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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Minsky, Aaron: Ten Suite Variations (2015)
A suite of variations based on the Bach Cello Suites combined with modern popular styles in a form that could only be created by Aaron Minsky (Von Cello)! The pieces [...]
Minsky, Aaron: Summer Haze (2016)
Summer Haze - Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra (Percussion optional) by Aaron Minsky. A popular cello concerto based on songs composed on guitar in Minsky's youth but orchestrated from [...]
Minsky, Aaron: Legends of Cellandia (2016)
From the book: "Because it was composed at the request of the London Cello Society I wanted to give it a distinctly English flavor. I turned to the great progressive [...]
Minsky, Aaron: The Conqueror (2013)
From the back cover: A heroic concerto for cello and full symphony orchestra. It was composed during Hurricane Sandy, and loosely based on the life of Genghis Khan. A classic [...]
Montgomery, Jessie: Cadenzas for Haydn Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major (2014)
Movement I: 3 minutes; Movement II: 1 minute. Commissioned by Christine Lamprea.