ABSOLUTE PREMIERES
INTERNATIONAL
International absolute premieres by Xelo Giner
OCTOBER
BERNAT CUCARELLA
Saturday 4
Sosia
Absolute Premiere *
SPAZIOMUSICA Festival
Cagliari
SEPTEMBER
CARLOS DAVID PERALES (1979)
Monday 23
Loving with Robots (2024)
Absolute Premiere *
8’ Tenor saxophone, electronics, and video
ENSEMS INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL VALENCIA
Emotional Intelligence Artificial
Palau de les Arts, Martín i Soler Theatre
Valencia
SEPTEMBER
PERE MULET CASELLES (1987)
Monday 23
Xeliner (2024)
Absolute Premiere * 7’
For tenor saxophone and multimedia
46 ENSEMS FESTIVAL
46 INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL VALENCIA
Emotional Intelligence Artificial
Martín i Soler Theatre
Palau de les Arts, Valencia
SEPTEMBER
JOAN GÓMEZ ALEMANY
Monday 23
GlitXiner (2024)
Absolute Premiere * 8’
For tenor saxophone and multimedia
ENSEMS
46 INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL VALENCIA
Emotional Intelligence Artificial
Martín i Soler Theatre
Palau de les Arts, Valencia
MAYO
MARÍA LISENKO
Tuesday 28
Panta Rhei (2024)
For soprano saxophone and electroacoustic
Auditorio San Fedele
Milan, Italy
MAYO
STEFANO FONTANESI
Tuesday 28
Ecco oi perciò (2024)
For soprano saxophone and electroacoustic
Auditorio San Fedele
Milan, Italy
MAYO
EDOARDO CASALI
Tuesday 28
Elogio alla Luce (2024)
For soprano saxophone and electroacoustic
Auditorio San Fedele
Milan, Italy
MAYO
SARONNI BABILA JESSE
Tuesday 28
Vortex (2024)
For soprano saxophone and electroacoustic
Auditorio San Fedele
Milan, Italy
2023
SEPTIEMBRE
MIGUEL ÁNGEL BERBIS (1972)
X-elo
December 8
X-elo
For amplified tenor saxophone, 4 avatars, video, and electronics
19th World Saxophone Congress
Fundación CICCA
Las Palmas
NATALIA IGLESIAS (1991)
December 7
El Valle sobre las flores (2023)
For saxophone quartet
National Association of Women Saxophonists
19th World Saxophone Congress, University
Las Palmas
SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (1931)
December 7
String Quartet No. 2 (1987)
Absolute premiere – saxophone quartet version
Adaptation: Irene Fernández
National Association of Women Saxophonists
19th World Saxophone Congress, University
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
2022
AURELIO EDLER-COPES (1976)
SSSOOOMMM (2022)
For amplified tenor saxophone, pedal effects, Métamag, video, and live electronics
Musikagileak Cycle
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
MIKEL CHAMIZO (1980)
TITANIO (2022)
For tenor saxophone and electronics
Musikagileak Cycle
Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao
NOVEMBER
GEORGINA DÉRVEZ (1968)
November 27
STILL IST DIE NACHT (2022)
Tenor saxophone and electronics
Live.Bazar, Paris
CAROLE CHARGERON (1965)
November 27
RAINBOW DAYS (2022)
Commissioned work
Tenor saxophone, electronics, and video
Live.Bazar Festival, Paris
2020
OCTUBRE
GŸORGY KURTÁG (1926)
Día 23
SIGNES, GAMES AND MESSAGES (2020)
Versión saxofón
Festival Ensems Palau de les Arts
FRAGMENTOS DE KAFKA (2020)
Versión voz, violín y saxofón
Festival Ensems Palau de les Arts
2019
NOVEMBER
BRIGITTA MUNTENDORF
Day 28
KEEP QUIET AND DANCE (2019)*
Version for voice, soprano saxophone, violin, cello, and electronics
Rafel Festival, Valencia
SEPTEMBER
INÉS BÁDALO (1989)
Day 13
Dé-coll/age (2019)
For soprano saxophone and movement
25th Contemporary Music Festival of the Museo Vostell CNDM
Malpartida de Cáceres
FRAN CABEZA DE VACA
Day 13
ACAB – un lied *
For two performers
Electronics and video
25th Contemporary Music Festival of the Museo Vostell
Malpartida
MARCH
SARAH NEMTSOV
Day 7
I n t e r l u d i u m (2007–2019)
Version for soprano saxophone and electronics
University of Granada, Sala Máxima
2018
DECEMBER
VALERIO SANICANDRO
Clinamem (2018) for bass flute, English horn, and saxophone
Casa del Suono, Parma, Italy
ELIA BONOMI
Day 16
For tenor saxophone and electronics
Casa del Suono
Parma, Italy
DIEGO CATTANEO
Day 16
About a Toy (2018)
For flute, oboe, saxophone, and electronics
Casa del Suono
Parma, Italy
SIMONETTA SARGENTI
Day 12
Come un soffio di vento sulla sabbia
For flute, oboe, saxophone, and electronics
Casa del Suono
Parma, Italy
MATTEO TUNDO
Day 12
Per un sordo movimento di luce
For flute, oboe, saxophone, and electronics
Casa del Suono
Parma, Italy
MARCELA PAVIA
La gabbia di K.
