Estel Vivo Casanovas, saxophone - Washington Debut
Co-presented with Washington Performing Arts
Soojin Kim, piano Saturday, April 10, 2027 at 2:00 PM Church of the Epiphany Subscriptions are now on sale! Click here to save 20% off single ticket prices.
Estel Vivó Casanovas shapes a program spanning Baroque foundations to newly commissioned work, unfolding as a vivid sequence of contrasts and connections. Music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Fritz Kreisler meets the folkloric roots of Manuel de Falla and the lyricism of Sergei Rachmaninoff, alongside recent voices including Viet Cuong and Takashi Yoshimatsu.
Program
DAVID SALLERAS: Mi bailaora
KREISLER: Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
VIET CUONG: Sanctuary
J.S. BACH: Presto from Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001
MANUEL DE FALLA: Siete canciones populares españolas
YCA Composer-in-Residence HANNAH ISHIZAKI: world premiere
RACHMANINOFF: Prelude
TAKASHI YOSHIMATSU: Fuzzy Bird Sonata for alto saxophone and piano
“Music inspires me deeply when I experience it through storytelling and movement. Together these aspects shape a musical journey that provides drama, joy and aliveness. My debut program is a mosaic of classical and folk traditions, alongside new works for the saxophone. I invite the audience to join me on an imaginative journey, shaped by tension, release, and discovery.”
– Estel Vivó Casanovas, saxophone