Harry Kinross White (born 1967) is an American-born classical

saxophonist The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

living in Switzerland.

Biography

White grew up in

Mississippi Mississippi () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. Miss ...

and received his first music instruction there from Warren and Marti Lutz. He studied with

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to pr ...

professor

Lawrence Gwozdz Lawrence S. Gwozdz (; ; born April 1, 1953) is an American classical saxophonist, composer, and former professor of saxophone at The University of Southern Mississippi. His successor is Dr. Dannel Espinoza. Born to Polish-American parents in ...

The University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award bachelor's, ma ...

Hattiesburg, Mississippi Hattiesburg is a city in the U.S. state of Mississippi, located primarily in Forrest County, Mississippi, Forrest County (where it is the county seat and largest city) and extending west into Lamar County, Mississippi, Lamar County. The city popu ...

and with the pioneer of classical saxophone,

Sigurd Raschèr Sigurd Manfred Raschèr (pronounced 'Rah-sher') (15 May 190725 February 2001) was an American saxophonist born in Germany. He became an important figure in the development of the 20th century repertoire for the classical saxophone. Early life ...

. He graduated from The University of Southern Mississippi in 1989 with a Bachelor's Degree in Saxophone Performance.

Rascher Saxophone Quartet

He was a member of the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet from 1990 until 2001. As a member of this ensemble he performed in many of the important halls of Europe and the United States, including

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and

Lincoln Center Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (also simply known as Lincoln Center) is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. It has thirty indoor and outdoor facilities and is host to 5 millio ...

in New York City, the

Kennedy Center The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potom ...

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, Philharmonic Hall in Berlin, the

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in London, and

Opéra Bastille The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris Nat ...

in Paris.

Solo career

Since leaving the Raschèr Saxophone Quartet in 2001, he has been active as a saxophone soloist and free-lance musician. Critics praised White for the unique, gentle tone quality he produces on his historical

and for his dynamic interpretations of old and new works. He is fascinated with the lyrical possibilities of the saxophone and recently recorded songs of

Edvard Grieg Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...

, as arranged for saxophone and piano, with the composer, pianist and

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expert Edward Rushton. He concertizes regularly with the organist Jakoba Marten-Büsing and with the pianists Hans Adolfsen, Edward Rushton and Todd Sisley. He also performs with the Swiss singer La Lupa. As a soloist he has appeared with many orchestras, including Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart, Bochumer Symphoniker,

Beethoven Orchester Bonn The Beethoven Orchester Bonn is a German symphony orchestra based in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia. It dates back to 1907, when a professional orchestra was established. Named for Ludwig van Beethoven, who was born in Bonn, the orchestra's princ ...

, and the Philharmonic Orchestras in

Freiburg Freiburg im Breisgau (; abbreviated as Freiburg i. Br. or Freiburg i. B.; Low Alemannic: ''Friburg im Brisgau''), commonly referred to as Freiburg, is an independent city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. With a population of about 230,000 (as o ...

and

Heidelberg Heidelberg (; Palatine German language, Palatine German: ''Heidlberg'') is a city in the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. As of the 2016 census, its population was 159,914 ...

. He performs regularly in the Orchestra of the

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. He performed with Sir

Simon Rattle Sir Simon Denis Rattle (born 19 January 1955) is a British-German conductor. He rose to international prominence during the 1980s and 1990s, while music director of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra (1980–1998). Rattle was principal ...

and the

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at the New Year's Eve concert 2002. He is member of the "Harry White Trio" (since 2006) and the "Raschèr Saxophone Orchestra" which is based in southern Germany. He is also director of the "Swiss Saxophone Orchestra".

Recordings

*''The Raschèr Saxophone Quartet'' (1994); Caprice 21435 *''Anders Nilsson: KRASCH!'' (1995, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and Kroumata Percussion Ensemble); Caprice 21441 *''Sofia Gubaidulina'' (1995, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet and Kroumata Percussion Ensemble); BIS-CD-710 *''Philip Glass Symphony No.2'' (1998, with Rascher Saxophone Quartet and Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra); Nonesuch 79496-2 *''America'' (1999, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet); BIS-953 *''Music for Saxophones'' (1999, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet); Cala CD 77003 *''Violeta Dinescu – Reversing Fields'' (1999); Sargasso SCD 28027 *''Europe'' (2001, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet); BIS-1153 *''spectrum saxofonis'' (2001, with Todd Sisley,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

harpsichord A harpsichord ( it, clavicembalo; french: clavecin; german: Cembalo; es, clavecín; pt, cravo; nl, klavecimbel; pl, klawesyn) is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. This activates a row of levers that turn a trigger mechanism ...

); Musicaphon M56836 *'' Miklós Maros – Oolit'' (2002, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet); Caprice Records – CAP 21670 *''Philip Glass - Saxophone'' (2002, with Raschèr Saxophone Quartet); Orange Mountain Music OMM0006 *''New York Counterpoint'' (2002, with Raschèr Saxophone Orchestra); BIS-NL-CD-5023 *''Amor'' (2002, with La Lupa, Voice, and Fabian Müller,

Violoncello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D ...

); Musikszene Schweiz MGB-CD-6188 *''Die Felshöhle des jungen Hermann Hesse'' (2002);

Deutsche Grammophon Deutsche Grammophon (; DGG) is a German classical music record label that was the precursor of the corporation PolyGram. Headquartered in Berlin Friedrichshain, it is now part of Universal Music Group (UMG) since its merger with the UMG family of ...

CD-471-899-2 *''Goethe "Das Leben, es ist gut"'' (2003);

CD-472-807-2 *''Edvard Grieg Summer Night'' (2010, with Edward Rushton, piano); Musicaphon M-56851 *''spectrum saxofonis vol. 2'' (2011, with Jakoba Marten-Büsing, organ); Musicaphon M-56843 *''Etudes-Vocalises" (2016, with Edward Rushton, piano); BIS-9056

External links

Harry White's web siteweb site for Harry White's album "23 Etudes-Vocalises"Web site of the Swiss Saxophone Orchestra

References

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