Nikos Veliotis: Cello Powder, Sat 21 March, 17:25-18:25, The Arches

Who

Greek cellist who specialises in strangely electronic sounding acoustic drones.

What

Every note that it's possible to play on the cello, each played and recorded as a one hour drone then played back all at the same time, while the cello that was played for the recording process10 is turned to powder and bottled.

Why

If it's every note possible to play on a cello, all played at once, then in a way it's every possible piece of music (<1 hour) for cello. A kind of complete works for cello. You might as well destroy it after that.

10Which took two months.

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