Results for "Cello"

Jérôme Descamps

Born: May 5, 1973

Originally from the North of France, he began his career as a classical trombonist in Symphonic Orchestras, then came the discovery of Improvised Music, Free Jazz and Contemporary Music.
He joined for two years the different formations of the A.R.F.I (Lyon collective) alongside Jean-Luc Cappozzo, Alain Gibert, Patrick Charbonnier, Maurice Merle, Jean Bolcato…
He then joined the Artistic Conservatory of French Polynesia, in Papeete, where he has been teaching trombone since 1999.
Then come the meetings, on stage and in studio: Elton Dean, Paul Rutherford, AYO, the 4tet SAKAY (Christian Pruvost, Peter Orins and Nicolas Mahieux), the duo Te Ti'ama with Christelle Sery (album in preparation), the duo with his son Oscar Descamps (album in preparation)…
In parallel with the cello, he developed a musical action for the very young public as part of his duet with Christine Vinolo: "Les Comptineurs de Tahit"i (9 CD albums)

Nabi Cabestany

Born in Barcelona, Nabi Cabestany began his musical training at the Escolania de Montserrat. He graduated from the University of the Arts in Berlin, where he studied under Professor Wolfgang Boettcher. He then joined the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he received a Diploma of Higher Education and Performance. He obtained the prestigious Artist Diploma from Indiana University, studying cello with Janos Starker and chamber music with Menahem Pressler. He was awarded the Prize of Honor at the International Maria Canals Competition in Barcelona.

Nabi Cabestany is active in various domains and styles. He regularly performs chamber music repertoire, leading him to give concerts in Europe, Japan, and the United States, alongside musicians such as James Campbell, Renaud Capuçon, Maxim Rysanov, and Christian Zacharias.

Greg Snedeker

The Nonidentical

Active since: 2013

Featuring leading lights of the London alternative jazz scene, The Nonidentical combines ferocious improvising with intricate compositional textures. The band came to be out of a series of experimental nights curated by composer and multi-instrumentalist Zac Gvi that brought musicians together with dancers, performance artists, poets and actors to collaborate and explore their differences and common ground. Their forthcoming debut album “Material Tropes” is a politically charged record written in response to the London riots of 2011, Situationism and the climate crisis that revisits the question of whether and on what terms music can engage with ideas outside itself.

Evergreen

Born: December 13, 1996

Evergreen is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and cello teacher who grew up in the vibrant Austin music scene. Raised as a classical cellist, by the time she was 25 she had performed on stage with musicians such as Sarah Chang, Father John Misty (opening for Paul McCartney), Chris Brubeck, members of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and The Eagles. After leaving conservatory, she studied Afro-Indigenous Brazilian folk music and studied improvisation with cello goblin Rushad Eggleston.  Evergreen utilizes music to creatively and emotionally empower people of all ages and from all walks of life by maintaining a private lesson studio as well as by participating in musical and workshop collaborations with her colleagues in Austin and abroad. 

Tamar Sagiv

Born: December 6, 1994

Praised for her unique and deep sound, New-York based cellist Tamar Sagiv, recipient of the Zubin Mehta certificate of honour and creator of the #backinthepark project, is one of the most unique voices in the NYC cello scene.

​Recipient of several scholarships from the America-Israel Cultural Foundation (AICF) for cello studies, she performed various concerts in venues such as Lincoln Center, Alice Tully Hall and Carnegie Hall. Additionally, Tamar recorded several broadcasts for the Israeli National Radio.

​Tamar Sagiv was born on December 6th 1994 in a small town in the north of Israel. She started her cello studies at the age of 8 with Uri Chen in the Klor Music Center in Kfar Blum. At the age of 15 she started studying at the Israeli Arts and Science Academy in Jerusalem and continued her cello studies with Mr. Hillel Zori in Tel-Aviv. At that time Tamar joined the Jerusalem Music Center (JMC) Outstanding Young Program Unite where she played as the leader of the cello section in the Israel Young Philharmonic Orchestra and in the chamber music programs.

Olivier Calmel

Born: June 10, 1974

Composer for films, contemporary classical music and jazz bands, arranger and pianist

Graduated in piano, harmony, counterpoint, fugue from Paris Conservatory
Jazz from IACP (Paris) and Paris Center Conservatory
Orchestration under Guillaume Connesson, graduated brilliantly in front of a jury gathered around Thierry Escaich and Olivier Kaspar

Olivier Calmel is a composer, orchestrator and pianist whose works have been performed by numerous soloists and orchestras. He is the winner of several competitions and awards: the Grand prix Sacem de la musique symphonique for young composers, Grand Prix International Académie Charles Cros, Composition Prize at the Concours National de Jazz de la Défense, Premier Prix Festival Jazz in Vannes. Most of his works have been
commissioned and performed by soloists, ensembles and orchestras (Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio
France, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra de Massy, Festival de Beauvais, Violons de France, Orchestre National de Bretagne, Maîtrise de Radio France, Ensemble Nouvelles Portées, Choeur Vittoria d'Île-de-France, Ensemble Links, Paris Brassband, and many others).

Nick Storring

Born: October 4, 1981

Nick Storring is a Toronto-based composer, musician, writer, and curator. His varied and idiosyncratic body of musical work spans chamber compositions to meticulously constructed recordings consisting solely of Storring’s own overdubbed instrumental performances. This output reflects his eclecticism as a listener — juxtaposing the familiar and the abstract to conjure moments of hallucinatory reminiscence.

He has worked with a number of leading artists and organizations in contemporary music including Montréal’s AKOUSMA Festival, Oxford UK’s Audiograft Festival, Késia Decoté, the Esprit Orchestra, Arraymusic, Soundstreams, Eve Egoyan, Sophia Subbayya Vastek, Thin Edge New Music Collective, Quatuor Bozzini, and Vancouver New Music. Winner of the Canadian Music Centre’s 2011 Toronto Emerging Composer Award, he also placed first in the 2008 Jeux De Temps competition for electroacoustic composition. His recorded output has also been released on celebrated experimental music imprints such as Orange Milk Records, mappa editions, Scissor Tail, Notice Recordings and Entr’acte.

Agustin Uriburu

Waxwing

Formed in 2007, Waxwing is a co-led group created by three veterans of the Vancouver music scene: Tony Wilson on guitar, Peggy Lee on cello and Jon Bentley on saxophones. The trio has released three studio recordings featuring their original compositions: "Flicker Down" (2021 Songlines Recordings) , "A Bowl Of Sixty Taxidermists" (2015 - Songlines Recordings), and "Escondido Dreams" (2007 - Drip Audio). The recipient of numerous Canada Council Grants, Waxwing has performed their unique works in concerts across Canada and has been a regular favourite in the Vancouver International Jazz Festival