First category (I) for contestants born in 2016, and younger

Duration: up to 3 minutes

Program requirements:

• Ah, Mon Beau Chateau (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Second category (II) for contestants born in 2015

Duration: up to 4 minutes

Program requirements:

• J. Brahms - Sandman (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Third category (III) for contestants born in 2014

Duration: up to 5 minutes

Program requirements:

• M. Perrin - Berceuse (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Fourth category (IV) for contestants born in 2013

Duration: up to 6 minutes

Program requirements:

• M. Petrenko - Vals (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Fifth category (V) for contestants born in 2012

Duration: up to 7 minutes

Program requirements:

• E. Bozza - Menuet des pages (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Sixth category (VI) for contestants born in 2011

Duration: up to 8 minutes

Program requirements:

• J. Rueff - Chanson et Passepied (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Seventh category (VII) - for contestants born in 2010

Duration: up to 8 minutes

Program requirements:

• M. Perrin - Fantasie Tzigane (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Eighth category (VIII) - for contestants born in 2009

Duration: up to 10 minutes

Program requirements:

• P. Maurice - Tableaux de Provence – 1st movement (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Ninth category (IX) - for contestants born in 2008

Duration: up to 12 minutes

Program requirements:

• D. Milhaud - Scaramouche – 1st movement (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Tenth category (X) - for contestants born in 2007

Duration: up to 15 minutes

Program requirements:

• A. Glazounov - Saxophone Concerto Op. 109 – to the end of the cadenza (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece or A. Glazounov - Saxophone Concerto Op. 109 – after the cadenza to the end of concert

 

Eleventh category (XI) - for contestants born in 2005 and 2006

Duration: up to 15 minutes

Program requirements:

• A. Sedlar - Tudor Etudes, Etude No. 1 (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Twelfth category (XII) - for contestants born in 2003 and 2004

Duration: up to 15 minutes

Program requirements:

• I. Jevtic, Concert – 1st movement (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Thirteenth category (XIII) - for contestants born in 2002, and older

Duration: up to 15 minutes

Program requirements:

• P. Stojanovic, Concert – 1st movement (mandatory piece)

• A free choice piece

 

Awards:

First award: 95-100 points

Second award: 90-94.99 points

Third award: 80-89.99 points

Honorable mention: 60-79.99

 

PRIZE FUND

The winner of each category, if he/she had been given 95 points or more, will be awarded a cash prize in the amount of:

• Winner of the 1st category - 80 euros

• Winner of the 2nd category - 80 euros

• Winner of the 3rd category - 80 euros

• Winner of the 4th category - 90 euros

• Winner of the 5th category - 90 euros

• Winner of the 6th category - 90 euros

• Winner of the 7th category - 100 euros

• Winner of the 8th category - 100 euros

• Winner of the 9th category - 100 euros

• Winner of the 10th category - 100 euros

• Winner of the 11th category - 130 euros

• Winner of the 12th category - 130 euros

• Winner of the 13th category - 200 euros

In addition to the mentioned cash prizes, the jury will award the best competitors with saxophone products from the range of well-known manufacturers such as Vandoren, Selmer and Krpitza Tegich.

The best-placed competitor in the thirteenth category, if he wins 100 points, the Organizer guarantees a performance at the Belgrade Saxperience festival in the following calendar year.

 

Application fees:

• For the first, second and third categories: 40 euros

• For the fourth, fifth and sixth categories: 50 euros

• For the seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth categories: 60 euros

• For the eleventh and twelfth: 80 euros

• For the thirteenth category: 100 euros

 

Important notes:

• The competition will be held on December 14, 2025, at Stanislav Binicki music school performance hall, on Bulevar Zorana Djindjica 152a, New Belgrade

• The competitors must play mandatory pieces from memory. The rest of the program can be played using music sheets.

• Students of music high schools may not compete in the same categories as the students attending elementary music schools. If they happen to fall, age-wise, under the same category, the high school student must compete in the first next category, no matter what year he or she was born in.

• Likewise, professional musicians may not compete in the same category as students of music high schools. If they happen to fall, age-wise, under the same category, the professional musician must compete in the first next category, no matter what year he or she was born in.

• For the free choice piece, it is advisable to play classical saxophone compositions rather than jazz pieces.

• To apply, you need to send a carefully filled out application form, proof of application fee payment, and scans of either your birth certificate (for Serbian nationals) or the first page of your passport (for foreign nationals), to competition@saxperience.rs to complete an online application at www.saxperience.rs Application deadline: December 5, 2025.

• Serbian nationals pay the application fee in Serbian dinars, as determined by the propositions.

 

Payment instructions for Serbian nationals:

Person paying

Applicant’s first and last name

Purpose of payment

Application fee

Beneficiary

Serbian Saxophone Society

Ace Joksimovica 66

11000 Belgrade

Serbia

Beneficiary account

340-11012979-66 (ErsteBank)

 

Foreign national pay the registration fee in euros, as it is determined by the propositions.

 

Payment instructions for foreign nationals

Intermediary:

SWIFT CODE: GIBAATWG

ERSTE GROUP BANK AG

WIEN, AUSTRIA

Account with institution:

SWIFT CODE:GIBARS22

ERSTE BANK A.D. NOVI SAD

Bulevaroslobodjenja 5

21000 Novi Sad, Serbia

Beneficary:

IBAN: RS35340000001101297966

NAME: UDRUŽENJE SAKSOFONISTA SRBIJE

ADDRESS:ACE JOKSIMOVIĆA 66, 11000 BEOGRAD

 

Competitors may have their accompanists perform alongside them, or they may request to have the official accompanist accompany them. In the latter case, the competitors need to get into direct contact with the competition’s official accompanist, to schedule rehearsals and discuss financial compensation: nedahofman@yahoo.com