Rufus Cappadocia is a
Canadian-American
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The term ''Canadian'' can mean a nationality or an ethnicity. Canadia ...
cellist
The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G2, D3 ...
best known for his cross-cultural recordings and performances. He has released albums in collaboration with guitarist
David Fiuczynski
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, singer
Bethany Yarrow
Bethany ( grc-gre, Βηθανία,Murphy-O'Connor, 2008, p152/ref> Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܥܢܝܐ ''Bēṯ ʿAnyā'') or what is locally known as Al-Eizariya or al-Azariya ( ar, العيزرية, " laceof Lazarus"), is a Palestinian town in the West B ...
, Stellamara with
Sonja Drakulich, multi-instrumentalist
Ross Daly
Ross Daly (born 29 September 1952 in King's Lynn, Norfolk) is a world musician who specializes in music of the Cretan lyra. Although of Irish people, Irish descent, he has been living on the island of Crete for over 35 years.
Biography
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and The Paradox Trio with
Matt Dariau.
Biography
Cappadocia was born and raised in
Hamilton, Ontario
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. He began playing cello at the age of 3. Cappadocia went on to study classically at
McGill University
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in Montreal, where he spent much of his spare time studying sounds and music from lesser-known musical traditions in the university's ethno-musicology department. He left school, and traveled to the south of France and to Spain, where he played as a street musician. In his travels, be continued to pick up new sounds and ethnic styles, which he blended into his own.
Partly to improve his ability to compete with other street musicians, Cappadocia decided to "add a bass register" to his cello. He left Europe, and is now based in New York. His musical style blends "the similarities between seemingly diverse music forms such as blues, Sufi, Middle Eastern and even Gregorian chant. To him they are all compatible, microtonal modes of music."
Cappadocia's past collaborations have included participation in the jazz group The ''Paradox Trio'' and the World Music group ''
Trance Mission
Trance Mission is a world fusion ensemble co-founded in San Francisco by American clarinetist and composer Beth Custer and British-born didgeridoo player Stephen Kent in 1992, with Canadian musician Kenneth Newby and American percussionist J ...
''. He has also produced CDs with guitarist David Fiuczynski and singer/songwriter Bethany Yarrow.
Discography
Rufus Cappadocia and David Fiuczynski
Rufus and Bethany
Solo releases
References
External links
Rufus Cappadocia'sofficial website
Profile of Cappadociaat
NPR
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TED Talks: Bruno Bowden folds while Rufus Cappadocia plays (TED2008)
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario
McGill University School of Music alumni
Canadian cellists
Canadian expatriate musicians in the United States