Arturo Castro
“My very first experience in classical saxophone performance was with the E. Rousseau Classic NC Alto NC4 mouthpiece, and since then I have felt so comfortable and confident with the warmth and quality of my sound. Later on I tried the E. Rousseau JDX Baritone 7 mouthpiece and I was so shocked by the precision and projection this mouthpiece gave me that I never looked back.”
Biography:
Saxophonist, Biologist, and Master’s in Computer Sciences from the University of Costa Rica with more than 25 years of experience performing in recognized classical as well as popular music projects including latin, rock, trova, reggae, electronic and jazz among others.
Arturo Joined SONSAX in 2012 and since then has been touring with the quartet, performing and delivering master classes throughout multiple international symposiums and regional festivals. Some of the most relevant include: San Andrews World Saxophone Congress (Scotland 2012), Paris Music Conservatory (2013, 2017), Shell Lake Rousseau Sax Camp (2014), UNAM Saxophone gathering (Mexico 2015), University of Minnesota (2015, 2017), University of North Dakota (2017), Dinant (Belgium 2017), I and III Cali Saxophone Festival (Colombia 2017, 2019), Zagreb World Saxophone Congress (Croatia 2018), Hong Kong International Saxophone Symposium (2018), Alasax Saxophone Symposium (Montevideo, Uruguay 2019), Buenos Aires Saxophone Meeting (Argentina 2019).
Invited to perform as a soloist with the National Symphony Orchestra of Costa Rica, the Cali Philharmonic Orchestra (Colombia), the Cali Departmental Band (Colombia), the UNAM Symphony Band (Mexico) and the San José Concert Band (Costa Rica).
Currently, Arturo is also exploring on electronic music and Artificial Intelligence generated music as an alternative to expand the saxophone expression possibilities.
