Kamancello

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Kamancello
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Years active2014-present
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Websitekamancello.com
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Kamancello is a Canadian Kamanche/Cello duo, composed of Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) and Shahriyar Jamshidi (Kamanche). It is an instrumental World musical group.[1][2]

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The Kamancello named when the duo was invited to perform at Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal in 2015, the Festival chose “Kamancello” for the title. Their name is the combination of two musical instruments Kamanche and Cello. Kamancello is an improvisational cultural boundaries, their performances are typically based in improvisation on Kurdish modal music and Western Classical music on Kamanche (four-stringed-spiked-fiddle) and Cello. The band recorded their first self-titled studio album and Kamancello II: Voyage at Toronto’s recording Studio Union Sound Company in 2016.[3]

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  1. ^ Daniel Glassman (Winter 2017). "Kamancello explores a new duo dimension". Music Works. No. 129. Retrieved May 16, 2019. ...Yet Kamancello’s dynamic range is very different from that of traditional Kurdish and Persian music.
  2. ^ Kampf, Gregory (host) (23 February 2017). "In conversation with kamancello". La Villa Strangiato.
  3. ^ Kamer, Gijsbert (October 25, 2018). "De hypnotiserende improvisaties van Kamancello waren een prachtig onderdeel van het toch al zo geslaagde Cellofest in het Bimhuis (vier sterren)" [The hypnotic improvisations of Kamancello were a wonderful part of the already successful Cellofest in the Bimhuis (four stars)] (Press release) (in Dutch). Amestrdam, Netherlands.: De Volkskrant. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  4. ^ Doucette, Tony (host) (4 May 2019). "'East meets west' musical duo improvs with Windsor Symphony Orchestra". the CBC's Windsor Morning. CBC. Retrieved June 14, 2018.
  5. ^ "Cello Biennalel Amestrdam" (Press release). Amestrdam, Netherlands: Cello Biennalel Amestrdam. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  6. ^ "Arab World Festival of Montreal – October 31 to November 15, various locations" (Press release). Montreal, Canada: The Montrealer. 25 October 2015. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Kamancello". Exclaim Magazine. Retrieved October 13, 2017.
  8. ^ Alex Newto (December 7, 2017). "Kamancello". Sputnik Music. Retrieved May 17, 2019. …An artistic tour de force for both its creators, Kamancello's often stunning beauty belies its improvised nature.
  9. ^ Andrew Timar (30 May 2019). "Kamancello II: Voyage Shahriyar Jamshidi; Raphael Weinroth-Browne". the Whole Note. Retrieved June 14, 2018. …Improvisation is undoubtedly present in abundance here, but there are also well-developed modal frameworks and formal structures at work too.
  10. ^ "Kamancello - Kamancello II: Voyage" [Kamancello - Kamancello II: Voyage] (Press release) (in German). Germany: Metal1. June 1, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019. Wenn sich nun zwei so begnadete, erfahrene Musiker zusammenfinden und feststellen, dass sie das gleiche Ziel verfolgen...
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