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Saxophonist Josetxo Silguero teaches an International Course at the National Conservatory in Lima Peru

02/01/2012

Saxophonist Josetxo Silguero
Saxophonist Josetxo Silguero

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Basque saxophonist Josetxo Silguero is currently in Peru to teach an international saxophone course at the National Conservatory in the capital city of Lima. The course began on January 29th and will conclude on February 7th. Silguero is one of the invited professors along with Emiliano Barri, saxophonist from Argentina. On January 29th, Silguero gave an inaugural concert playing songs by Gabriel Erkoreka and Mikel Laboa, among others. Silguero also visited Peru in August as a visiting professor in the first edition of the course.

Lima, Peru.  The second International Course on Saxophone is currently being offered at the National Conservatory in Lima Peru by Josetxo Silguero native of Irun.  Silguero is teaching the course along with Argentinean saxophone player Emiliano Barri.  This is the second time that Silguero has participated in this event since he also taught in the first edition in August of last year.  He was in Peru in August as part of a Latin American tour that also took him to Bolivia, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.

The course is open not only to saxophonists but also to other musicians.  The course consists of 70 hours of class, which alternate between theory classes, workshops, and performances.  More information is available on Facebook.

Laboa and Erkoreka in Lima

On January 29th Silguero opened the course with a concert entitled, “Written Improvisation vs. Improvised Composition.”  During the recital Silguero performed “Duduk I” by Gabriel Erkoreka as well as other works by Mikel Laboa, along with works by Etienne Rolin and Jose Baroni.  On Thursday there will be a saxophone concert, as part of the course, performed in groups as well as individually, while the closing concert will be performed by Barri. 

Silguero’s participation in this course is also supported by the Etxepare Basque Institute.  

-More information available on Josetxo Silguero’s website, here
-More information on the course, here in Facebook

 



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