Hanchao Jiang, guest saxophonist from Shanghai, China, performs works by Brahms, Hindemith, Mozart, Bach, Handel, and others. With Kay Annva Yeh, piano, faculty saxophonist Michael Brockman, and UW Saxophone Quartets.
Note: Hanchao Jiang also leads a free master class with UW saxophone students on Thurs. Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m., Room 114.
PROGRAM
Brahms: Clarinet Sonata in F major Op. 120 No. 1
Hindemith: Konzertstück für zwei Altsaxophone
Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik K.525
Bach: Fugue in G minor BWV 578
Handel: Entry of the Queen of Sheba
Pierné: Trois Conversations
Escaich: Tango Virtuoso
Artist Bio: Hanchao Jiang
Hanchao Jiang is a Chinese classical saxophonist born in Shanghai in 1988. He started studying classical saxophone at age eleven, and in 2006, he attended the National Conservatory of Music, Saint-Etienne in France to study under the guidance of Professor Daniel Cochet. In 2008, he entered the Geneva Superior Conservatory of Music in Switzerland under Professor Philippe Collet. In 2010 and 2012, he received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree respectively in music performance from the Geneva conservatory.