Biography
Kamancello is a Canadian kamānche/cello duo, composed of Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) and Shahriyar Jamshidi (kamānche). It is an instrumental World musical group. The Kamancello named when the duo was invited to perform at Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal in 2015, the Festival chose “Kamancello” for the title. Their name is the combination of two musical instruments kamānche and cello. Kamancello is an improvisational cultural artist that knows no boundaries, their performances are typically based in improvisation on Kurdish modal music and Western Classical music on kamānche (four-stringed-spiked-fiddle) and cello. The band recorded their first self-titled studio album and Kamancello II: Voyage at Toronto's recording Studio Union Sound Company in 2016.
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