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Maya Beiser [0-0] American

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Musician, Cellist

Maya Beiser is an Israeli-born American classical cellist, performing artist and producer who lives in New York City. She has an international career as a performer and recording artist.

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'Provenance' is more than a multimedia concert. It's a journey that unifies cultures through music, theater and beautiful visuals.	Music	101
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.		102
It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.		103
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.		104
Post-minimalism implies music that's genre-less. Minimalism was very important because it came at a time when contemporary music had become so complex, so experimental and detached that people turned away from it. Minimalism broke that trend and brought music back to the people.		105
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.		106
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.		107
I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.		108
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.		109

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