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  1. WINNERS OF THE 4th JOSIP NOCHTA INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE COMPETITION

    1st PRIZE – Danylo Dovbysh, Ukraine 2nd PRIZE – Victor Cohilis, Belgium 3rd PRIZE – Juan David Toro Martin, Spain 4th PRIZE – Giorgi Dzhishkariani, Georgia AUDIENCE AWARD – Giorgi Dzhishkariani, Georgia PERFORMANCE WITH THE CANTUS ENSEMBLE IN …

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  2. Results of the Semifinal Round 2024

    The Semifinal Round of the 4th International Nochta Competition was held on Tuesday, June 18th. 53 candidated participated and performed in front of our 9 Jury members – Betka Bizjak Kotnik, Matjaž Drevenšek, Nikola Fabijanić, Nacho Gascón, Kyle …

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  3. Results of the Eliminatory Round 2024

    The Eliminatory Round of the 4th International Nochta Competition was held between June 15th and June 17th. 53 candidated participated and performed in front of our 9 Jury members – Betka Bizjak Kotnik, Matjaž Drevenšek, Nikola Fabijanić, Nacho …

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  4. REGISTRATION DAY AND FINAL SCHEDULE!

    Dear Nochta Candidates,   Welcome to Zagreb!  We are so excited to greet you at the Academy of Music for the 4th International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta! As soon as you come to the Academy, register at the …

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  5. Nacho Gascón is our new Jury member!

    Our Jury members Vincent David and Mariano Garcia have unfortunately had to cancel their participation in the 4th International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta due to some personal reasons. We are very grateful to them for trying to make …

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  6. The Eliminatory Round Schedule is now published!

    The Eliminatory Round Schedule of the 4th International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta is now published! Download the schedule HERE. The Organizer reserves the right to change the schedule if necessary. If you have any questions, contact us at …

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  7. NOTIFICATION OF RESULTS – PRESELECTION ROUND

        Dear Nochta 2024 Applicants, We want to express our sincere gratitude for your participation in the video preselection round of the 4th International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta! Our preselection jury, comprised of saxophonists Dragan Sremec, Goran …

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  8. NOTICE OF DEADLINE EXTENSION

    Due to the exceptionally high number of applicants, we are informing everyone that the Candidates chosen for the 2nd eliminatory round will be notified no later than Friday March 1st 2024, instead of Friday February 23rd like it …

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  9. Experiment on the theme by Eric Dolphy composed by Šimun Matišić is available now!

    Šimun Matišić’s piece Experiment on a theme by Eric Dolphy is now available for download! Experiment is a commissioned piece and a compulsory piece for the semifinal round of the Competition. Download PDF here!

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  10. THE APPLICATION IS OPEN!

    The application for the 4th International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta is open until Friday February 9th 2024 at noon!   How to apply? Fill out the application at the first link by Friday February 9th 2024 at noon! …

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  11. NOCHTA 2024

    DATES, PROGRAM & RULES The Nochta Team is happy to announce that the 4th International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta will be held in Zagreb at the Academy of Music from June 15th to June 20th 2024! We have …

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  12. FINAL OVERVIEW OF THE POINTS

    Dear Competitors of Nochta 2021, you can download the detailed overview of points here! 

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  13. WINNERS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE COMPETITION JOSIP NOCHTA

    1st prize – Etienne Boussard, France 2nd prize – Marin Balssa, France 3rd prize – Oskar Rzazewski, Poland 4th prize – Francisco Jesús Rusillo Márquez, Spain Audience Award – Etienne Boussard, France Best Performance of a Piece by …

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  14. RESULTS OF THE SEMIFINAL ROUND

    FINALISTS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE COMPETITION JOSIP NOCHTA   Francisco Jesús Rusillo Márquez, Spain Oskar Rzazewski, Poland Marin Balssa, France Etienne Boussard, France   Congratulations!

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  15. RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND

    THE SEMIFINALISTS OF THE 3RD INTERNATIONAL SAXOPHONE COMPETITION JOSIP NOCHTA Karol Mastalerz, Poland Ryo Nakajima, Japan Francisco Jesús Rusillo Márquez, Spain Oskar Rzazewski, Poland Marin Balssa, France Etienne Boussard, France Bruno Camargo, Brazil Filip Dujmović, Croatia Łukasz Dyczko, …

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  16. LIVE STREAM & JURY UPDATE

    YouTube is giving us trouble, so we moved the live stream to Twitch for now: https://www.twitch.tv/adolphesaxlive! Click the link bellow to listen and watch our candidates live! We are also happy to let you know that Vincent David …

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  17. JURY ANNOUNCEMENT

    Unfortunately due to COVID Vincent David will not be able to join us at the 3rd Nochta Competition. We hope that we will get a chance to work with Mr David soon, but untill then we are grateful …

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  18. FINAL SCHEDULE

    The final schedule is here! CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD IT! You can check the schedule and book an acoustic rehearsal in the hall in our office!    

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  19. 2021 LATEST INFORMATION

    Dear Contestants of the 3rd International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta, We are so excited to meet all of you in Zagreb in June! Here is a few information before you visit us. HOW TO ENTER CROATIA? Click here …

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  20. APPLICATION IS CLOSED!

