Xavier Larsson

  • Born in 1991 on the island of Menorca in Spain
  • Concert exam with distinction at the Musikhochschule für Musik und Tanz in Cologne with Prof. Daniel Gauthier
  • Member of the Fukio Quartet and the trio SpiegelBild
  • Has performed as a soloist in Harrison Birthwistle’s Panic at the invitation of the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie in the following concert halls: the Wiener Musikverein, the Kölner Philharmonie, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, and the Joseph-Keilberth-Saal in Bamberg
  • Concert appearances as a soloist at the Palau de la Música Catalana, the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid, and the Chicago Cultural Center
  • Collaborations with conductors like Ingo Metzmacher, Francesc Prat, Stefan Blunier, Paul Mann, Mario Kosik, Vanich Potavanich
  • Has received 1st prize at numerous competitions, including the 1st Classic Winds International Festival (2016, Germany); SaxoVoce (2016, France); the 10th Intermusica Competition (2014, Austria); the 8th Michal Spisak International Music Competition (2014, Poland); the Concurso Permanente de Jóvenes Intérpretes de Juventudes Musicales de España (2009, Spain); the August Everding Musikwettbewerb (2021, Germany); the 20th International Chamber Music Competition Illzach (2017, France); the Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hochschulwettbewerb (2014, Germany); the Coop Music Award (2014, Italy); the Karlsruhe Competition for the Interpretation of New Music (2014, Germany)
  • Scholarship awards include the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Hezekiah Wardwell Fellowship 2012) and the Märkisches Stipendium für Musik 2015
  • Specialist in contemporary music; works regularly with young composers, and has given world premieres of more than 30 solo and chamber music works
  • Numerous CD recordings with the Columna Música and Ars Produktion labels, featuring works by Bruno Mantovani, Georg Friedrich Haas, Georges Aperghis, Edison Denisov, Fabien Lévy, Caroline Shaw, and others
  • Master classes and festivals in Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Poland, England, Russia, Chile, Mexico, Thailand, China, Taiwan, and Singapore
  • Also plays violin, and has participated in various projects of the Chamber Music Orchestra of Minorca (OCIM)
  • Since 2016: teaching activities at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu, and since 2019 at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln
  • Since October 2023: teaches saxophone at the Hanns Eisler School of Music Berlin
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