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Small Hall of Saint-Petersburg Philharmonia, Season 2023 - 2024
Recital, January 31st 2024
Sergey Kolesov - saxophone
Alexander Kashpurin - piano
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Sergey Kolesov is the leading Russian musician saxophonist of today. He has been conducting successful concert and pedagogical activities all over the world for more than 20 years (Russia, Europe, America, Asia). Kolesov is the first Russian musician in history to win the "Grand-prix" at the prestigious International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, Belgium, 2006. In 2019 Sergey Kolesov has been honoured to represent Russia at this huge event.
The official Yamaha (Japan) and D’Addario (USA) artist. A graduate of the Russian Gnesin's Academy of Music in the class of Professor Margarita Shaposhnikova, Sergey Kolesov is the first prize winner of an impressive number of additional prestigious international competitions: in Italy (International Chamber Music Competition "Salieri-Zinetti") Verona, 2010, and in Germany (European Chamber Music Competition) Karlsruhe, 2012. Special prize «Henry Selmer» at the International saxophone competition "Saxiana" in Paris. His successful performances at these competitions have served to raise the level of concert saxophone playing up to the expectations of other more recognised and better established instruments of classical music.
The uniqueness of Sergey Kolesov is that he is one of the few world wind players who is able to play grandiose dramatic solo concert programs, keeping the attention and tension of the audience throughout the concert.
“. . .all doubts regarding possibilities of classical solo saxophone were disproved at once. This first concert of 19th International Julita Festival was really fantastic. Sergey Kolesov took the public by storm from the very start.”
Sven Bertilsson, Katrineholms Kuriren, Sweden
"You have to hear Sergey Kolesov yourself in order to realize the ability of his saxophone to “talk” with the human voice, conveying most precise intonation and emotional nuances.”
Claus-Dieter Hanauer, Karlsruhe, Germany
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