BERLIN KONZERTHAUS INVITATION

We would like to invite you to a special event at the Berlin Konzerthaus.

22 January 2026, 20:00 – Werner-Otto-Saal

The evening will take place in a special setting with the composer Christian Jost, who will also host the event. At the beginning, we will perform Prized Possessions by Viet Cuong, followed by a conversation about the piece. At the end of the concert, we will perform the work once again.

There are still some tickets available, and we would be very happy to see you there.

Tickets

KIEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA DEBUT

We are delighted to perform for the first time with the Philharmonic Orchestra Kiel and conductor Georg Fritzsch.

The programme features Bernd Franke’s BlueGreen Concerto (2004). The concerts will take place at the recently renovated Konzerthaus am Schloss in Kiel. In fact, the first concert will be the very first performance held there since the reopening.

11 January 2026 – 11:00
12 January 2026 – 19:00

Tickets for both concerts are sold out, but Sunday’s concert will be recorded by NDR, and we will be happy to share the recording once it has been released.

NEW MANAGEMENT SIGNING

We are excited to announce the signing of a worldwide representation contract with Müller & Pavlik Management in Basel, Switzerland.
Christoph and Stefan has been known to us for many years through the Gstaad Music Festival, and it is a great pleasure to extend this collaboration and become part of the Müller & Pavlik family.

Our former agent, Alex Kirsch (AMC Music Management), is leaving the music business after 21 years. We would like to express our sincere thanks for her work and for the inspiration she has given us throughout these years.

We are also very happy that Franco Panozzo of AMC Music Management will continue as our local manager in Italy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS feat. Raphaela Gromes and Julian Riem

We had a wonderful time with our friends Raphaela and Julian in December. These were our last three shows in 2026. The first one took place at the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival in Germany. It is always great to perform in front of such a nice audience and together with our friends from the festival staff in the north of Germany.

After that, we travelled by train to Berlin and flew to Cyprus the next day. There was incredible stress while travelling – everything was late and connecting flights were missed. Would we make it or not? Fortunately, we arrived in Cyprus on time, where we performed for the first time in our career. Paphos and Limassol were very good to us, as was the weather in Cyprus. We enjoyed more than 20 degrees and sunshine, as well as two sold-out halls.

It was a beautiful moment to play the last concerts of the year with the Christmas programme, and we are already looking forward to the end of 2026. Dear Raphaela and Julian, it was, as always, a great pleasure.

Press from the recent concerts

First Concerts and First Enthusiastic Reviews

Our first three concerts together with Edoardo and Michal were met with an heartwarming welcome and enthusiastic responses from both audiences and critics.

“Concert offers a radiant opening to the anniversary year.”

Badische Neueste Nachrichten

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“At the Gschwend Musikwinter, the Signum Saxophone Quartet enchanted the audience with fresh interpretations of works by Bach and Dvořák. The saxophonists created powerful soundscapes and revealed entirely new facets of these pieces — can the saxophone revolutionize chamber music?”

Rems-Zeitung

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“A musical firework full of joie de vivre.”

Goslarsche-Zeitung

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We are deeply grateful for the wonderful atmosphere we experienced in Pforzheim, Gschwend, and Harz, and we are very much looking forward to returning soon.

ANIMA – Announcing new dates

ANIMA feat. Ksenija Sidorova and announcing three new dates in the first months of 2026

After a few months apart, we were incredibly happy to reunite with our one and only Ksenija Sidorova. From shared laughter and coffee breaks to those special moments on the stage, being together again felt  natural and inspiring as ever. It was a big pleasure to play in Harz in front of a sold out hall.

We are happy to announce three upcoming dates at the beginning of 2026:

• 20 March 2026 – Einbeck, PS.SPEICHER (DE)
• 8 May 2026 – Munich, Prinzregententheater (DE)
• 9 May 2026 – Vienna, Konzerthaus (AT)

We can’t wait to share this energy with you again very soon.

Premiere of the “Pictures at an Exhibition”

In October we had the pleasure of working together for the first time with the Southwest German Chamber Orchestra. The conductor was Douglas Bostock, and the program featured Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition in the adaptation by Jun Nagao, which isn’t only a creative transcription of the masterpiece, but something decisively more as the new, original material is a very important part of it.

We thoroughly enjoyed the intense rehearsal period as well as discovering the city of Pforzheim, but the most rewarding moment was undoubtedly the concert itself. We are delighted that both the audience and the press responded with enthusiasm, and we very much look forward to working with the orchestra in Pforzheim again in the future.

Welcome Edoardo!

We are excited to welcome EDOARDO ZOTTI on baritone saxophone! Edoardo comes from Trieste, Italy, so it felt only natural that we first met just a few kilometers away, in 2013, at a concert in Monfalcone. We stayed in touch over the years as our musical paths continued to cross.

What makes Edoardo a perfect fit for SIGNUM is his strong musical personality, his deep sense of ensemble playing, and his ability to shape the sound from within – qualities that are essential to our artistic vision. We are not quite sure whether the concert in Monfalcone was something Edoardo still remembered when he received our call, but we were very happy that he accepted our invitation to join SIGNUM from October 2025 onwards.

Dear Edoardo, welcome – and to many years together!

Welcome Michal!

We are delighted to welcome MICHAL KNOT on soprano saxophone.

Many years ago, in 2011, Alan and Michal were at the same university in Vienna – yet just missed each other, as Alan had already left for Cologne by the time Michal arrived from Rome. Their paths would briefly cross again in 2015, and once more in 2024, when they shared the stage for a few concerts. Now we are thrilled that Michal is joining SIGNUM!

He embodies the values that are at the heart of SIGNUM: a commitment to giving everything on stage, a deep sense of musical responsibility, and the unique ability to connect with audiences through expressive sound and phrasing. His extensive performance experience, combined with his well-organized and pragmatic approach, makes him an ideal addition to our quartet.

Dear Michal, welcome to SIGNUM – and here’s to many years of sharing music, passion, hapiness and the pursuit of excellence together!

Farewell to Blaž

There is a beauty in farewell, because it honors what has been.

After a clear decision made by Blaž to step away from the quartet, we would like to say goodbye and express our gratitude for the endless energy and the many moments we have experienced together as SIGNUM.

We shared a big part of our so-called growing up together; moments of joy, laughter, and challenges. We traveled the world together.

Blaž, thank you for being you, for your musicality, your trust, and your love.