18 May 2019 (Sat), 20:00 World famous Mariinsky Ballet and Opera Theatre - Opera and Concert Hall - Concert Ola Asdahl Rokkones (saxophone) and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Schedule for Ola Asdahl Rokkones (saxophone) and the Mariinsky Orchestra 2022
Clarinet: Ivan Stolbov Saxophone: Asdahl Rokkones
Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov Composer: Alexander Glazunov Composer: Edward Grieg Saxophone: Asdahl Rokkones
Orchestra: Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra
Performed by Ola Asdahl Rokkones (saxophone)
PROGRAMME: Alexander Glazunov Saxophone Concerto
in E-flat major, Op. 109
Edward Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46 Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op.
55
Sergei Rachmaninoff Scherzo in D minor
Kjell Habbestad Un rêve norvégien, concerto for saxophone and
orchestra
Saxophone
Ola Asdahl Rokkones (1983) lives in Tromsø in the north of Norway, and is one of few saxophonists working both within classical music and jazz. As a classical musician, he has appeared as a soloist with several orchestras in Norway, Russia, Germany and France, and he has premiered music by composers such as Torstein Aagaard-Nilsen, Alexander Manotskov, Martin Romberg, Bodvar Drotninghaug Moe, Bjørn Breimo, Lars Skoglund, Kjell Habbestad and Erik Stifjell. As a jazz musician he is highly profiled through several orchestras including the Mike del Ferro Quintet, Marit Sandvik & Nova Onda and the Magyar Hot Club. In 2010 he was selected to be the Norwegian representative of the prestigious European Jazz Orchestra. He has released two albums – Pirate Bay with DripP (2010), and Jazz Poetry with Cats vs. Kitchen Utensils (2013). He has also worked with ballet dancers and actors on various performances.
He has studied with several acclaimed teachers including Vibeke Breian, Jean-Yves Fourmeau and John Pål Inderberg, and completed his musical education at the Music Conservatoire in Tromsø in 2007. In 2012 he received Tromsø Kommune's culture prize.
Schedule for Ola Asdahl Rokkones (saxophone) and the Mariinsky Orchestra 2022
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