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Maya Beiser Biography

Cellist

Maya Beiser is an Israeli cellist known for her unique musical style and contributions to contemporary music. Born in 1965, she has been active in the fields of classical, jazz, and electronic music.

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“From the 9th to the 15th centuries, the area which is now modern Spain was home to the greatest peaceful agglomeration of cultures ever known in the post-literate worldEven more remarkable than the flowering of art itself was the confluence of cultures that produced it: under the rule of Islam, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and worked together in relative harmony.”

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“It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.”

Wonderful Music Is Visceral

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“A person can do a lot of reading and research as I have done. I went to Spain and spent a whole summer there with my family, immersing myself in the culture. But all that isn't really necessary to experience the music.”

Persons Done Whole Culture Reading Can Do Summer Research My Family Spain

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“I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.”

Happens Our Lives Relate

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“I was always a rebel in the sense that I always wanted to go my own road and do something that nobody else has done.”

Done Wanted My Own Rebel

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“I decided that I wanted to explore all kinds of music with my cello, not just the Western classical tradition. I just wanted to try and expand my vocabulary and bring that different kind of music to my audience.”

Trying Kind Different Wanted Audience Tradition Decided Western All Kinds Different Kinds Vocabulary Different Kinds Of Music

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“I grew up in a kibbutz in the Galilee, but we were surrounded by Arabic villages, so I heard all these sounds and all this music. My father was very close friends with one of the Bedouin tribes, so I would always go there, to weddings, and I was always very fascinated by that music.”

Father Sound Heard Grew Grew Up Village Fascinated Tribes Close Friends

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“I was a rebel and I wanted to do something that nobody else did, and nobody else played the cello. Also, I was also a small kid and I liked the fact that it was big.”

Facts Bigs Kids Wanted Rebel

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“I want to create endless possibilities with this cello. I become the medium through which the music is being channeled.”

Want Creativity Possibility Music Is Endless Mediums Endless Possibilities

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Born: 1965
Known for: Cellist
Quotes: 9

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