CELLO&VOICE
“Cello & Voice” is a project which evolved from my will to play the cello in an unprecedented and original way. I believe the perspective of only sitting with the instrument before a musical sheet and reproduce a technique, without creating, without inventing new lines and functions for the cello is one of the past. This work also came from the search for a voice, a singing which could blend to the cello sound, singing that for many years I have looked for in other singers, but against all my shyness, finally came up from myself.
As a teenager, I constantly listened to singers who sang accompanying themselves with the guitar and I always wondered why cellists didn’t do the same. The answers are always the same: “the cello is a solo instrument, a melody instrument,” or “the cello is classical music instrument, not a popular one.” Despite the obstacles and challenges, my will and the call to create something new succeeded. Some of this work is registered on the “Cello & Voice - I Can Fly” album, and also on the Cello & Voice show in arrangements for selected songs for voice and cello and in songs of my own.
MARCELO MARTINEZ VIEIRA
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A versatile musician and artist eager to explore new artistic medias, Marcelo Martinez Vieira is a cello player with a solid education as well as a passionate composer, musical creation and improvisation enthusiast, always in transit between different musical styles and diverse artistical activities. Raised in Piracicaba-SP, had an early musical initiation, at the age of five, in Piracicaba Music School-“Maestro Ersnt Mahle”, where he had cello lessons for several years with Monica Wolff and André Micheletti among others, and where he took part in several chamber, orchestral and vocal groups.
Graduated in Campinas State University (Universidade de Campinas-Unicamp) under the orientation of the great Greek-Brazilian cellist Dimos Goudaroulis. Marcelo played in Experimental Repertoire Orchestra in São Paulo and in many Inner State Cities Orchestras in São Paulo State, and presently works as a freelancer musician in Campinas region orchestras including Campinas City Orchestra (Sinfônica Municipal de Campinas), City where he resides.
Marcelo has a wide experience in improvisation and musical production in Popular Music and Brazilian Jazz, and already performed along with Orquestra Popular de Câmara, Luiza Possi, Sandy&Jr. and Falamansa,(in Montreux Jazz Festival in 2003), among many other artists.
Prizewinner Dance and Theater soundtracks composer, he explores live improvisation for all kinds of Dance and Theater performances, and worked in this field with Adilson Nascimento and Myiako Kato Dance Space (Tokyo-Japan), among many others. Was awarded with a full scholarship from Louisiana State University, where he presently works on a master degree with Prof. Dennis Parker. He has been presenting the show “Cello&Voice”, a unique work in which he plays the cello and sings, exploring the relationship musician-instrument in an multi-artistical performance, and have also been supporting and developing new contemporary repertoire for the cello and for chamber groups.
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Músico versátil e ávido por explorar novas linguagens, Marcelo Martinez Vieira é um violoncelista de sólida formação e um compositor apaixonado pelo violoncelo e pela criação e improvisação musical, transitando entre variados estilos e diferentes atividades artísticas. Criado em Piracicaba, iniciou cedo, aos cinco anos, sua formação musical na Escola de Música de Piracicaba “Maestro Ernst Mahle", onde estudou cello com Mônica Wolff, André Micheletti, entre outros, e participou de diversos conjuntos de câmara, orquestrais e vocais. Graduado em Musica pela Unicamp sob orientação de Dimos Goudaroulis. Já tocou na Orquestra Experimental de Repertório-SP e em orquestras do interior de São Paulo, e é musico eventual de várias orquestras dentre elas a Sinfônica Municipal de Campinas, cidade onde reside, além de ser músico atuante tanto erudito quanto popular.
Tem grande experiência em improvisação e produção na musica popular, tendo já tocado com Orquestra Popular de Câmara, Luiza Possi, Sandy&Jr Falamansa, com quem tocou no Montreuxx Jazz Festival em 2003, entre outros. É compositor premiado de trilhas sonoras para Teatro e Dança, e explora a improvisação ao vivo para atividades de performance, tendo nessa área já trabalhado com Adilson Nascimento e com a Myiako Kato Dance Space(Tokyo-Japão), dentre muitos outros. Foi premiado com bolsa integral na Louisiana State University, onde faz pós-graduação. Também atualmente realiza o trabalho “Cello&voz”, onde atua como cantor e violoncelista, e tem explorado novos repertórios para seu instrumento e para grupos de câmara.
Querido Marcelo! Amei sua música! Esse som é a sua cara!! Super criativo e demonstra de forma inovada nossa música brasileira! Em nome do Petrio Brasilis, parabéns pelo seu trabalho! Grande abraço! Marta