Monodrama without voice
For flute, oboe, saxophone, and electronics
Casa del Suono
Parma, Italy
NOVEMBER
JOSE MANUE LÓPEZ LÓPEZ (1956)
Day 27
La Casa de las Cigüeñas (2018)
Ensemble d’Arts & Neopercusión soloists
Violin: Jenny Guerra, Cello: Elena Solanes
Saxophones: Xelo Giner
Teatro Galileo, Madrid
Years before 2018
2017
GUILLERMO COBO GARCÍA (1991)
SMOG (2017)
Baritone saxophone, bass flute, and contrabass flute in F
4th After Cage International Festival of Musical Experimentation
Teatro Gayarre, Pamplona
October 24, 2017
ALBERTO BERNAL (1977)
LA CIUDAD IN-AUDIBLE (2017)
4th After Cage International Festival of Musical Experimentation
Baritone saxophone, baritone oboe, bass flute, contrabass recorder in F, and electronics
Teatro Gayarre, Pamplona
October 24, 2017
JOSÉ JAVIER PEÑA AGUALLO, CARLOS FONTCUBERTA & HÉCTOR OLTRA
July 15, 2017
Godella Chamber Music Week
3 absolute premieres for ensemble
Teatro Echegaray
Godella, Valencia
HELGA ARIAS PARRA (1983)
Grab them by the p** (2017)*
14th Carmelo Bernaola Festival (Vitoria-Gasteiz)
Tenor saxophone, violin, video, recorded sequences, and live electronics
Saturday, November 4
RAQUEL GARCÍA TOMÁS
PICTURES OF THE FLOATING WORLD (2017)
Soprano and tenor saxophones, two percussionists, live electronics, and video
Neopercusión & Xelo Giner
Electronics and video
Teatro Galileo
Madrid, November 2017
CARLOS DAVID PERALES (1977)
SOLA (2017)
Tenor saxophone and electronics
Instituto Cervantes
AMEE Festival
Berlin
March 24, 2017
2016
MIGUEL ÁNGEL BERBIS (1972)
JUANA LA LOCA (2016)
Violin, tenor saxophone, and electronics
Morelia, Mexico
December 2016
GYÖRGY KURTÁG (1926)
In Nomine – all’Ongherese
(Revision by Xelo Giner, 2015)
Solo baritone saxophone
Budapest Music Center
Palace of Arts, Budapest
February 20, 2016, Hungary
JOSÉ JAVIER PEÑA AGUALLO
GRIETAS EN LA PIEL (2016)
Violin, tenor saxophone, and electronics
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
November 2016
2015
CARLOS DAVID PERALES (1977)
NARANJA (2015)
For saxophone quartet and electronics
Constelación Saxophone Quartet
July 13, 2015
World Saxophone Congress
Strasbourg, France
CARLOS DAVID PERALES (1977)
RETÓRIQUE (2015)
For soprano saxophone, violin, and electroacoustics
May 24, 2015
Festival für neue Musik “Forum Wallis”
Geneva, Switzerland
MIGUEL ÁNGEL BERBIS (1972)
LA CARN VOL CARN (2015)
For soprano voice, saxophone, violin, cello, percussion, and electroacoustics
Teatro Principal, Valencia
Ensems Festival
May 14, 2015
2014
VORO GARCIA (1971)
OSCURA RAÍZ DEL SUEÑO (2014)
For solo baritone saxophone and percussion
Percussion: Sisco Aparici
Centre Cultural Caixa Ontinyent
July 22, 2014
ALBERTO BERNAL (1978)
IMPOSSIBLE TRANSLATIONS #1 (2014)
Baritone saxophone, percussion, and video
July 22, 2014
DAMIEN CHARRON
L’EXPÉRIENCE DU PAS DES VILLES (2014)
Solo soprano saxophone
DÉDALE ET ICARE (2014)
Piano four hands and soprano saxophone
August 26, 2014
Temp’ora Meeting, Celon (France)
EDMUND HUNT (1982)
ON THE WAY A MIRACLE (2014)
For mezzo-soprano voice and alto saxophone
August 27, 2014
Temp’ora Meeting, Celon (France)
2013
AGUSTÍN CHARLES
CANTS, Book IV
For mezzo-soprano and alto saxophone
Great Concerts Series of the CSMA – Zaragoza
