Ashu, Saxophone
Kuang-Hao Huang, Piano
Saturday, October 16, 2010 at 8:00 p.m.
Sondheim Center
200 N Main, Fairfield, Iowa
PROGRAM
Concertino da Camera
by Jacques Ibert
Andante from Sonata, Op. 19
by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sonata, Op. 19 for Alto Saxophone and Piano
by Paul Creston
INTERMISSION
Three Tangos arranged for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
by Astor Piazzolla
Italian Film Suite
by Ennio Morricone
Fantaisie sur un Thème Original for Alto Saxophone and Piano
by Jules Demersseman
International award winning saxophonist, Ashu,
to perform recital with piano
Saxophonist Ashu, age 26, has established an extraordinary ability to communicate with audiences through his charismatic and moving performance style. Critics have raved that he's "just as much fun to watch as he is to listen to" (Dallas Morning News) and "Riveting, Brilliant, Pizzazz to Burn!" (NPR). He has repeatedly defied conventions by winning major international competitions traditionally won by pianists and violinists.
Born and raised in California, Ashu began playing the saxophone at age 10. Recent solo performances have taken him throughout Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Portugal, West Indies, and the USA; with upcoming tours in Australia, New Zealand, and the Baltic.
Ashu has proven a unique ability to captivate general as well as classical audiences, and shown how the concert saxophone can reach beyond stylistic categorization and to a large diversity of people. While most people have never heard the saxophone in concert music, Ashu has begun to change this. He says, "It's really an incredible instrument. It can play with such emotional intensity, sing like a voice, and effortlessly project in the largest of halls. It's capable of a lot of really beautiful things."
Ashu will be performing at the Sondheim Center with his piano partner, Kuang-Hao Huang. The program will include an engaging diversity of virtuosic and beautiful works by composers Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jacques Ibert, Heitor Villa-Lobos, tango composer Astor Piazzolla, and more. For more information on Ashu, please visit his website at www.ashuonline.com.
Ashu in Recital
Photo by Mari Nord
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Tickets $15 general. $12 students, seniors 65 yrs,
IA Course participants, children (under 12 yrs free).
Call the Sondheim Center box office at 641-472-2787.
Design and copyright 2009 Freddy Niagara Fonseca
Fairfield Creates
