted.
All videos are viewed confidentially by the competition’s organising team to ensure that no editing has been used.
It is the responsibility of the competition’s organising team to decide whether a video is inadmissible due to insufficient technical quality and/or non-compliance with the rules defined above.
In the case of inadmission, the contest’s organising team reserves the right to ask the candidate to provide a new video.
FIRST ROUND
Violin Sonata No 1 in A minor, Op 105 (2n mov), Robert Schumann
Original Key, without previous piano rehearsal. Original key.
Recomended sheet music (arr. Asun Ortiz)
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_No/1587793/Product.aspx
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1st mov (Prelude) from Sonata No. 2 “Obsession”, Eugène Ysaÿe
For solo saxophone. Free tonality.
Recommended sheet music, (arr. Ferran Gorrea)
https://www.sheetmusicdirect.com/se/ID_No/998503/Product.aspx
SECOND ROUND
Prélude, cadence et finale, Alfred Desenclos
Alphonse Leduc Éditions.
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2nd free work
Solo piece chosen by the contestant. It must be original for any member of the saxophone family. It must be published and transcriptions won´t be accepted unless is made by the composer and it´s published as well. The contestant will bring copies of the piece for the jury. It is recommended that the piece is shorter than 12 minutes. The piece could be longer than 12 minutes but the jury could stop the interpretation in the competition once it passes the 12 minutes mark.
FINAL ROUND
Rhizome, Vincent David
Original solo work commissioned by the Andorra Sax Fest to Arnau Bataller.
SHEET MUSIC AVAILABLE FROM OUR PARTNER VANDOREN:
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
ENTRIES
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
PRIZES
First prize:
SELMER PARIS Alto Saxophone Supreme, offered by SELMER PARIS.
€7,000
Expenses paid for one week and a paid saxophone and piano recital during the ANDORRA SAX FEST'26.
A Performance accompanied by organ during the INTERNATIONAL ORGAN FESTIVAL OF ANDORRA 2025 (Andorra).
A Performance accompanied by Piano during the FESTIVAL CLASSICAND 2025 season (Andorra).
Participation as a member of the Jury of the IX Andorra International Contest for Young Saxophonists 2026 during ANDORRA SAX FEST’26.
Second prize
€5,000
A Performance accompanied by string quartet in the "Cicle de Concerts Colors de Música d'Escaldes-Engordany (Andorra)", July / August 2025.
Third prize
€4,000
Fourth prize
€1,500
Fifth prize
€1,500
Sixth prize
€1,500
SECOND ROUND: 200€ for each participant who does not pass to the FINAL ROUND.
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
ACCOMPANISTS
Takahiro Mita
Takahiro started his piano studies at age 5. He studied piano at the Tokyo National University of Music and Fine Arts with Mutsuko Kobayashi, where he obtained the highest score as a soloist. He received advice from many great pianists such as Vlado Perlemuter, Badura Skoda, Jorge Pludermacher, Jacque Rouvier, Vladimir Tropp and Aquiles Delle Vigne and furthered his piano studies at the Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles with Jean- Claude Venden Eynden and Burkard Spinley.
There, he received the First Prize in Chamber Music and obtained the Higher Diploma in piano with Distinction. He has been participated in several national and international competitions, obtaining the First Prize from Japan’s Union of Education, First Prize at the Concurs Ciutat d’Osca, Second Prize at the Concurs Maria Canals (Barcelona), Third Prize and the Award to the Best Spanish Music Interpretation at the Concurs Ciutat de Carlet, Honor Award at TIM and Second Prize at the Concurs Ciutat de El Ferrol, where he also received the Audience Award and the Award to the Best Spanish Music Interpretation. Furthermore, he has been selected to take part in other prestigious competitions, such as the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition and the Sydney International Piano Competition.
In 2007 and 2008, he was invited to be a repertoire teacher at the Encuentro de Música y Academia de Santander.
He has performed in orchestras and has given many solo and chamber music recitals in Japan, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, Italy and Spain.
He currently resides in Aragon, combining his concert life with his pedagogical activities as a professor at the Conservatori Superior d’Aragó.
Aniana Jaime
She began her musical studies at the Municipal School of Sariñena (Osca, Spain), and with a DPH scholarship, she continued them in Madrid with Rosa Mª Kucharski and at the Conservatories A. Soria, J. Turina and Superior of Madrid with Carmen Rubio, Anselmo de la Campa and Emilio Molina. She also followed PhD classes at the University of Saragossa and a Master of Interpretation at the Conservatory of Rotterdam (Netherlands) led by Aquilles delle Vigne.
She obtained the Pianistic Studies Scholarship D. Pedro Masaveu i Masaveu three times, as well as the Spanish Music Prize of the Guerrero Foundation in 2000, a scholarship Ibercaja for her studies and in 2010 she was awarded at the chamber music competition Mirabent i Magrans.
The Theatre Twee Hondjees Hellevoetsluis in the Netherlands, the Cervantes Institute in Vienna and the Salzburg Mozarteum University are some of the centers that hosted her recitals.
