"OCTOBER ZERO FOUR" MUSIC VIDEO BY CHIARA AMBROSIO
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To buy CD's click on images belowCELLORHYTHMICS ARE THE FORERUNNERS OF THE NON CLASSICAL CELLO MOVEMENT.`
AWARD WINNING COMPOSER/JAZZ CELLIST JAMES HESFORD: "I first met ALFIA NAKIPBEKOVA in 1991 and even though she was from a strictly classical background (Moscow Conservatoire. where she studied with MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH), and I had spent most of my life as a jazz guitarist with strong roots in soul and blues, we had an instant rapport. I began writing cello music for her and in 1996 we decided to form Cellorhythmics. The concept of the music was allowed to grow organically and soon took on a life of its own. It became obvious that this was not "crossover music" and defies a single category so we choose to call it "PROGRESSIVE CHAMBER MUSIC".When I started to compose for Cellorhythmics I decided to write from the perspective of a musician whose roots were soul music, rock, funk and jazz thus allowing me to concentrate on the rhythmic elements of these jenres in a chamber music context - hence, Progressive Chamber Music, I feel is a good way to describe what we do."The art of two cellos, creatively manipulated to break this instrument free from its classically perceived confines, is the Cellorthythmics. James Hesford and Alfia Nakipbekova, South Yorkshire meets Central Kazakhstan."
Claudius Hillman , Straight No Chaser, 2001"Cellorhythmics bring the cello into the twenty first century"
Robert Wyatt - Meltdown Festival South Bank London 2001."This (Cellorhythmics) is the most exciting group I ever heard in the last seventy years."
Jane Le Tousel (musician). " Ecstatic, transformed, cool, happy, silly, blissful." Brita Forsstrom. BAC audience feedback May 2004
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