SOS Saxophone Orchestra and Hungarian Saxophone Consort - Miha Rogina, conductor

The SOS saxophone orchestra was founded on the initiative of Roberto Buttus, renowned producer and musical instrument repairer. Buttus and Lev Pupis invited well-established Slovene and Croatian saxophonists to join them and in 2011 the orchestra began performing. The members are renowned saxophonists from Slovenia, Croatia, Poland and Bosnia and Herzegovina. One of the main peculiarities of the orchestra is the fact that it performs without a conductor. This is an added advantage despite a large number of its members since the orchestra can perfectly apply the idea of chamber music. One special feature of the SOS orchestra is certainly that, from the very beginning, it has been bringing up and educating its own personell and youth. The SOS Junior orchestra contains 35 members and is mentored by members of SOS themselves. The SOS orchestra fosters close associations with many acclaimed soloists and so far it has had many guest appearances, including Jean – Yves Fourmeau, Tymur Melnyk, Marco Pierobon, Ljubiša Jovanović, Jože Kotar, Ognjen Popović, Oto Vrhovnik, Matej Grahek and others.After only a decade of the Hungarian classical saxophone education system’s history in Hungarian Universities, all high-school, conservatory and university professors established the first professional saxophone orchestra ever in Hungary, called: Hungarian Saxophone Consort. Based on his idea and led by Bence Szepesi – President of the Hungarian Clarinet and Saxophone Society – the Hungarian Saxophone Consort made its debut in Budapest 2015 with explosive success, which others have followed with world famous saxophonists like: Dr.Paul Cohen (USA), Philippe Geiss (FR), Mihály Borbély (HUN), Lev Pupis (SLO), etc. Their repertoire encompasses almost all music literature from original works to transcripts alike, including work with variable soloists. It has aimed at joining the international saxophonist life and to show young generations the way to work together.

Slovenian Saxophone Orchestra SOS
Lev Pupis, sopranino saxophone (white queen), Rok Volk, soprano saxophone 1 (white queen's bishop), Ita Nagode, soprano saxophone 2 (white king's bishop), Weronika Partyka, alto saxophone 1 (white A pawn), Joanna Blejwas, alto saxophone 2 (white B pawn), Matjaž Škoberne, alto saxophone 3 (white C pawn), Larisa Marjanovič, alto saxophone 4 (white D pawn), Domen Koren, alto saxophone 5 (white E pawn), Nika Deželak, alto saxophone 6 (white F pawn), Valeria Kučan, alto saxophone 7 (white G pawn), Lan Meden, alto saxophone 8 (white H pawn), Anja Kožuh, tenor saxophone 1 (white queen's knight), Irena Šmid, tenor saxophone 2 (white king's knight), Jovana Joka, baritone saxophone 1 (white queen's rook), Timotej Jerman, baritone saxophone 2 (white king's rook), Davor Loštrek, bass saxophone (white king)

Hungarian Saxophone Consort
Bence Szepesi, sopranino saxophone (black queen), Tamás Szitás, soprano saxophone 1 (black queen's bishop), Barna Bánfi, soprano saxophone 2 (black king's bishop),  Zsuzsanna Szendrői, alto saxophone 1 (black A pawn), István Szaller, alto saxophone 2 (black B pawn), Marcell Vincze, alto saxophone 3 (black C pawn), Mónika Soós, alto saxophone 4 (black D pawn), Máté Bencze, alto saxophone 5 (black E pawn), Ferenc Takács, alto saxophone 6 (black F pawn), Noémi Szőke, alto saxophone 7 (black G pawn), Dávid Szabó, alto saxophone 8 (black H pawn), Gergő Lupek, tenor saxophone 1 (black queen's knight), Zsófia Mészáros, tenor saxophone 2 (black king's knight), Marcell Horváth, baritone saxophone 1 (black queen's rook), Eszter Tóth, baritone saxophone 2 (black king's rook), Viktor Nagy, bass saxophone (black king)

Miha Rogina, conductor
Lev Pupis, leader of the project    

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  • Jul 12 2018
    21:00

    SOS Saxophone Orchestra and Hungarian Saxophone Consort - Miha Rogina, conductor

    ensemble performance

    Igor Lunder (1969): Chess Game for two saxophone orchestras (premiere performance) 

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