“Over the years, the saxophone quartet genre had felt quite unfamiliar to me. Until I heard Kebyart. The sonic homogeneity and virtuosity of these four young Catalan saxophonists made me want to write for this ensemble.”
Artists in residence at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, 25–27
Ensemble in residence at the Bodensee Festival 2026
Fazil Say
Preludes, for saxophone quartet and string orchestra with percussion
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite en mi menor RCT 2 de Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Preludio y fuga en do sostenido menor, BWV 849
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
György Ligeti
Seis Bagatelas
Wolfang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonía concertante, en Mi bemol mayor, KV 297b
Johann Sebastian Bach
Präludium und Fuge in cis-Moll, BWV 849
Georg Friedrich Haas
Saxophone Quartet
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 358
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617
God's time is the very best time, BWV 106
George Gershwin
Summertime from Porgy and Bess Suite
Kurt Weill
Die Dreigroschenoper, suite
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite en mi menor RCT 2 de Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Preludio y fuga en do sostenido menor, BWV 849
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
György Ligeti
Seis Bagatelas
Recital poético-musical junto al Ensemble O Vos Omnes y Manuel Forcano, en el marco de la exposición de Anselm Kiefer.
Actividad en colaboración con la Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera.
Obras de Victoria, Bach, Humet y Ligeti
Johann Sebastian Bach
Präludium und Fuge in cis-Moll, BWV 849
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio und Fuge c-Moll KV 546 / KV 426
Georg Friedrich Haas
Saxophone quartet
Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Bernat Vivancos
Oh moon, you shine so brightly
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio und Fuge c-Moll KV 546 / KV 426
Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
György Ligeti
Seis Bagatelas
Bernat Vivancos
El Cant dels Ocells
Bernat Vivancos
Oh moon, you shine so brightly
Caroline Shaw
Entr'acte
Fran Barajas
[Abecedario] - H de Humor
Encargo de Radio Clásica (RTVE)
Anónimo / Kebyart
Nit de vetlla
Irving Berlin
White Christmas
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Jan Willem de Vriend, dirección
Wolfang Amadeuz Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante Es-Dur KV 297b
Antonio Vivaldi
Kyrie G-Mol “à 8 in due cori” RV 587
Tonhalle Orchester Zürich
Jan Willem de Vriend, dirección
Wolfang Amadeuz Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante Es-Dur KV 297b
Antonio Vivaldi
Kyrie G-Mol “à 8 in due cori” RV 587
Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Jörg Widmann
7 Capricci
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio and Fugue in C minor
Georg Friedrich Haas
Saxophone quartet
György Ligeti
Sechs Bagatellen
Johann Sebastian Bach
Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
Philip Glass
Saxophone Quartet - I
Johann Sebastian Bach
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 358
Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731
Philip Glass
Saxophone Quartet - II
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639
Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf, BWV 617
Philip Glass
Saxophone Quartet - III
Johann Sebastian Bach
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662
Philip Glass
Saxophone Quartet - IV
Johann Sebastian Bach
Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106 - Sonatina
Kebyart meets... ESMUC Saxophone Ensemble
Estreno de una obra para ensemble de saxos de Guillem Cadafalch
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite en mi menor RCT 2 de Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Dmitri Shostakovich
Two Pieces, Op. 36a
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Georg Friedrich Haas
Saxophone quartet
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
György Ligeti
Sechs Bagatellen
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet de Philip Glass
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Eun Sun Kim, directora
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet de Philip Glass
Philharmonisches Staatsorchester Hamburg
Eun Sun Kim, directora
Fran Barajas
[Abecedario] - H de Humor
Encargo de Radio Clásica (RTVE)
Gérard Pesson
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
Encargo de la Sociedad Filarmónica de Badajoz, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Festival Musiques Démesurées y Kebyart
MauricioSotelo
Cantes de amor y muerte
Encargo de Kebyart, Nicolas Altstaedt y Lockenhaus Festival con el apoyo de Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
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Georg Friedrich Haas
Segundo cuarteto de saxofones
Encargo del CNDM
Ying Wang
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
Encargo de Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik
Gérard Pesson
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
Encargo de la Sociedad Filarmónica de Badajoz, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Festival Musiques Démesurées y Kebyart
