MonteVerde Music is the distributor of P. Mauriat Musical instruments in North America. However, our relationship with P. Mauriat is much more than business. 

The P. Mauriat Story

The saxophone world will seldom allow a new brand into its tight-knit circle of acceptance, but two men have defied the odds. For nearly eight years, the focus of Roger Greenberg and Alex Hsieh has been to create a saxophone with a vintage sound, modern intonation and key work, all at a reasonable price. P. Mauriat Saxophones are the product of great passion for music and dedication to raising the bar in instrument manufacturing.

Alex Hsieh, owner and CEO of P. Mauriat Musical Instruments, is a businessman with a severe saxophone addiction.  He has amassed a fine collection of vintage saxophones and mouthpieces and a large library of saxophone literature, all of which continue to grow.  Roger Greenberg, owner and CEO of MonteVerde Music, North American Distributor of P. Mauriat, has been a pillar in the classical saxophone world through his extensive international performances and leadership in saxophone education.  A disciple of the late Joe Allard, Roger taught at the University of Northern Colorado for twenty-four years where he aided in the success of hundreds of saxophonists, many of which now hold prestigious positions all over the world. Alex and Roger met for the first time in 2002 as student and teacher, and the product of this relationship is a powerful new brand that has found success combining the best of the old with the best of the new.

After more than two years of setting up the P. Mauriat factory and refining the first P. Mauriat prototype, Alex took a trip to Colorado in the summer of 2002 for a month of private saxophone study with Roger. This was the first time Roger had seen a P. Mauriat saxophone. At first, he was a bit skeptical of a Taiwanese brand, but nonetheless Roger recognized that it had potential. Roger’s lessons would often include discussions on what makes a good saxophone and his conclusion was, “Start with SOUND.” Alex was determined to refine his prototype with a focus on sound, all the while taking advantage of the modern innovations in ergonomics and intonation.

Fall 2002 marked Roger’s first trip to Taiwan when he was invited by Alex to see the P. Mauriat facilities and meet the staff. Of course, sound was the dominating topic.  According to Roger, P. Mauriat saxophones were to be hand crafted of the finest material with a priority on a sound reminiscent of the great vintage horns. He relayed to the P. Mauriat engineers that professional players have always favored older vintage instruments because of their rich and complex tones.  Again, the P. Mauriat factory worked tirelessly to produce a revised prototype that included Roger’s suggestions, and just months after Roger’s return to Colorado it was ready for testing.

Alex orchestrated an airport handoff of this prototype in Taipei as Roger was en-route to Bangkok for a residence at the Mahidol University.  Roger was so pleased with this saxophone that he used it on the final recital of his 2-week residency.  At this point he knew that these horns, with a little TLC, were going to be a force on the market and after 30+ years of endorsing a major brand, he became the first official P. Mauriat artist.

Since then, P. Mauriat has truly bridged the gap between modern innovations in saxophone technology, and the rich, full sounds previously only found in the best vintage horns. In P. Mauriat saxophones, improved ergonomics and precise intonation have met vibrant sound and colorful tone. P. Mauriat and MonteVerde realize that the pursuit for the best instrument will never be over, so they surround themselves with the industry’s best players, technicians, engineers and educators to achieve a constant forward motion in the development of their products.

ROGER GREENBERG - President of MonteVerde Music

After receiving degrees from the Juilliard School and the University of Southern California, Roger Greenberg went on to a varied musical career.

He has performed many times with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra (formerly the Denver Symphony Orchestra), also with the Aspen Festival Orchestra, the National Repertory Orchestra, the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rochester (NY) Philharmonic Orchestra, the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester (Minnesota) Symphony Orchestra, the Austin Symphony Orchestra and many others. Many of these performances have been under some of the world's great conductors, including Zubin Mehta, Andre Previn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Philippe Entremont, Luciano Berio, Leonard Slatkin, Yuri Temirkanov, Sixten Ehrling, Sergiu Comissiona and James DePriest.

Roger Greenberg was a member of the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the CBS-TV Orchestra in Philadelphia, the Los Angeles Saxophone Quartet and, during military service with the West Point Band, he was a member of the West Point Saxophone Quartet. For ten years he performed for television and motion pictures at Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Brothers studios in Los Angeles under such composers as John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith and Lalo Schifrin. He was a member of the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet for almost 30 years.

He has recorded a solo CD, “Roger Greenberg Live in Asia”, and a solo CD of music by William Schmidt, "The Art of the Tenor Saxophone," is available on WIM Records. With nineteen nationally, or internationally distributed recordings to his credit, he can also be heard with the Harvey Pittel Saxophone Quartet, the Los Angeles Saxophone Quartet, the Westwood Wind Quintet, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, the Denver Symphony Orchestra and the Saxophone Orchestra of Thailand.

A classical saxophonist with a jazz background, his activities have ranged from co-leader of the Juilliard Jazz Ensemble to nightclub performer for many famous entertainers. He has been a soloist several times at the World Saxophone Congress in the United States, Canada, Europe and Japan, and continues to be active internationally as a soloist and clinician, having performed professionally in 46 states, Mexico and Canada. He has also performed as a soloist in Taiwan, Thailand, Korea, China and Peru.

Publications include a book on musicianship, arrangements, transcriptions, articles and music reviews.