PROJECTS
Nordic Saxophone Festival 2025 - Edition TÓRSHAVN
In April 2025 the Nordic Saxophone Festival will be held in Tórshavn on the Faroe Islands.
The collective has already secured agreements with rehearsal and concert venues, as well as secured an agreement for free accommodation for saxophone students during the festival.
At the moment the collective is working on collaborative engagements with professional nordic saxophonists and ensembles, as well as securing funding for the festival through grants and sponsors.
World Saxophone Congress 2023
Nordic Saxophone Collective is participating in the World Saxophone Congress 2023 held in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, in December 2023.
The Collective will perform a concert showcasing Nordic music for saxophone ensemble. Furthermore several members of the collective will perform other concerts at the congress, including Jór Saxophone Quartet, a Faroese saxophone & piano duet, a Nordic saxophone duo etc. highlighting the Nordic culture scene.
SANS Færøerne
In October 2023 NSC produces and curates the concert “SANS Færøerne” highlighting and celebrating Faroese art, culture and history through music, lightdesign and performance. Five new pieces have been commissioned for various chamber constellations including the saxophone by five different Faroese composers. Through collaborations with Faroese artists and companies all five senses will be stimulated during the experience.
The project is funded and supported by:
Felagið Føroysk Tónaskøld, Gramex - Korsangernes Fællesråd, Mentanargrunnur Landsins, Mentamálaráðið, Koda Danmark, Statens Kunstfond, Koda Føroyar, Kronprins Frederiks & Kronprinsesse Marys Fond, Dansk Tennis Fond, Aage & Johanne Louis-Hansens Fond, Clara Lachmanns Stiftelse, Loftbrúgv, Københavns Musikudvalg, Solistforeningen af 1921, Dansk Solistforbund, Art Music Denmark, William Demant Fonden, STG’s Gavefond, Sonning Fonden, Sands Kommuna, Tórshavnar Kommuna, SMS, Shisa Brand, Steinum, Ocean Rainforest, Smyril Line, DJM, Nordatlantens Brygge, Nordens Hus
Faroe Islands Tour 2021
The first project of the Nordic Saxophone Collective was a tour to the Faroe Islands summer 2021 playing concerts in different Faroese and Danish cities as well as offering saxophone workshops for amateur and professional saxophonists of all ages of the Faroe Islands.
A part of the project was commissioning new music for the ensemble. The repertoire for the concerts on the Faroe Islands and in Denmark contained three new pieces for saxophone ensemble all inspired by Carl Nielsen’s “Opus 1” for String Nonet. The pieces were written by Eli Tausen á Lava (FO/SE), Finnur Karlsson (IS/DK) & Tze Yeung Ho (NO/CA). Carl Nielsen’s “Opus 1” was also performed at the concerts in an arrangement made by saxophonists Kevin Shen & Nathanael Wetterud. The pieces can be heard on our SoundCloud profile.
The journey was generously sponsored by Nordic Culture Point.
The Association 2019
The association Nordic Saxophone Collective was established in Aarhus in 2019 to create a platform and a common network for saxophonists in the Nordic Countries to make projects and collaborations around the Nordic region.
