Maat Saxophone Quartet at De Muziekkamer

 The members of the Maat Saxophone Quartet met at the Conservatory of  Amsterdam, but are all from Portugal . Since their first performance in January  2018, they commute between the Netherlands and Portugal, with the aim of bringing together the best music from both countries. Since then, they have won various prizes, including  first prize at Prémio Jovens Músicos, the most prestigious competition for  classical music in Portugal. They also ended up in the final of the Grachten festival Conservatorium Concours 2018 and won the first prize in the Storioni Competition in Eindhoven. www.maatsaxquartet.com 

Program Note:

Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909)          Suite Española no. 1, Op. 47: 6. Aragon  

Nuno Lobo (1996 *)                     303 | Circ. Praça Constituição (estreia mundial)  

Ramin Amin-Tafreshi (1992)         Sozale from Negarehaye Rangin 

Guillermo Lago  (1960 *)             Ciudades for saxophone quartet