    Dear Nochta candidates, Thank you for your interest in our Competition! We are happy to announce that we have filled all the vacant spots for the 3rd Nochta Competition and that we are closing the application! If you …

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  21. THE APPLICATION IS OPEN!

    We are happy to announce that the application for the few empty spots is open! The application will be open from February 1st to February 15th 2021 or until all the spots are filled. The application will be considered valid only if …

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  22. APPLICATION FOR 2021 ANNOUNCEMENT

    We are happy to announce that we’re opening the application for the few empty spots soon!   The application will be open from February 1st to February 15th 2021 or until all the spots are filled. The application will be …

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  23. HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

    We hope you are all safe and well and that you are able to spend the holiday season with the ones you love most! We are looking forward to the new year and are very excited for all …

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  24. NEW DATE ANNOUNCEMENT & REFUNDS INFORMATION

      Dear Nochta participants, we are happy to announce that the 3rd Josip Nochta Competition will be held from June 5th to June 10th 2021! Everyone who applied to compete in 2020 is automatically applied for 2021! Although our …

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  25. POSTPONEMENT ANNOUNCEMENT

    Dear competitors, due to the current COVID-19 situation which affected the whole world and with its unpredictable development we are forced to postpone the 3rd International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta to the same period of 2021 (beginning of …

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  26. REGARDING COVID-19

    Dear Nochta participants, The Nochta Team wants you to know that we are following the COVID-19 situation very closely and we will keep doing that during the following month, all the while hoping that the situation will improve. At …

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  27. NEW JURY MEMBER – SAŠA NESTOROVIĆ

    Nikola Fabijanić is unfortunately unable to participate in the 3rd Nochta Competition but Saša Nestorović is joining us! Read his bio here.

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  28. KREŠIMIR SELETKOVIĆ – PORTRAITS

    The final version of Portraits by Krešimir Seletković is published on the Nochta website. You can download the material here.

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  29. THE APPLICATIONS FOR NOCHTA 2020 ARE NOW OPEN!

    Dear Saxophonists, we are happy to announce that the Applications for the 3rd International Saxophone Competition Josip Nochta are open! The deadline for submitting the online application is February 15th 2020, but don’t forget that the number of …

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  30. FINAL OVERVIEW OF THE POINTS

    Download a table that shows all the points awarded to each of the 52 competitors in all three rounds here.  

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  31. Congratulations, dear finalists!

    The winner of the second Josip Nochta International Saxophone competition is Antonio García Jorge! Here is the complete list of our finalists: Antonio García Jorge Nicolas Arsenijevic Nicola Peretto Ryo Nakajima Congratulations, everyone!

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  32. RESULTS OF THE SECOND ROUND

    The competitors who have reached the finale of the competition are:   Arsenijevic, Nicolas Garcia Jorge, Antonio Nakajima, Ryo Peretto, Nicola   See the names and points of the rest of our semifinalists here.

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  33. RESULTS OF THE FIRST ROUND

    Here is the list of those who reached the second round of competition in alphabetical order: Arias González, Álvaro Arsenijevic, Nicolas del Valle Casado, Mari Ángeles Garcia Jorge, Antonio Nakajima, Ryo Peretto, Nicola Razdevšek, Aljaž Ronzio, Francesco Sanchez …

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  34. SCHEDULE UPDATE

    Dear contestants, our schedule for April 25th has changed a bit, please check your  time! If you have any questions, come see us in the office on the 4th floor. See the new timetable here.

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  35. Competition Live Stream

    Click the link to watch the live stream of the competition!   AdolpheSaxNochta  

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  36. Contestant registration and accreditation

    All contestants must register for the competition on Saturday, April 22nd, in the room 423 on the 4th floor of the Zagreb Academy of Music. The registration office will be open until 19:00 (7pm). Here you can also pick …

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  37. Updated schedule for the 1st round

    Updated schedule for the 1st round of the Competition download here.

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  38. Arosa Kultur awards

    Arosa kultur awards three grants to the semifinalists for the Arosa Music Academy masterclass with Lars Mlekusch, Timothy Mcallister and Christian Wirth in August 2017.

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  39. Notice

    Dear competitors, Eugene Rousseau is not able to be with us due to health considerations.

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  40. Schedule published

    The day by day schedule of the 2nd International Saxophone Competition ‘Josip Nochta’ and a daily schedule of the 1st round find and download on link http://nochta-saxcompetition.com/en/schedules/.

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  41. Registered competitors

    Once again thank you for the great interest. Below is a list of competitors in alphabetical order. Aeschbacher Barbara (CH) Aganlić Benjamin (BiH) Ahn Taewook (KOR) Arias González Álvaro (ES) Arsenijevic Nicolas (FR) Barrientos José (USA) Blejwas Joanna …

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  42. APPLICATION COMPLETED

    Application for 2nd International Saxophone Competition ‘Josip Nochta’ is completed. Thank you for great interest. A list of competitors will be published till January, 23th 2017.

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  43. 2. međunarodno saksofonističko natjecanje Josip Nochta

    2. međunarodno saksofonističko natjecanje Josip Nochta održat će se 23. – 28. travnja 2017. na Muzičkoj akademiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Prijavni list je na mreži. Krajnji rok za prijave: 15.1.2017. Zbog ograničenog broja natjecatelja, prednost imaju ranije prijavljeni …

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