Valentin Kovalev and Aiwen Zhang began their journey together at the Paris Conservatory, where they were the only 2 saxophonists admitted in 2018. They came to the United States to study at the University of Michigan in 2020. Natives of Shanghai and Siberia, they now live in Philadelphia.
I was wondering whether I should go down from a vandoren blue box 3.5 to a 3 when playing the tenor concept mouthpiece, this video gave me the answer. I love the 2nd reed, darker than the rest. I love this piece too, I played the 1st and 2nd movement for college auditions!
You are classically an above-excellent performer on the saxophone 🎷 ❤❤ #2 is my choice: smoother and clearer; the saxophone 🎷 or the saxophonist? It's hard to tell.
