The first All-Russia saxophone player camp “Baikal Sax”. Prospects for further development of the academic saxophone playing school in Siberia

Abstract

The present paper addresses the results of the first All-Russia saxophone player camp “Baikal Sax”, which took place on the bank of lake Baikal in the village Bolshoe Goloustnoe from July 27, 2021 to August 3, 2021. Such events became habitual for capital musicians, but in Siberia there is no precedent for this. It was the first largescale project that exceeded the regional limits having gone beyond the central part of Russia and got the All-Russia status. “Baikal Sax” gathered alot of sax players from all quarters of Russia including representatives from Saint Petersburg, Moscow, Miass, Yekaterinburg, Slavgorod, Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Norilsk, Krasnoyarsk, Irkutsk, Neryungri. The purpose of the camp was making an interactive creative platform for training and productive leisure of professional saxophonists. The objectives of the project were improving Russian teaching techniques and uniting various regions of our country under the auspices of All-Russia Association of Saxophonists. Through analytic approach to the study of the new saxophone trend, the author has found out the main problems and prospects for professional saxophone school development, particularly in Siberia.