Daniel Gauthier erhielt 1997 die erste Professur für klassisches Saxophon in Deutschland an der Hochschule für Musik Detmold. I never studied in Germany, but I make music in Germany with German musicians, and that part gave me a lot as well, really a lot. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for Miniatures: Music for Saxophone and Piano - Jang Eun Bae, Daniel Gauthier on AllMusic - 2002 Why are we musicians? It’s crazy because if we got a piece from a composer that we like, we would play that a hundred times. Barry Cockcroft: He needs a friend. We were not very good because the motivation was not there. Daniel Gauthier: No. With his saxophone ensemble, the Alliage Quartet, he has recorded a disc of Thank you for your time. If you have the feeling that you have something to say, be patient enough to wait until that time comes, and it will happen. That’s right. Personnes qui s’appellent Daniel Gauthier Retrouvez vos amis sur Facebook Connectez-vous ou inscrivez-vous à Facebook pour communiquer avec vos amis, votre famille et … Barry Cockcroft: You’ve recorded quite a large number of albums. Daniel Gauthier: Oh yes. I would like very much to get some original repertoire for the quintet. About Daniel Gauthier. We are not trying to imitate another ensemble. I thought that it would be that kind of school where I can get even some older students, but it was not the case. I had 12 pieces to play because it was five rounds and I sent the programme with Denisov and everything and all the repertoire, Desenclos and Frank Martin Ballad and everything, Saugé Sonatine. It’s not the way that I would prefer to go. It was too late to change anything. Then I am very quiet, but if I don’t have the reed, the good material, I’m a little nervous. I was not so good as my friends probably who decide to go that side. Barry Cockcroft: If you just had one piece of music that you could play from now on, which piece would that be? Then precisely at that time, I saw in the newspaper that there was a job announced and it was the first job for a professor of classical saxophone in Germany. Daniel Gauthier: He has to go from one to the other. Im Mittelpunkt des Repertoires stehen berühmte Meisterwerke aller Epochen in kompositorisch fein ausgeloteten und raffinierten Arrangements für Saxophonquartett und Klavier. That teacher was essential to me. When I have the feeling in my mouth, that’s how it should be right to be able to play on the stage. I tried to do the step to Germany to try and see how it would be because I know that Europe is cultural, it had a much, much, much better tradition in classical music. Daniel Gauthier studierte in Kanada und Frankreich. Barry Cockcroft: Did you find something to do with all of these skills and this knowledge when you went back to Canada? Daniel Gauthier: No, no. He gave me big motivation, and he prepared me for the Conservatoire in Montreal. For me, of course, it’s the ideal way to make music. It was such a revelation to understand how much only to have the piano, which is not a front instrument in that formation. Barry's new project — International Music Exams — visit today! The jury travels around Canada for the first three rounds, and we go all together I think two months later when they finished with that tour choosing the candidates for the two final rounds. Barry Cockcroft: Outside of music? I am sure about that. I don’t know anymore. It is us. They wanted to see what I do. Daniel Gauthier: It’s a good question. We had nothing to do. At age 17, the highly gifted student I try to give them as much musical information as possible. It was founded by Canadian saxophonist Daniel Gauthier, who plays soprano saxophone. There’s no solution that you can say everyone should do like that, of course, but I’m quite sure that to quit a comfortable situation and to try something new to discover is good for the creativity because indeed, I have the feeling now … In Germany, they think that I am from the French school. International Music Exams 2nd International Saxophone Competition will be held from 23 to 28 April 2017 at... Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. We learned from each other and Londeix. You have a lot in your head, but you have to take time after to… I don’t know how to say to, digérer. Barry Cockcroft: Taking time, not rushing even though, as you said, the music goes by so fast. That second year was great because we could… I could understand. Barry Cockcroft: Sounds good. I decided to do that competition because I knew it would help me if I had the chance to win or to reach a good position. Barry Cockcroft: Great. I’m quite quiet. We were much better. I was not only focused on classical. Barry Cockcroft: Don’t doubt yourself. You are not alone. The level of the class was very high. Daniel Gauthier: It is a very good feeling. Learn more about Daniel Gauthier in the Encyclopedia of Sax Players Log in with Facebook Signing in with Facebook only works if you have your Facebook profile associated with your Saxplaying account. At some point, my teacher at the Conservatoire, my former teacher, was ill and they ask me to teach there. We played Poulenc Trio. It was a big motivation. I think she had played with 300 orchestras or something as a soloist, but she’s now drawn, it seems, more to chamber music