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Kamancello
Kamancello is a Canadian Kamanche/Cello duo, composed of Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) and Shahriyar Jamshidi (Kamanche). It is an instrumental World musical group. History 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 music, 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. Performances * Ottawa Chamberfest, August 2024. * Winnipeg New Music Festival, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra January 2024. * Windsor Symphony Orchestra 2019. *Canadian Opera Company 2019. *Cello Biennale 2018. *Fes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahriyar Jamshidi
Shahriyar Jamshidi (, , ) (born 1971) is a Kurdish-Canadian kamānche player and composer. His focus is mainly on Kurdish music. Life and education Shahriyar was born in a Kurdish family in Kermanshah, the Kurdish city in the west of Iran. Due to limitations following the Iranian Revolution in 1978, he was not able to study music until age 17. He received private music lessons under the supervision of Mahmoud Merati for two years before studying music at Tehran University of Art. He continued his music studies under various teachers including Ahmad Pejman, Houshang Kamkar, Ardeshir Kamkar and Taghi Binesh. He also worked under the directorship of the well known Kurdish Kamancheh player Mojtaba Mirzadeh. Works * As a Kamanche soloist, Jamshidi has been participating at International Security for Improvised Music Conference in Château-d'Œx, Switzerland; Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada; Ontario Contact Conference; 33rd World Conference of International Society for Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |