Born in 1989 at Belém, Kalie Akel started piano lessons when he was 5 years old, than the violin at 6 years, the cello at 8 years, the viola at 16 a'd the double basse at 30 years old.
His first composition was performed by Ernani Aguilar in 2009, then he moved to Paris in 2012 to study composition with Eric Tanguy, than with Manuel López López.
He is the resident composer of "Festival Violoncelles en Folie" since 2018. Since this collaboration with the cellist and creator of the Festival, he composed several works for cello orchestra, but also chamber music like cello trio, cello quartet, cello solo and with other instruments (violin, piano, french horn, clarinette and others).
The three movements take inspiration from different aspects fiddling styles in various cultures, incorporating elements from Baroque dance forms, Irish and bluegrass techniques, and South Indian rhythmic manipulations.
This short work draws all its material from the Brahms E Minor Cello Sonata, juggling and refracting musical quotations as if wandering through a Brahms-permeated dream.
Resilience (2014), double concerto for viola, cello and orch. For the 70th anniversary of the end of WW2. 1. Dachaulieder 2. Rising Sun, Fallen Sky 3. Blast of Silence http://schellemusic.com/10.html
Sun-Wukong, the ancient warrior king
"Soe" is titled after one of the Maenads of Greek mythology, the wild women who were followers of the god of wine, Bacchus. The work uses three harmonic/melodic ideas, each [...]
The Russian folklorist Vladimir Propp published his celebrated work Morphology of the Folktale in 1928. In the book, he presented a structural analysis of the Russian folktale, arguing that representatives [...]
Like the movements of my first string quartet, “Ars Mathematica,” the six movements of this work are inspired in part by paintings. The six paintings are Georges Braque’s "Girl with [...]
A evocative work that will fit well into any recital program. Somewhat drawing on J.S.Bach's famous Suites, there are numerous instances of the famous B-A-C-H motive hidden in the music...