Rufus Cappadocia
Program, P.1788
- Identifier
- P.1788
- Category
- New Music
- Date
- April 11, 2002
- Description
- Rufus Cappadocia will play five-string cello in this third concert of the newly initiated and ongoing Solo Acoustic Series. Hailing from New York, but originally from Hamilton, Ontario, Cappadocia is on a cross-Canada solo tour in which a new live CD of self-composed works is being created. Cappadocia's self-designed five-string cello combines an extended technique of the bass and cello, allowing it to function as both a lead and rhythm section instrument. He has honed his distinct musical voice into a form of playing that combines near eastern music with groove, blues and jazz sensibilities couched in the new music genre.