With her extended experience in chamber music interpretation, she joined the Duo Ànima in 2010 with the saxophonist Mariano García, playing a repertoire ranging from transcripts to music of the XXth century. She has collaborated with the Orchestra Martín i Soler and the Wind Symphony Orchestra of the Rotterdam Conservatory and her involvement with the Chamber Orchestra of the Zaragoza auditorium "Grup Enigma" has to be highlighted.
She worked as a teacher at the Superior Conservatory and Integrated Center P. A. Soler of Sant Lorenzo del Escorial, at the Professional Conservatory of Music of Zaragoza and she is currently an accompanist for the viola and cello teachers at the Superior Conservatory of Aragon.
Miriam started studying music when she was 6 years old with Daniel Areny. She has also been a student of Dolors Bellera and Josep Maria Escribano.
She obtained the Superior Piano Degree from the Municipal Conservatory of Barcelona in 1992 under the tutelage of maestro Miquel Farré. She then went on to receive a postgraduate scholarship from the Fundació Crèdit Andorrà that allowed her to study at the Trinity College of London with the pianist Kaoru Bingham, where she obtained two postgraduate degrees in piano performance. She has performed as a soloist, accompanying pianist and in chamber music orchestras.
She has participated in the Narciso Yepes Festival several times and in the Montserrat Caballé International Singing Competition, as well as performing in Madrid, Ljublyana, Strasbourg and Paris.
She was head of studies at the Institute of Music of the Comú of Andorra la Vella for 5 years, is also a certified Early Childhood teacher by IGEME (Instituto Gordon de Educación Musical España), and is currently a teacher of musical awareness, a piano teacher and pianist accompanying the Institut de Música del Comú d'Andorra la Vella and is doing the level 2 in Music Childhood Theory by Edwin Gordon for children from 3 to 6 years old.
Eurídice Sánchez Urrutia
Originally from Mexico city, began her piano training at the age of 5 at the Yamaha Music Foundation Academy. In 2005, se joined the Faculty of Music UNAM. She excelled academically earning the “Gabino Barreda” University Merit Medal and graduated with Honors in 2014 with a Bachelor’ s degree in Music-Piano from the FAM.She has performed in important venues in Mexico such as the Carlos Chavez Hall, the Lerdo de Tejada Library, and the Diego Rivera Mural Museum among others.
Supported by a scholarship from the Quebec government, from 2015 to 2017, she pursued a postgraduate degree in Solo Performance, Chamber Music and Accompaniment at Laval University (Quebec, Canada). Under the guidance of Ryan Molzan and Arturo Nieto-Dorantes she delved into the study of Manuel M. Ponce repertorire and latín music style. She obtained her Master’s degree in 2017.
Since January 2018 to November 2020 she has served as the Coordinator of the Keyboard and Composition Department at Faculty of Music UNAM. Currently, She is a full time professor of the Faculty of Music teaching Repertoire Practice and Chamber Music. She is a repetiteur in the saxophone departament and the oficial pianist for the National and Panamerican FAM saxopohone competitions. She performed as well in other mexican and latín american saxopohne festivals as in those of San José, Costa Rica ALASAX Festival (March,2024) and the International Saxophone Festival in Puebla, Mexico (November 2024).
Kic Barroc
He began his training at the Institute of Music and Dance of Andorra, where he obtained the professional degree in classical piano, studying with professors such as Míriam Manubens, Toni Gibert, and Marina Vallcorba.
After moving to Barcelona, he earned his higher degree in jazz piano at the ESEM Taller de Músics, studying with Marco Mezquida and Txema Riera. Additionally, he attended numerous masterclasses with musicians such as Agustí Fernández, Stefano Bollani, Perico Sambeat, Jerry Bergonzi, and Jacob Collier.
Later, he specialized in music production and composition, studying under Santiago Galán and Néstor Jiménez, and obtained two master’s degrees: Musical Composition with New Technologies (2022, UNIR) and Master's Degree in Teacher Training (2021, UNIR).
He collaborates with the International Jazz Festival of Escaldes and Andorra SaxFest, and has carried out numerous projects with institutions such as the ONCA (National Classical Orchestra of Andorra), the El Temps de les Arts program, and the JOCAND (Young Theatre Company of Andorra).
In 2022, he released his debut album, Mon noM, alongside the prestigious saxophonist Baptiste Herbin, with a 100% Pyrenean ensemble. This project has taken him to perform in some of the most emblematic venues and festivals in Andorra and Spain.
In September 2021, he made his debut with ONCA in a talk-concert format, where he presented works composed specifically for the occasion and analyzed the history of the national anthem and its composer. In March 2022, he debuted as a solo pianist with ONCA, performing his own composition, Suite Andorrana for Piano and Orchestra, in a special concert celebrating the anniversary of the Andorran Constitution.
