SAXOFOLLIA SAXOPHONE 4tet

FABRIZIO BENEVELLI Soprano Sax GIOVANNI CONTRI Alto Sax

MARCO FERRI Tenor Sax ALESSANDRO CREOLA Baritone Sax

Saxofollia Saxophone Quartet is one of Italy's best known and most popular chamber music ensembles.

First prize-winner at 8 national and international competitions, the group has been together since 1993, playing at major events such as Concerti in Campidoglio (Rome), XVII Festival internazionale del Saxofono (Ascoli Piceno), Note di Passaggio (Amici della Musica), Festival Jazz in’It, Festival Musicale Estense (Modena), Festival Villa Solomei (Perugia), Concerti di Cortile Mercato Vecchio (Verona), Concerti in Villa-Circolo Culturale Bellunese (Belluno), Soli deo Gloria (Reggio Emilia), Arte Musica Roana (Vicenza), Festival Verdi (Parma), and the 14th World Saxophone Congress (Ljubljana).

Saxofollia's members have been playing for years with top symphony orchestras such as La Fenice (Venice), Carlo Felice (Genoa), Filarmonica della Scala (Milan), Arena (Verona), Teatro dell’Opera (Rome) Teatro Comunale (Bologna), Orchestra Regionale Dell’Emilia Romagna, Sinfonica di Sanremo and Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana.

Versatility and a constant seek for new musical genres are among the best qualities of this formation, which have been widely expressed in the different projects the group has brought on the stage. Saxofollia plays with mastery and ease not only classical repertoire, such as baroque or opera, but also jazz music, moving from swing to be-bop up to modern jazz.

All the pieces played by Saxofollia are compositions and original arrangements specially created to highlight the different talents of each single musician.

The quartet has a number of established collaborations with internationally renowned soloists who are part of more than 20 projects involving recording productions and concerts.

Saxofollia has recorded Omaggio a J. Françaix, Like Strings, On The Reed, Vissi D’arte, Into the Trumpet, Estate and Voice on Air also available on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify. Some of their tracks have recently entered the "iTunes Top 100 Chart" of the most popular pieces in countries such as Canada and Japan.