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Category Archives: Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello

Kurosh Ali Khan playing a cello improv on his prime-time television show, Kurosh Ali Khan va Dustan (Tehran ca. 1970)

Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: Kurosh Ali Khan and the Cello in Persian Music

June 5, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant Leave a comment

I just wanted to post a brief Sunday Spotlight as I spent the afternoon/early evening seeing the LA Phil Live at the Cinema earlier today and I’m still gathering my […]

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Anup Biswas (right cello)  with Soumita Roy (dancer) and Dipak Sapui (left cello) at Garden Buffet Supper and Soirée Musicale 5 June, 2010 , at Poulton House in Gloucestershire  During a fundraising tour of England and Scotland for the Mathieson Music Trust June/July 2010

Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: Anup Biswas, the Cello in India, and Bollywood

May 29, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 2 Comments

This installment of the Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello will be a bit more personal than those in the past. I know I’ve been terrible the past couple of […]

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Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello
Cellists in Umm Kulthum's Orchestra (photo ca 1965)

Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: The Cello in Arabic Orchestras

March 20, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 3 Comments

This week’s installment of the Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello will focus on the cello in Arabic Orchestras. Stringed instruments have long been part of Middle Eastern art ensembles.  […]

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Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello
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Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: Chinese Cellos

March 13, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 13 Comments

In China, there have been many attempts at creating variations on the cello (and bass) to fill out the string section of traditional Chinese Orchestras.  The èrhú (二胡), an ancient […]

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Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello
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Sunday Spotlight on the Non-Western Cello: Markos Sifnios, Marika Papagika and the Greek Cello

March 6, 2011by Jon Silpayamanant 10 Comments

I wish I had more information about Markos Sifnios, but as there is only been a recent resurgence of interest in his collaborator Marika Papagika and I’m not in a […]

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