and the smaller things. Daniel Gauthier: What I do with my students, I try to give them the technical aspect as much as possible what they need and the technical aspect and the musical formation. I moved to France for one year. bei der ARTE Lounge, haben die Musiker inzwischen insgesamt fünf CDs mit speziell für sie arrangierten Werken von Mendelssohn, Schumann, Mozart, Rossini und Puccini veröffentlicht. That friend, François Theberge, is now a professor at the Conservatoire Supérieur in Paris for improvisation for jazz. They have to work seriously; otherwise, they have to go. Daniel Gauthier is the professor of classical saxophone at the Cologne Academy of Music. I went back to Canada, then back to Germany, trying to find my place. I was quite isolated and doing no concerts, almost none. I had the opportunity to stay one more year because the money was not a problem anymore. After, it developed much, much faster. I have a website that I created probably 15 years ago, and I never, never update it, but not one time. Die damit verbundene Konzerttournee führte das Ensemble u.a. I went there. Actually, no. That’s what I mean. Even now… I don’t know how many times we played that, but even yesterday, Sabina told us tonight it was something different than two days ago. I remember that almost every week we had to bring something new or every two weeks, but we never had, for example, a concert. Seit 2003 unterrichtet er als Professor an der Hochschule für Musik in Köln. Gauthier received the first classical saxophone professorship in Germany in 1997; since 2003 he has taught at the Hochschule für Musik in We had a quintet. Daniel Gauthier: For us, as a quintet, it is very, very exciting. Learn how your comment data is processed. Barry Cockcroft: Do you like social media? Daniel Gauthier: Yes. Barry Cockcroft: People can write you a letter somewhere? Daniel Gauthier: That was very difficult. „Alliage“ ist die wohl charmanteste Legierung (franz. Alle Bearbeitungen werden dem Alliage Quintett auf den Leib geschrieben und entstehen in enger Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem Ensemble und dem jeweiligen Tonsetzer: z.B. Is there something specific that you do before you walk onstage that helps you focus so that you can play at your best? The first recording that we have made with Alliage Quintet… At that time, it was Alliage Quartet Plus Piano. I was very focused on new music, contemporary music because Londeix was very forceful about that. Typically it’s because we wanted to go on stage and not play in our living room for ourselves. Daniel Gauthier (saxophone), Jang Eun Bae (piano) Skip to main content Wishlist My account Currency is US dollars. If we don’t take the time to process the information, then it’s lost. At that time came the opportunity to go to Germany. I hope that my students open to that aspect as well. It was a very, very fast process each time, okay, you do that on, then the next one and next one, so that you learn a lot. Yes, it was not my CDs. It’s fantastic to have the possibility to react, to be free enough every night to try different things. Some players need to warm up very heavily, blowing, blowing, blowing, blowing and baff on the stage. 2011 begab sich das Quintett auf eine märchenhafte Reise durch Russland mit Tschaikowskys Nussknacker-Suite und „Scheherazade“ von Rimski-Korsakow. 2006 erhielt er als Solist für die CD „Spirito latino" ebenfalls einen ECHO Klassik. I was 19. Das Alliage Quintett gastiert in den großen Konzertsälen in Europa, Asien und Nordamerika sowie bei renommierten Festivals wie dem Rheingau Musikfestival und dem Lucerne Festival. Daniel Gauthier: Of course, if that job would have come earlier, probably I would not have been ready for it, not only the language but the culture as you said. I went back to Canada after that second year. It was a school where actually everyone who wants to, can learn music. schreiben der Japaner Jun Nagao oder der Holländer Wijnand van Klaveren sowie kongeniale Arrangeure wie Reiner Schottstädt und Hendrik Schnöke und Ensemblemitglied Sebastian Pottmeier für diese außergewöhnliche Kammermusikbesetzung. Thank you. Barry Cockcroft: Is there perhaps one thing you could think of for a student who’s starting out with their studies, a piece of advice that might help them get through their studies? Exactly. Daniel Gauthier: No. Daniel Gauthier: Depends. I come back that I say entirely different thing than I just said, but I only turn around from up to down and try to find different sounds. Mit ihm spielen einige der derzeit besten Solisten des klassischen Saxophons: Hayrapet Arakelyan, Altsaxophon, Simon Hanrath, Tenorsaxophon, und Sebastian Pottmeier, Baritonsaxophon. Der Gründer des Alliage Quintetts schreibt 2006 die Erfolgsgeschichte des klassischen Saxophons fort. Then we had the idea to combine those two project, Alliage Quartet and with my pianist. The preparation for the first CD was a lot of work and the second CD; we already had a new something clear in our head. My best friend at the Conservatoire in Montreal, who came exactly in the same time as me, we went to Bordeaux together. It sounds maybe a little arrogant, but I would not like to take that way that I would let a hundred composer write for us to at the end choose two good pieces that we want to play.