Seif, Sami: Orientalism (2021)
Orientalism derives its name from the eponymous book by the Palestinian-American intellectual Edward Said. My interest in orientalism started with the constant disparity I felt between my experience of being [...]
featured composer: kalie akel
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).
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Silverman, Adam: Take It Queasy, Greasy (2014)
Recording from the Cheney Cello Trio
Simon, Carlos: Between Worlds (2019)
Bill Traylor was born a slave in Alabama in 1853 and died in 1949. He lived long enough to see the United States of America go through many social and [...]
Simon, Carlos: Lickety Split (2015)
As young boy, I worked with my grandfather during the summers paving driveways in Rocky Mount, Virginia. He was a task master. Things had to be done the right way [...]
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Tengesdal, Aleksander: Qoheleth for Two Celli (2014)
Qoheleth implies an ancient connection between student and teacher. As for the work itself, the two celli weave their parts together playing anything from bass notes, to chords, to harmony [...]
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van Dongen, Joost: Tensor (2017)
A short cello trio in the style of minimal music.
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Verotta, Davide: Cello Sonata (2020)
The Cello Sonata (Incantata) is divided in three movements, following a traditional sequence of fast — slow — fastest. The movements are unified by the use of three main themes [...]