Results for "Viola"

Jason Kao Hwang

Born: May 12, 1957

The music of Jason Kao Hwang (composer/violin/viola) explores the vibrations of his history. His compositions are often narrative landscapes through which sonic beings embark upon extemporaneous, transformational journeys.  His most recent releases, Myths of Origin, Soliloquies, Book of Stories, Uncharted Faith, and The Human Rites Trio, have received critical acclaim. Raised during the “melting pot” era of assimilation, Mr. Hwang did not learn Chinese from his immigrant parents, only English. When his parents spoke in Chinese to each other, he would listen intently to glean meaning from the inflection, rhythm, and timbre of their phrases.  Mr

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Carlos Vizcaíno Gijón

Born in Puertollano, Spain, in 1987, he began his viola studies at the age of seven at the "Pablo Sorozábal" Professional Conservatory of Music in his hometown, where he graduated in 2006 with top honors. That same year, he was admitted to the Superior Conservatory of Music of Aragon (CSMA) to continue his instrumental training under the guidance of J. M. Román (assistant professor to Gerard Caussé at the Reina Sofia School of Music). He obtained his Superior Diploma in Viola with honors.

He furthered his training with renowned professors and soloists such as Wilfried Strehle, Hartmut Rohde, Thomas Riebl, Peter Langgartner, Alan Kovacs, David Quiggle, and Paul Cortese.

Faith Heleene Brackenbury

Faith Brackenbury is a violinist, violist, vocalist and composer based in the UK. She plays and sings with American drummer Tony Bianco and the duo released 'Rising Up'  in 2021, 'Wayward Mystic- Improvisations on the Music of St.Hildegard von Bingen' in 2022 (Discus Records), 'Sentient Beings' (with Paul Dunmall, Tony Bianco and John Pope-(Off) 2023, Prema (FMR-2023, Paul Dunmall, Olie Brice, Tony Bianco, Faith Brackenbury). Sentient Beings 'Truth is not the enemy', (Discus 2024) with John O'Gallagher alto sax, John Pope bass and Tony Bianco drums.

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Gabriel Bismut

Born: February 23, 1984

Gabriel Bismut is a Parisian violinist and violist playing jazz and traditional music. After his studies at the Regional Conservatory (CRR) of Boulogne-Billancourt, he was in contact with internationally renowned jazz musicians such as Antonio Ciacca and Carine Bonnefoy. He has also worked and recorded with musicians from the Parisian scene such as Camille Bertault, Helena Recalde, Charlotte Wassy, Mauro Repetto and The Big Hustle. In 2016 he recorded an album containing his compositions with pianist Fady Farah. In 2017, he started playing with pianist-accordionist Maurizio Minardi

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Elisa Arciniegas-Pinilla

After professional Studies in Classical Music – Viola, at the Conservatorio de Música de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with Anibal DosSantos Pestana (Viola soloist at the Orquesta Filarmónica de Bogotá), she obtains the DEM (Diplome d’Études Musicales) in Jazz and Improvised Music at the Conservatoire de Strasbourg (France) with Jean Daniel Hégé, and the Master of Arts - Specialized Musical Performance in Free Improvisation with Fred Frith and Alfred Zimmerlin at the Hochschule für Musik – Basel (Switzerland). The wide spectrum of her academic training gives her today the possibility to make of her musical career a crossbreeding artistic universe, with the intention of proposing new musical paths. In 2012, in company of 11 musicians, she presented in Strasbourg the concert “Cantos de nuestra América