Georg Friedrich Haas
Segundo cuarteto de saxofones
Encargo del CNDM
Ying Wang
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
Encargo de Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik
Gérard Pesson
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
Encargo de la Sociedad Filarmónica de Badajoz, Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, Festival Musiques Démesurées y Kebyart
Georg Friedrich Haas
Segundo cuarteto de saxofones
Encargo del CNDM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio und Fuge c-Moll KV 546 / KV 426
Agustí Charles Soler
Übergang
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
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César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Gérard Pesson
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
György Ligeti
Sechs Bagatellen
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
Joan Magrané Figuera
Estris de llum
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio und Fuge c-Moll KV 546 / KV 426
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
György Ligeti
Sechs Bagatellen
I’m an unusual thing
Songbook from Vivaldi to Michael Nyman
Philip Glass
Concerto for Saxophone Quartet
Sinfónica de Tenerife
Giancarlo Guerrero, director
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite en mi menor RCT 2 de Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode
César Franck
Prélude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Preludio y fuga en do sostenido menor, BWV 849
Franz Schubert
Fantasía en fa menor D. 940
Jörg Widmann
7 Capricci
Recital con Juan Floristán, piano
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Suite en mi menor RCT 2 de Pièces de clavecin avec une méthode
Maurice Ravel
Rhapsodie Espagnole
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Maurice Ravel
Pavane pour une infante défunte - solo piano
Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso - solo piano
Gérard Pesson
Nueva pieza para cuarteto
Maurice Ravel
The waltz
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Adagio und Fuge c-Moll KV 546 / KV 426
Felix Mendelssohn
Fuga & Capriccio Op. 81
Jörg Widmann
7 Capricci
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Divertimento in F major, K. 138
György Ligeti
Sechs Bagatellen
Dani López Pradas
Echoing Rhapsodies - Homage to Gershwin
“Something you rarely hear, perhaps something you’ve never heard before”
“Excellent. Moving”
“A top-tier ensemble”
“An ensemble sound that has heavenly qualities. Here, mastery is revealed. ”
Latest news
Kebyart continues its international trajectory with a very special invitation: to be Ensemble in Residence at the prestigious Bodensee Festival, the celebrated cultural festival that brings together music, theater, dance, and literature every year in the Lake Constance (Bodensee) region, crossing borders between Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
The Palau de la Música Catalana reinforces its commitment to musical excellence and innovation with the addition of the Kebyart saxophone quartet as resident ensemble for the 2025-26 and 2026-27 seasons. The residency will be inaugurated with two concerts...
The 2025/26 season promises to be one of the most intense and exciting in Kebyart's history. With more than 50 concerts throughout Europe, the saxophone quartet faces a year marked by international exposure, contemporary creation, and the consolidation of its artistic identity at some of the continent's most important venues and festivals.
2025 marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Maurice Ravel, one of the most refined and unique figures in 20th-century music. To commemorate this milestone, Kebyart presents UNRAVELED, his new album released by Linn Records – Outhere Music, which explores and reinterprets the...
We are very happy and congratulated because we are celebrating 10 years of Kebyart. A celebration often allows us to look back to the past, to remember lived experiences, many concerts and trips; but we also want to celebrate looking to the future. That is why...
With this album, aptly titled Traum der Jugend, the young musicians of Kebyart see a long-cherished dream come true. Drawn by their eagerness to reveal new worlds of sound, the saxophone quartet has interwoven works from different eras and given them a new, unconventional look through their own arrangements. Taking Jörg Widmann's 7 Capricci as a starting point,...
It's already been half a year since we released our second album, Lectures Différentes! This CD marked our debut on Linn Records, and we celebrated it with the first...
Our new album "Lectures différentes" is here!
We are thrilled to present this recording project with Linn Records (Outhere), on which we have recorded music by Eötvös, Stravinsky, Haydn, and Pérez-Villegas...
Check the rules for the II Centcelles Composition Competition, which this edition is dedicated to works for saxophone quartet...
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El pasado 23 de marzo, en el Auditorio 400 del Museo Reina Sofía de Madrid, KEBYART protagonizó uno de los hitos más importantes de su trayectoria: el estreno absoluto del Cuarteto de saxofones nº2 (2026) de Georg Friedrich Haas, una obra…