He is the co-creator of Fonorama, a production company where, together with Lluís Casahuga and Toni Gibert, he creates music for theatrical and audiovisual productions, including Temps Era Temps (with JOCAND), Jo dic Mai Més (with Ferran Castells, Àlex Polls, and Teresa Davant), and Angelika (with Josep Galindo), among others.
Míriam Manubens
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
ACCOMPANISTS
FINAL 2025
XI SOLO SAXOPHONE 2025
David Patyra
Kacper Puczko
Kristóf János Havasi
Salvatore Alessandro Miceli
Vladimir Petskus
Wataru Hirai
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
RULES
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
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JURY
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
Christophe Bois
Tomás Jerez
Mikhail Kazakov
Dmitry Pinchuk
David Salleras
Carlos Ordoñez
Sara Zazo
Aiwen Zhang
REPERTOIRE
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
CATEGORY A:
Kyoto, Kumiko TANAKA (Ed. Robert Martin)
Sheet music available from our partner Vandoren: https://www.partitionsvandoren.fr/en/
CATEGORY B:
Oriental Dreams, Pierre-François DETONGRE (Ed. Delage Music)
Sheet music available from our partner Vandoren: https://www.partitionsvandoren.fr/en/
CATEGORY C:
Chanson et Passepied, Jeanine RUEFF (Ed. Alphonse Leduc)
Études 5 & 12 - 48 Études, F.W. FERLING (Ed. Alphonse Leduc)
Sheet music available from our partner Vandoren: https://www.partitionsvandoren.fr/en/
CATEGORY D:
Sonate en UT# - Fernande DECRUCK, (1r mov) (Ed. Gérard Billaudot)
Études-Caprices n. 3 & 7, Eugène BOZZA (Ed. Alphonse Leduc)
Sheet music available from our partner Vandoren: https://www.partitionsvandoren.fr/en/
Only legally obtained sheet music must be used in the competition.
ENTRIES
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
PRIZES
VIII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
CATEGORY A
FIRST PRIZE
€60 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER.
€50 in SAXTIENDA.COM shopping vouchers provided by ADOLPHESAX.COM & SAXTIENDA.COM.
SECOND PRIZE
€50 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER.
THIRD PRIZE
€40 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
CATEGORY B
FIRST PRIZE
€80 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
€50 in SAXTIENDA.COM shopping vouchers provided by ADOLPHESAX.COM & SAXTIENDA.COM.
SECOND PRIZE
€70 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
THIRD PRIZE
€60 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
CATEGORY C
FIRST PRIZE
€200 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
€100 in SAXTIENDA.COM shopping vouchers provided by ADOLPHESAX.COM & SAXTIENDA.COM.
SECOND PRIZE
€160 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
THIRD PRIZE
€125 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
CATEGORY D
FIRST PRIZE
€2000 in shopping vouchers offered by SAX&CLARINET-ON.
€250 in SAXTIENDA.COM shopping vouchers provided by ADOLPHESAX.COM & SAXTIENDA.COM.
1 year subscription to ADLIBITUMCLASS.COM
A Performance accompanied by piano in ANDORRA SAX FEST’26.
SECOND PRIZE
€300 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
1 year subscription to ADLIBITUMCLASS.COM
THIRD PRIZE
€200 in SELMER & VANDOREN shopping vouchers provided by EUROMUSICA & MAFER
1 year subscription to ADLIBITUMCLASS.COM
PARTICIPANTS
VII YOUTH SAX SOLO 2025
Cat A
Aloi Asbert Amador
Ethan So
Maria Boyko
Oleksandra Popel
Pietro Girardi
Yin Yu Jasper Chan
Cat B
Aleksandr Ivashkov
Ander Pacheco Montero
Gabriel Pons Jiménez
Lok Hin Chan
Louis Ramaniraka
Mateo Pérez Blanco
Sebastian Pottle
Cat C
Ai ming Wang
Angikar Ahodi
Clotaire Guenais
Cristel Villaró Alonso
Hugo Mateo Gisbert
Kirill Kuzmin
Lai Shun Tyson Wong
Malen Pacheco Montero
Marius Sail Lefebvre
Mia Bozic
Miguel Simarro Gómez
Pablo Mangin Rodriguez
Polina Korda
Ravansith Pierre-Nadal
Xabier Abril
Cat D
Aleksandr Dolgov
Andrei Gorlov
Arsenii Budanov
Arsenii Tiuniaev
Artem Glinskii
Carla Marza Gual
Claudiu-Alexandru Șuțu
Daniela Alcaide González
Gonzalo Fernández-Gallardo Lobato
Hugo Coso Montagud
Iván García Bejarano
Jiankun Xing
Junzhe Wen
Kezia Colton
Lena Maruchacz
Makar Zemtsov
Maxime Lopes-Taboada
Nejc Razpotnik
Nil Arcas Miró
Rafael Sánchez Ruíz
Raoul Sail Lefebvre
Rodrigo García Pertusa
Sofia Tiurina
Tian Yu
Uku Gross
Wang Zebin
Wenze Jia
Yunren Chang