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  Margarita Kourtparasidou (percussion) and Guido De Flaviis (saxophone) were both students in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. During their master studies they realized that they had common needs and the same passion to play modern music and to break the limits of the saxophone-percussion duos that already existed. So they founded the Red Chicken Soup Duo in 2006. The choice of the repertoire demanded great technical skills, a lot of musical experience and very good chamber music qualities. The aim was to join the Gaudeamus Competition for Interpreters and to finish their studies in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in a common final concert. Both of them happened with a lot of success; the final exam on 12th of April 2007  with cum laude and their semifinal position in the Gaudeamus Competition.
  The Red Chicken Soup Duo had the chance to travel through out Europe and USA with the financial support of the Honours Program  from the Ministry of Culture in the Netherlands.  They already played in San Diego (California, USA), New York (USA), Porto (Portugal), Amsterdam (The Netherlands), Milan (Italy) and Greece.


Repertoire:

Iannis Xenakis: Dmaathen for S.Saxophone and Percussion
Ned McGowan: Urban Turban for A.Saxophone and B.Marimba
Jacob ter Veldhuis: Grab it! for T.Saxophone, Junk Drumset and Ghettoblusters
Dimitri Nicolau: Strassenmusik no8  for Saxophones and Percussion (written for the Red Chicken Soup Duo)
Cinzia Maria Nistico: Duo for A.Saxophone and Percussion (written for the Red Chicken Soup Duo)
David T.Little: Red Scare Sketchbook for B.Saxophone and Percussion
Luis Naon: Alto Voltango for A.Saxophone and Vibraphone
Bart de Vrees: Duo I for B.Saxophone and Percussion (written for the Red Chicken Soup Duo)
Frank Zappa: Black Page for S.Saxophone, Marimba and live electronics
Gerard Brophy: We bop for S.Saxophone and Vibraphone
Johan van der Linden: Final Choice for A.Saxophone and Marimba
Chick Corea: Children songs for S.Saxophone and Vibraphone
Astor Piazolla: Tango suite, Oblivion, Histoire du Tango for A.Saxophone and Marimba
Yuyuma Akira: Divertimento for A.Saxophone and Marimba




Guido De Flaviis (bio)

The Italian saxophonist Guido De Flaviis has began to study the instrument with Claudio Ceschini in Teramo, and later he moved  to the conservatory of Brescia were he had as teacher Daniele Comoglio. From 1999 he has studied in the conservatory G.Verdi in Milan with Mario Marzi and in 2004 he finish having the first class honours degree.
He has participate to many master class and seminaries with important musicians like J.M.Londeix, F.Moretti, D.Liebman, V.David and B.Canino. Winner of scholarships (Dragoni, Ferrero)and  of the first prise absolute in all the categories of soloists at the international competition "Musicatri" .Recently he won the third prise in the international saxophone competition "Marco Fiorindo" in Torino.
ItÕs already few year that he is making concerts whit different ensemble like the duo with a guitar or piano, quartet of saxophones, duo with marimba and others. Many are his presences in different orchestras as the Scaligeri of Milan or the wind orchestra of Soncino.
In 2004 he participate to make the CD of G. FalzoneÕs  "R-EVOLUTION SUITE"
ItÕ five years that he collaborate as soloist with the Italian orchestra "I Sinfonici" of Teramo and from the 2003 with the orchestra A.C.O. Val Vibrata (AP) and with which he has done more than  forty concerts.
Actually he lives in Nederland were he is improving in the superior conservatory of Amsterdam under the guide of Henk Van Twillert .

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