Chris Votek: Memories of a Shadow Chris Votek

• Chris Votek: Memories of a Shadow:
• 1 Votek: Memories of a Shadow: I. Serpents 07:22
• 2 Votek: Memories of a Shadow: II. Fossil Dance 08:53
• 3 Votek: Memories of a Shadow: III. Migration of the Fires 12:16
• Traditional: Bhimpalasi (Chota Khyal) [Arr. C. Votek for Cello & Tabla]:
• 4 Traditional: Bhimpalasi (Chota Khyal) [Arr. C. Votek for Cello & Tabla] 22:48
• Total Runtime 51:19

Info for Chris Votek: Memories of a Shadow

Acclaimed as a “creative force,” cellist and composer Chris Votek, who is one of LA’s most in demand studio artists and composers, is celebrating the release of Memories of a Shadow, on MicroFest Records, with a concert on March 5 at the Pico Union Project. The release marks Votek’s bold recording debut as both a traditionalist performing Hindustani raga on cello, and an innovative composer exploring the intersection between Western and Indian Classical traditions.

Refracting Indian classical music through the lens of modern Western chamber music, the program will include a traditional raga presentation in Gayaki-Ang (vocal) style with master of the singing violin, Kala Ramnath, leading Votek’s cello and Dhillon’s tabla; Votek’s string quintet Memories of a Shadow, a cathartic three movement work blending raga melody with European polyphony, and an encore performance of Sands of Time, an arrangement for string sextet, Indian violin, and tabla of a traditional Rajasthani Folk Medley arranged by Votek and Dhillon originally created for Ustad Zakir Hussain, Ramnath and the San Francisco Symphony. The artists include violinists Andrew Tholl and Adrianne Pope, violists Ben Bartelt and Tom Lea, and cellist Derek Stein.

"Chris Votek is one man fluent in two grand traditions, refracting Indian classical music through the lens of modern Western chamber music. Superbly blending raga melody with early European polyphony, his string quintet Memories of a Shadow is followed by the serene afternoon raga Bhimpalasi perfectly suited to the deep voice of his cello in delightful conversation with Neelamjit Dhillon’s tabla. The composer is one of the world’s few cellists performing in the rare Gayaki-Ang vocal style of Hindustani music." (John Schneider, KPFK Radio)

Andrew Tholl, violin (Memories of a Shadow)
Adrianne Pope, violin
Ben Bartelt, viola
Derek Stein, cello
Chris Votek, cello
Chris Votek, cello (Bhimpalasi Chota Khyal)
Neeamjit Dhillon, tabla

No biography found.

Booklet for Chris Votek: Memories of a Shadow