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Agnès Vesterman
Agnès Vesterman is a French classical cellist. Life Vesterman studied the cello in Boulogne-Billancourt and then went to New York to study with Harvey Shapiro (musician), Harvey Shapiro. Back from the United States, she joined the Quatuor Arpeggione with whom she played thirteen years, from 1988 to 2001, all over the world. In 2006 she formed a duo with Garth Knox, violist and viola d'amore player. A second duo was created with cellist Patrick Langot. With the painter Étienne Yver, they create the duets "d'Yver" by Nicolas Bacri, Philippe Forget and Régis Campo. In March 2009, she recorded Philippe Forget's duets and suites for solo cello. In April 2010, she recorded Olivier Greif's Sonata for two cellos ''La Bataille d'Azincourt''. For the past two years, she has also been playing sonata with pianist Jean-François Bouvery. Vesterman is a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris and at the . She is interested in different body practices: Alexander technique, Taichi Chuan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cello
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, scientific pitch notation, C2, G2, D3 and A3. The viola's four strings are each an octave higher. Music for the cello is generally written in the bass clef, with tenor clef, and treble clef used for higher-range passages. Played by a ''List of cellists, cellist'' or ''violoncellist'', it enjoys a large solo repertoire Cello sonata, with and List of solo cello pieces, without accompaniment, as well as numerous cello concerto, concerti. As a solo instrument, the cello uses its whole range, from bassline, bass to soprano, and in chamber music such as string quartets and the orchestra's string section, it often plays the bass part, where it may be reinforced an octave lower by the double basses. Figure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
