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Marcelo Martinez Vieira is a cello player with a solid education, a passionate and creative composer and improviser, always in transit between different musical styles and diverse artistical activities

Cello&Voice+Christian Howes at NEW DIRECTIONS CELLO FESTIVAL 2010 - June 11th to 13th

Marcelo is one of the guest artists of the 16th Annual edition of the New Directions Cello Festival, in Ithaca, NY. Marcelo will perform Cello&voice songs and arrangement accompanied by the outstanding violinist Christian Howes. Check out the website, check out the artists featured this year and get ready for original performances, masterclasses and fun jam sessions.

CHRISTIAN HOWES' CREATIVE STRINGS WORKSHOP- June 28th to July 4th


Marcelo was invited for the second year to teach and perform at the Festival produced by one of the greatest jazz and popular music violinists Christian Howes. Activities will include to direct an ensemble, teach clinics on Brazilian music and the art of playing a bowed instrument and singing. During that week several performances and jam sessions take place. One of the performances will feature Marcelo's ensemble playing Brazilian tunes and Cello&Voice + Violin&Voice songs.

Check out the festival's websiteto watch videos and see the other outstanding members of the faculty.

CELLO&VOICE at the Vermont Improvisation Strings Academy-VISA 2010

Marcelo will be in Brattelboro-VT from June 24th to 27th, invited by artistic director, professor and cellist EUGENE FRIESEN, for 4 days of intensive classes and practice in improvisation and creative string playing. Marcelo will give a masterclass and will perform songs from his Cello&Voice work

NEW AUDIO

"É" by Gonzaguinha, cellos arrangement by Marcelo Vieira, feel the Brazilian cello swing

É - Gonzaguinha (celloscapes version)

NEW VIDEOS

CELLO&VOICE LIVE "Clube da Esquina n.2", song by Lo and Marcio Borges in a beautiful Cello&Voice arrangement, live at Louisiana State University

CELLO&VOICE LIVE - "Coração Vagabundo" by Caetano Veloso introducing an old samba called "Mora na Filosofia" by Monsueto, performed live by Marcelo`s Cello&Voice at Louisiana State University

CELLO&VOICE LIVE "Ferrugem" by Djavan, exploring a beautiful counterpoint between voice and cello, live at LSU

CELLO&VOICE LIVE - "Tudo o que voce podia ser"(Everything you could be) by Milton Nascimento, performed live by Marcelo`s Cello&Voice at Louisiana State University

Highlights

  1. CELLO AND POP MUSIC

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    CELLO AND POP MUSIC

    Recorded cello parts in several Brazilian pop music albums, among them:

    Falamansa MTV ao Vivo - 2005 - Deckdisc
    Acústico MTV Sandy&J - 2007 - Universal
    Tais Reganelli - “Antes que a Canção Acabe” - 2008
    Anabela Leandro - ”Cidade das Noites” - 2008 - Fábrica Discos

    Worked for 4 and a half years as cellist in Falamansa band, touring al over Brazil, USA and Europe, playing in 2003 Montreux Jazz Festival(Switzerland).

  2. THEATER AND DANCE MUSIC

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    THEATER AND DANCE MUSIC

    myspace.com/cellotrilhas

    Marcelo has been on tour with Miyako Kato Dance Space from Tokyo-Japan in August 2008, performing the live soundtrack for cello solo in the work called I, sharing the stage with Miyako Kato, Akira Kasai and Kim Itoh, presented in São Paulo, Manaus and Brasilia.

    Marcelo was awarded as best theater soundtrack composer in the I Theater Festival of Campinas Metropolitan Area, with the soundtrack for a play called “The Trial”, based on Kafka´s novel, by Galeria 4 Theater Company. The soundtrack is available for listening as well as photographs of the play at:

    myspace.com/oprocesso

    Developed the soundtrack for the dance vídeo “Naitan”, and managed the sound treatment for the documentary that follows the video dance, in a partnership with the dancer and Unicamp Faculty member Adilson Nascimento, produced by Javali Produções-Campinas.

  3. CELLO&VOICE LIVE - VIDEOS

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    CELLO&VOICE LIVE - VIDEOS

    "Eu Voo (I can fly)" , original Marcelo Vieira's song perfomed live during Christian Howes' Creative Strings Workshop in Columbus-Ohio, July 2009

    "Se Eu Quiser Falar com Deus (If I want to Speak with God)", in a very special arrangement, performed by Cello&Voice in the French House at the Louisiana State University, April 2009

Marcelo + Cello