Teachers
MARIANO GARCÍA
Mariano García is a musician passionate about music and pedagogy.
He is a full-time professor at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Aragón in Zaragoza, Spain.
At the Luca School of Music and Arts University in Leuven, Belgium, he teaches Master's and postgraduate courses.
Desde 2016 es profesor de la Universidad Europea del Saxofón en los cursos de verano en Gap (Francia)
Ha sido profesor en la Wiener Akademie Musik, Austria.
Participa en diversos festivales internacionales como profesor y concertista destacando, Andorra Sax Fest desde sus inicios,
Viena Sax Fest (Austria), Birmingham School of Music, Royal Conservatoire de Bruselas, Panticosa (España) y diversas ciudades
in Portugal, Italy and China, as well as invited by prestigious American Universities.
Required as a juror in international competitions.
He forms the chamber duo AniMa DUO with the excellent pianist Aniana Jaime, with whom he has recorded two CDs that have been praised by critics and audiences alike.
The first of these is entitled Sculptures where they recorded transcriptions of great chamber music, discovering a new vision of this beautiful instrument.
The second album, entitled Ritmo en el Espacio consists of world first recordings by prestigious contemporary Spanish composers.
In February 2020 they will make a new recording with contemporary works from the classical saxophone repertoire.
Selmer Artist
Alessandro Malagnino was born in Casarano in 1998, Italy.
He studied at the Tito Schipa Conservatory in Lecce (Italy) where he obtained a master's degree in saxophone with 110/110 with honours and honourable mention, also thanks to the valuable advice of Juan Jiménez Alba who had a profound influence on him during a year at the Manuel Castillo Conservatory in Seville.
He then decided to perfect his skills in France at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Versailles with Mr. Vincent David and his assistant Nicolas Arsenijevic and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieure de Musique et Danse de Paris in the class of Mr. Claude Delangle.
Alessandro is the winner of several international competitions, such as 2nd Prize at the Grand International Adolphe Sax Competition in Dinant, 1st Prize at the Adolphe Sax Competition in Hay-Les-Roses, 1st Prize at the Marco Fiorindo Competition, 3rd Prize at the Andorra Sax Fest Competition and others.
Alessandro teaches saxophone at the Conservatory of Music in Monopoli (Italy). He plays in concert as a soloist, with chamber music ensembles, with various orchestras in Italy and France and shares his experience with masterclasses in different countries.
ALESSANDRO MALAGNINO
MIGUEL ÁNGEL LORENTE
My restlessness to discover the place of the saxophone in today's world and its repertoire, as well as its perspectives within the avant-garde currents, led me to the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (Paris National Conservatory of Music and Dance) where I was admitted to the speciality diplôme formation supérieur , in the class of Claude Delangle. Four years later, I finished my Master's degree in Saxophone with the qualification of ‘Master of Music’. très bien, à l’unanimité du jury (very good, unanimously by the jury). It was a period in which I lived experiences that will be part of my life forever, both professionally and personally.
After completing my studies at the Getafe Professional Conservatory con Miguel Enrique de TenaI continued my higher education. I completed my Bachelor's degree, again with Honourable Mentionsin the saxophone speciality in the Real Conservatorio de Música de Madrid (RCSMM), with the teacher Manuel MijánHe was a pioneer of the so-called ‘classical’ saxophone in Spain, and a great promoter of interest in this instrument in our country.
After that, I accessed the Conservatorio Nacional de la Región de Lyonwhere I studied ‘Perfectioning’ with Jean-Denis Michatdeeply admire him as a teacher, and he continues to be my reference as a performer and teacher.
My fascination with the development of the saxophone repertoire and my search for new forms of musical expression during my time in Paris contributed to my relationship with the composers of the CNSMDP y del IRCAM (Institut Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/ Musique), which soon led to collaborations with a number of different ensembles of contemporary music, thus entering fully into the musical life of the city. I am currently a soloist with the Ensemble Multilatérale de París, directed by Yann Robin.
To approve in the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Madrid was for me a dream come true. Since I was a child, I used to go with my parents to listen to this centenary group in the Retiro Park on Sundays in summer, and we used to fantasise about the idea of being able to play one morning as part of it. In 2008 the dream came true, a dream that lasted until 2015, when I started teaching in the saxophone classroom at Musikene.
At present, I combine my collaborations with various symphony orchestras with my work as a performer and teacher of the saxophone speciality in the Centro Superior de Música del País Vasco, Musikene(San Sebastian) since 2015, and I can proudly say that I am passionate about teaching, and an extremely happy person to dedicate myself to this profession, trying to give back to my students every day everything that music has given me.
Born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, he began his studies at the age of 16 at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria with the specialist teacher, Esteban Ponce. In 1999 he obtained the title of saxophone teacher with honours and the Professional Grade Honours Award, continuing his higher studies at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
He holds a degree in Musicology from the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias, a Master's degree in Cultural Management from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya and a Higher Technician in Audiovisual and Show Production. He is Artistic Director of the Gran Canaria Sax Festival and President of the XIX World Saxophone Congress 2023, held in the city of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
He has attended master classes with teachers such as Claude Delangle, Arno Bornkamp, Pedro Iturralde, Francisco Martínez, Fabrice Moretti, Jean-Ives Formeau, Vicent David, Julien Petit, Antonio Felipe Beliján, Juan Manuel Jiménez, Josetxo Silguero, Fabricio Mancuso, Gilles Tressos, Christian Wirth and Sylvain Malezieux.
He has taken part in international congresses and festivals such as the I European Congress of Saxophone in Ciudad Real 2014 and the XVIII World Saxophone Congress 2018 in Croatia.
He has worked with conductors such as José Rafael Pascual Vilaplana, Manuel Busto, Lars Mlekusch, Álvaro Albiach, Pablo González, Carlos Kalmar, Peter Etvos, Vasili Petrenko, David Fiuza, Jordi Bernácer, etc.
Member of the Atlantic Saxophone Quartet, he has won several prizes in the field of chamber music at regional, national and international level, such as the CajaCanarias Chamber Music Competition Prize in Tenerife (2003 and 2007), the UFAM Competition Prize (Paris) and the Joseph Mirabent and Magrans Prize in Sitges.
In 2009 he released the album ‘Atlántico, Cuarteto de Saxofones’ with the same ensemble, touring Spain and abroad.
He has collaborated as a saxophone soloist with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the Banda Sinfónica Municipal de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
He currently teaches saxophone at the Conservatorio Superior de Música de Canarias (Gran Canaria).
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