Michael Brecker Saxophone Competition

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The MBISC comes to the Vienna Jazz Festival in 2021. Watch live today (July 6) at 2pm ET as our 2019 winner Alex Hahn performs, hosted at Porgy & Bess alongside Robert Unterköfler.

Tune in for a live Zoom chat with the band at 4:30pm ET

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Here's Michael Brecker's solo with Herbie Hancock at the Umbria Jazz Festival 1988

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Happy New Year! Here's Michael Brecker's solo on "Pick Up The Pieces" at the Montreux Jazz Festival 1977.

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Our hearts are full with the love and support we’ve received for the competition. We are so grateful for the incredible team at the Red Sea Jazz Festival, especially Niva Amali-Maoz. Thank you to the competitors and all of those who applied.

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Congratulations to the winners of the 2019 Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition!

1st Place: Alex Hahn

2nd Place: Alex Weitz

3rd Place: Art Badenko

Congratulations to our semifinalists Daniel Varga, Niall Cade, Dan Hitchcock, Nathan Bellott and Sean Payne.

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Congratulations to our finalists Alex Hahn, Alex Weitz and Artem Badenko!

📸 Yossi Zwecker

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The first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition is being held at @RSJF this coming Monday, Aug 26!

In the meantime, here's Brecker performing "New York Minute" with Herbie Hancock's New Standards Band at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1997.

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One week! The semifinals and finals of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival @RSJF on Aug 26th!

In the meantime, here's Michael Brecker performing "My One and Only Love".
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The semifinals and finals of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival @RSJF on August 26th!

In the meantime, here's Michael Brecker performing "Syzygy" at the Blue Note Tokyo in 2004.

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The semifinals and finals of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival @RSJF on August 26th!

In the meantime, here's Michael Brecker performing "The Cost of Living" at the Blue Note Nagoya in 2004.

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The semifinals of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival on August 26th!

In the meantime, here's the Brecker Brothers Acoustic Band performing "Dr. Slate" recorded on July 7, 2001 in San Sebastian, Spain.

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The semifinals of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival @RSJF on August 26th!

In the meantime, here's Michael Brecker's Quindectet playing “Broadband,” recorded in 2004 live at Blue Note Tokyo.

[Michael Brecker Saxophone Competition @BreckerSaxComp]

The semifinals of the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition are being held at the Red Sea Jazz Festival @RSJF on August 26th!

In the meantime, have you seen this video of Michael Brecker on “Blue Bossa” recorded in 1985 in Tokyo?

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The 8 semi-finalists are now listed at https://t.co/6FDGpdcOQd

Thank you to all who entered and to or preliminary judges: Melissa Aldana, Marcus Strickland & Ben Wendel! The talent was incredible. Thank you for the wonderful submissions.

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Thank you for the wonderful submissions for the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition!

Here is “Bamboo” with Mike Mainieri, Ricky Lawson, Lenny Castro, Marcus Miller and Warren Bernhardt in Montreux, 1981.

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Today is the last day to submit for the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition! More info at https://t.co/6FDGpdcOQd

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@YourVirtualCIO We've received your application. Thank you for applying and best of luck!

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One more day to apply! Applications will be accepted until tomorrow, April 30 More info at https://t.co/6FDGpdcOQd

Here's “Song For My Father” from the 1977 Montreux Jazz Festival.

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Four days left to apply for the first ever Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition!

Submissions will be accepted until April 30. More info at https://t.co/6FDGpdupHL

Here's “Something's Coming” from Dave Grusin Presents West Side Story.

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Now accepting applications for the Michael Brecker International Saxophone Competition!

Submissions will be accepted until April 30. More info at https://t.co/6FDGpdcOQd

Here is “Hey Fool” with Hal Galper, Randy Brecker, Wayne Dockery and Bob Moses.

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