Results for "Viola"

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)

From 2015-2017 she played and sang with British alto saxophonist Martin Speake in his quartet 'Mafarowi'  (Rob Luft guitar and Will Glaser drums)and the two also released a duo album 'Zephyr' in 2016 (Pumpkin Records).Her 'KnifeAngel' sextet ep was released in 2019, in response to the Knife Angel sculpture by Alfie Bradley, bringing attention to the rising rate of knife crime in the UK .

Daryll Dobson

Born: August 16, 1956

String Jazz Theory: From Guitar to Violin: The Transformation

Daryll Dobson is a American Jazz Violinist, Guitarist, Composer and Audio Engineer.
He began his formal jazz studies in New York at SUNY College at Old Westbury. The Jazz Studies program was founded by Jazz Multi Instrumentalist Makanda Ken McIntyre and Jazz Percussionist Warren Smith.

When Daryll Dobson gave up living on land in 2021 he knew he would return someday…He just didn’t know When and Where that would happen.

But he knew he would also fulfill another dream upon his return and that was to transfer all of his musical knowledge to a new instrument, the Electric 5 String Violin. 

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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

Eyvind Kang

Born: June 23, 1971

Eyvind Kang's prodigious recording career is surprising considering it's less than a decade old. Working since 1995, he can be heard on over 50 records, collaborating with the likes of Sun City Girls, Bill Frisell, Secret Chiefs, Blonde Redhead, Robin Holcomb, Laurie Anderson and many others. He is one of the most original and exciting violinists currently performing in the underground, a fact cemented all the more by his accomplished solo recordings. Born in Corvallis, Oregon, Kang spent his youth moving around Canada before settling down in Seattle, where he still lives today. Taking cues from his two main musical mentors - Michael White (who performed with Sun Ra Arkestra and Pharoah Sanders) and Maestro Dr