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SAXGO International Saxophone Competition
Next edition
No future edition is announced on the official pages we could check.
Overview
The International Saxophone Competition in Nova Gorica (10th edition in 2025) is part of the SAXGO saxophone meeting and ends with a final with the RTV Slovenia Symphony Orchestra. Candidates pass a video preselection, live qualifications and a semi-final.
- Organiser
- Kulturni dom Nova Gorica
- Instruments
- Saxophone
- Category
- Solo saxophone
- Age limits
- Born 1994 or later (2025 edition)
Rules & repertoire
Registration & fee
2025: applications 6 March to 15 June 2025; video preselection fee EUR 40; participation fee EUR 140-180; accompanist rehearsal EUR 40.
Rounds & time limits
- Video preselection
- Live qualifications (24-25 Nov 2025)
- Semi-final (26 Nov, max 10)
- Final with orchestra (28 Nov, max 4)
Repertoire
2025 Final: Senk Schnitt and Resonanz plus Glazunov Concerto, Escaich Le Chant des tenebres or Larsson Concerto. Semi-final: Vrhunc Sam s seboj plus one of 16 works. Qualifications: Naumovski Potisk Fantasy plus Brahms, Franck or Ravel sonata.
Jury & prizes
Jury
- Claude Delangle (president)
- Nicolas Arsenijevic
- Etienne Boussard
- Jan Gricar
- Joonatan Rautiola
- Miha Rogina
- Miho Sumiya
- Nina Senk (composer)
Prizes
- 1st EUR 4,000 plus Selmer voucher EUR 3,000 and gifts
- 2nd EUR 3,000 plus EUR 500 voucher
- 3rd EUR 2,000
- 4th EUR 1,000
- Recital engagements for top Slovenian and Italian competitors
Past editions
- 2025 — Kulturni dom Nova Gorica source
1st Javier Janeiro Sanchez (Spain); 2nd Koji Yamamoto (Japan); 3rd Danylo Dovbysh (Ukraine); 4th Manuel Mondejar Amat (Spain) - 2022 — Kulturni dom Nova Gorica source
1st Etienne Boussard (France); 2nd Karol Mastalerz (Poland); 3rd Domen Koren (Slovenia); 4th Takaya Minami (Japan)
Summarised from official sources, last checked 10 Nov 2026. Main source