On February 26 at 7 pm, Tallinn Saxophone Quartet – Olavi Kasemaa (soprano saxophone), Villu Veski (alto saxophone), Valdur Neumann (tenor saxophone) and Hendrik Nagla (baritone saxophone) – will perform at the Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague. Program consists mostly of jazz classics by Lino Florenzo, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Desmond. Concert is dedicated to the anniversary of the Republic of Estonia.
Tallinn Saxophone Quartet was founded by Professor Olavi Kasemaa in 1983. The players today have been working together since 1985. The ensemble has performed in Latvia, Russia, Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, Finland, Norway, France, Germany and Spain. The quartet has collaborated with other music collectives such as Estonian National Symphony Orchestra and Tallinn Chamber Orchestra as well as with vocalists (Tiiu Levald, Pille Lill). The repertoire of the quartet is various, including nearly 150 different names beginning from the transcriptions of the Renaissance music, and ending with jazz music.
Laura Vaikma