UK Cello Calendar

Robert Max and 8 Cambridge Cellists

To showcase some of the original cello ensemble music published by SJ Music over the last 30 years, Robert Max and 8 Cambridge Cellists will be giving a concert at 5pm on Sunday, 15th September at Clare Hall, Cambridge CB3 9AL

Works include Gordon Jacob cello octet, Emanuel Moór suite for 4 cellos, Aleksandr Kuznetsov  3rd suite for 4 cellos and 3 pieces by Christopher Bunting. Tickets £10 (cash) at door. Reservations and more information from [email protected]

 

Come and nourish yourself on a summer Breathing Bow intensive weekend in a luxury Provencal farmhouse with salt water lap pool and exceptional whole-food seasonal cuisine!

Open to any string players looking to develop ease, efficiency and presence on stage and in the practice room.

What participants say...

"Do less achieve more! What's not to love?"

"Life changing"

 

http://thebreathingbow.com

Join Leeds Cello Masterclasses on July 6/7  for another weekend of masterclasses, technique classes, cello ensemble and performances. Simon Turner, No.2 from the Hallé Orchestra will be the guest cellist alongside LCM Founder, Miriam Roycroft. Special rates for students. All information and how to apply here:

https://www.miriamroycroft.com/leeds-cello-masterclasses

 

Place: The Post Bar - London
Date: June 20th, 8PM
Tickets: 7 ADV-10 OTD
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Chechelos lands for the first time in London with their show Instinto on June 20th at 8PM at The Post Bar.
An intimate concert where the duo interprets Argentinian folklore through cellos and voice.

The duo, integrated by Ramiro Zárate Gigli and Mauro Sarachian, delivers an innovative approach to Argentinian Folklore with two cellos performing their own songs & lyrics as well as Folklore’s classics with personal arrangements.

Instinto breaks the barrier between performers and their crowd, bonding through humour and thought. Encouraged by an ancestral knowledge that urges them to bring popular culture to the world and share it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N8cprNuDLU&feature=youtu.be

Join Robert Max for a unique voyage through Johann Sebastian Bach's six cello suites, some of the most sublime music written for that instrument. Robert will be playing five of the suites on a Stradivarius cello dating from 1726 known as the Comte de Saveuse and the sixth suite on a five-stringed cello as requested by the composer. Robert is the cellist of the Barbican Piano Trio and principal cellist of the London Chamber Orchestra.

Steven Isserlis Hall One Masterclass for ChamberStudio
Kings Place, London, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG

The world-renowned cellist, Steven Isserlis, will coach two professional chamber ensembles in a public masterclass in Hall One Kings Place.

The Grier/Uttley Duo (Savitri Grier violin and Richard Uttley piano) will work on Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major Op. 12 No 1 and the Maxwell Quarteton Fauré String Quartet in E minor Op. 121.

There will be two sessions, each of 75 minutes, separated by a 30-minute interval.

Tickets are available online £12.50 via chamberstudio.org

 

Trailblazing cellist and composer Shirley Smart releases Long Story Short her debut trio album on 33 Records.

The album showcases the vast array of Smart’s musical influences, and draws on her unique background gained from ten years living in Jerusalem and working with the overlapping worlds of jazz, Arabic, Turkish and North African music, and with artists such as Avishai Cohen, Omer Avital and Yasmin Levy.

It features two of the UK’s leading lights in world-influenced jazz – John Crawford on piano, and Demi Garcia Sabat on percussion, as well as guest artists Nikki Iles on accordion, Orphy Robinson MBE on vibraphone and Nicolas Meier on guitar.

Smart has established herself firmly on both the jazz and world music scenes since moving back to London, working with artists including Neil Cowley, Mulatu Astatke, Robert Mitchell, Misha Mullov-Abaddo Maciek Pysz and Alice Zawadzki. She is also founder member of Issie Barratt’s Interchange Dectet, which has just recorded its debut album ‘Donna’s Secret’ for release in 2019, and has appeared at numerous festivals in the UK and abroad.

She is also a keen educator, and has given workshops for the National Youth Jazz Collective, Jazzlines, Trinity Laban and Kent University as well as teaching Jazz and Improvisation for the RCMJD and City University.

” Shirley Smart can now be considered on of the best improvising cellists in the UK”  The Jazzmann

“…some of the most inventive use of the cello I have heard for some time..” Kind of Jazz

“Smarts playing is particularly remarkable..she readily demonstrates a wide range of techniques incorporating an understanding of improvisation drawn from a jazz background and her extensive knowledge of Arabic maqam…” Songlines

” A fascinating melting pot of musical influences” World Music Central

Live : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQsH0A_D3jI

Wesbite : https://www.shirleysmart.com/

Line-Up

Shirley Smart – Cello

John Crawford –  Keyboard

Demi Garcia Sabat –  Drums

Booking : [email protected]

I’m delighted that 1st-8th June 2019, Chamber Cellos will be returning to Chateau de Bussas in the South of France.

Situated in the foothills of the Massif Central, the Chateau de Bussas is the most wonderful place for a week of cello ensembles. The grounds of the Chateau are beautiful and the view of the surrounding hills is stunning. At the start of June the flowers will be out and the scent of roses will be in the air. Average temperature is a high of 24, low of 13.
Chamber Cellos will mount a total hilltop take over, occupying all six houses/apartments and providing each player with own room accommodation.

This will be a week where mornings immersed in our cellos will be rewarded with afternoons by the pool, staring out at the hills and listening to the silence, or a session with our resident body practitioner, or walking to the local village of L’Estrechure (3kms) for a coffee, or venturing further afield for a spot of kayaking down a river. Late afternoon into early evening is time for more glorious cello ensembles, before a glass of wine and relax, maybe accompanied by an impromptu patio performance from whoever feels the urge. Meanwhile our chef will be busy cooking a delicious dinner, having earlier picked the vegetables from the Chateau’s own kitchen garden, which is tenderly cared for by the caretaker and his wife.

http://www.bussas.com/

Our musical programme will be made up of a range of genres, with wonderful arrangements of the familiar, unfamiliar, and the unexpected. As well as the full ensemble we will divide into smaller groups and explore the art of playing chamber music. To round off the week and celebrate what has been achieved, locals will be invited to come join us for an end of course concert followed by drinks and nibbles.

All the parts are individually allocated according to playing level, with the music sent out in advance. The course is open to players of Grade 6 level to advanced.

Our bodywork practitioner and our chef are the key to making these courses special, providing us with home cooked meals, and caring for any sore muscles that might arise (or that travelled to Bussas with you). As well as individual bodywork on offer, morning stretches overlooking the hills will be led every morning by our practitioner, giving a lovely focus to the day and ensuring an ache free week.

The cost of the week is £770 (travel not included but see details on http://www.bussas.com). Guests of participants are very welcome to come along (please ask about cost).
A cello transport service will be on offer for those travelling by train or plane. The cost of this will be confirmed.
Please note that train prices are much cheaper if booked well in advance.

If you'd like to take part, please contact [email protected] to book or with any enquiries.I’m delighted that 1st-8th June 2019, Chamber Cellos will be returning to Chateau de Bussas in the South of France.

Cellist Naomi Wright's Band play Indian influenced world/jazz featuring Naomi Wright cello/compositions, Brigitte Beraha voice, and Ben Hazleton, tabla. They play Naomi's music plus Egberto Gismonti and Stevie Wonder The press have said "....There is a sense of swing and new music courtesy of Naomi Wright's exquisite cello playing" All About Jazz "..Inspired" The Guardian