May 8, 2013
JESÚS TORRES (1965)
COBRA II (2013), texts by Vicente Aleixandre
For mezzo-soprano or contralto and alto saxophone
ENSEMS Valencia
Centre del Carme
May 31, 2013
2012
MAURICIO SOTELO
COMO LLORA EL VIENTO III
For instrumental ensemble
ENSEMS
National Auditorium
Madrid
May 2012
EDGAR BARROSO (1977)
AN INWARD FLOW (2012)
For mezzo-soprano, tenor/soprano saxophone, and live electronics
19th International Electroacoustic Music Festival
“Punto de Encuentro”
November 16, 2012
CARLOS SATUÉ (1958)
CINCO POEMAS DE CASTRO (2012)
For mezzo-soprano, percussion, soprano saxophone, and electronics
- Fire of the Word
II. You Are Wrapped in the Cold Smoke
III. The Mild Spring Afternoon
IV. The Curtain of Air
V. The Sun Awakens
19th International Electroacoustic Music Festival
“Punto de Encuentro”
November 16, 2012
CARLOS DAVID PERALES (1979)
DRAMATIQUE (2012)
For soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, mezzo-soprano, and electronics
Mostra Sonora Sueca Festival (Valencia)
May 9, 2012
2011
ALVIN CURRAN
CIRCUS MAXIMUS
Ensemble, video, and live electronics
Grup Instrumental de València
December 2011
“Moderna Música”, Valencia
VORO GARCIA
RAÍZ DE LO CANTÁBILE II
Mezzo-soprano voice, soprano saxophone, and tape
November 2011
33rd Santa Cecilia Music Week
Noble Hall of the Provincial Council of Badajoz
FRANÇOIS ROSSÉ
LUZ. A Pablo for his birth
Alto saxophone
November 2011
33rd Santa Cecilia Music Week
Noble Hall of the Provincial Council of Badajoz
2010
FRANÇOIS ROSSÉ
…FOR EVER
Tenor saxophone and accordion
June 2010
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
TOMÁS VIRGÓS NAVARRO
POST PUNK SUITE
Tenor saxophone, accordion, and live electronics
June 2010
Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
2009
ROSA FERRER ÁVILA
NIEBLA DE UN SUEÑO
Performance for video and live music:
Baritone saxophone, tuba, percussion, and piano
April 2009 “Eduardo del Pueyo” Auditorium, Zaragoza
2008
JESÚS RUEDA
PERPETUO MOBILE
Tenor saxophone and vibraphone
April 2008 University of Aveiro, Portugal
2007
CARLOS DAVID PERALES
THEATRIQUE
Baritone saxophone and live electronics
16th International Electroacoustic Music Festival
“Punto de Encuentro”, Valencia
December 2007
ANDRÉS LEWIN RICHTER
AIRE
Baritone saxophone and tape
December 2007
16th International Electroacoustic Music Festival
“Punto de Encuentro”
Valencia
ALBERTO BERNAL (1976)
ON THE DECONSTRUCTION OF A TRILL II (2007)
Tenor saxophone and electronics
December 14, 2007
AMEE Electronic Music Festival, Seville
EDGAR BARROSO
IOD (2007)
Tenor saxophone and live electronics
December 14, 2007
AMEE Electronic Music Festival, Seville
XIMO CANO
DIPTIC
Solo tenor saxophone
4×4 Festival
Sala Beckett, Barcelona
October 23, 2007
XIMO CANO
Variants
Soprano saxophone and percussion
4×4 Festival
Sala Beckett, Barcelona
October 23, 2007
XIMO CANO
ESCALA DE BLAUS
Soprano saxophone, percussion, and cello
4×4 Festival
Sala Beckett, Barcelona
October 23, 2007
ISABEL URRUTIA
NUN ZIRADE
Solo baritone saxophone
May 9, 2007
ENSEMS 29
International Contemporary Music Festival of Valencia
JESÚS TORRES
EL MISTERIO DEL AGUA
Baritone saxophone, tuba, and percussion
May 9, 2007
ENSEMS
Valencia Contemporary Music Festival
2006
FRANÇOIS ROSSÉ
HIEDRA
Solo tenor saxophone
5th Contemporary Music Festival of Girona
December 2, 2006
NATIONALS
National Absolute Premieres by Xelo Giner
NOVEMBER
ISABEL LA TORRE (1983)
SAINT WICHT (2022)
Tenor saxophone, electronics, and video
Live Bazar Festival, Paris
27-11-2022
MAY
SOFÍA GUBAIDULINA
Lamento (2022) – Baritone saxophone version
Baritone saxophone and piano
Fundación Cañada Blanch Concert Series
06-05-2022
MAY
ANTON WEBERN
Two Pieces
Baritone saxophone and piano version
Fundación Cañada Blanch Concert Series
06-05-2022
SEPTEMBER
DIANA ROTARU
Meanders**
For bass flute and alto saxophone
13-09-2019
25th Contemporary Music Festival Museo Vostell CNDM
Malpartida
SEPTEMBER
KATERINA ROSENBERGER
Miroir
Flute and soprano saxophone
25th Contemporary Music Festival Museo Vostell CNDM
13-09-2019
Malpartida de Cáceres
NOVEMBER
ALEXANDRE SCHUBERT
21 November 2017
Silencio Post (2016)
Neopercusion & Xelo Giner, electronics, and video
Teatro Galileo, Madrid
National Premiere *
SEPTEMBER
PIERRE JODLOWSKY
Eclats de Ciel (2016)
Version for soprano saxophone and electronics
Rafel Festival, September 2016
Rafelbunyol, Valencia
MAY
GARY BERGER (1967)
MÂTS (2001) for baritone saxophone, electroacoustics and video
Festival for New Music “FORUM WALIS”
24-05-2015
Geneva, Switzerland
JULY
JOSE LOPEZ MONTES (1977)
CANDOR CHASMA** (2015) for saxophone quartet and electronics
Constelación Saxophone Quartet
13.07.2015 World Congress
Strasbourg, France
JULY
VICENT EULIANO (1982)
FACTIONS (2014) for tenor saxophone and electroacoustics
VIPA Festival
Centre del Carmen
25-7-2015
Valencia
MAY
SIMON-STEEN ANDERSSEN (1976)
DE PROFUNDIS** (2000) Rev. 2013
Soprano Saxophone and percussion, a single performer
Festival de música contemporánea Ensems Valencia
31.05.2013
MAY
GYÖRGY KURTAG (1926)
IN NOMINE – ALL’ONGHERESE** for solo baritone saxophone
“Grand Concerts” Series, CSMA
8.05.2013
Zaragoza
MAY
IANNIS XENAKIS
Dhmaaten
Version for soprano saxophone and percussion
Percussion: Sisco Aparici
ENSEMS
9-5-2007
Valencia
SEPTEMBER
YASUHIRO TAKENAKA
SEPARÉ ET INVISIBLE
Alto saxophone and electroacoustics
Electronics: Yasuhiro Takenaka
Barcelona Auditorium – International Computer Music Conference
8-9-2005
SEPTEMBER
STEFAN KLAVERDAL
PLAYER OF A KINGS
Alto saxophone and live electronics
Live electronics: Stefan Klaverdal
Barcelona Auditorium – ICMC
9-9-2005
Barcelona
SEPTEMBER
HARUKA HIRAYAMA
Soprano saxophone and live electronics
Electronic diffusion: Haruka Hirayama
Barcelona Auditorium – ICMC
9-9-2005
Barcelona
NOVEMBER
RAMÓN LAZKANO
AURRESKU
Saxophone quartet, percussion and piano
Museum of Contemporary Art of Bayonne
8-11-2001
Bayonne (France)
OCTOBER
RICARDO CLIMENT
DSP-BOP
For tenor–baritone saxophone and live electronics (octophony)
Reencontre de la Création Musicale
28-10-2001
Bordeaux (France)
JULY
FRANCISCO GUERRERO
RHEA
National Saxophone Ensemble
World Saxophone Congress
7-7-2000
Montreal (Canada)
JULY
JÉROMÊ JOY
Formation XXIV
Solo soprano saxophone
6-7-2000
World Saxophone Congress
Montreal (Canada)
FEBRUARY
FRANÇOIS ROSSÉ
Cseallox
Baritone saxophone and cello
Cello: Kazuhisa Ogawa
Hernani
Gipuzkoa
25-2-2000