Patrick Belaga
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| Born | 1991 (age 34–35) McLean, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Label | PAN |
| Website | patrickbelaga |
Patrick Belaga (born 1991 in McLean, Virginia) is a cellist and composer.[1] His work is considered contemporary classical music. His work includes a range of influences from Western classical, Middle Eastern classical, pop, new-age, Jazz and Folk and he has performed internationally. Belaga is a frequent collaborator with performance artists Wu Tsang and Boychild, having performed "Moved by the Motion", a vocal and dance performance with a live soundtrack shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles.[2][3] He also scored Lady Gaga's 2017 Netflix documentary, Gaga: Five Foot Two.[4]
Early life and education
[edit]Belaga's mother found the Suzuki method classical music community in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C.[1] His mother enrolled his older brother in violin training, and subsequently Belaga was enrolled in cello training.[5] He later went on to attend University of North Carolina. After graduation, he briefly lived in New York before moving to Los Angeles in 2014.
Work
[edit]Belaga often uses improvisation as the foundation of his compositions.[4] His frequent collaborators include Kandis Williams, Wu Tsang, Boychild, Jacolby Satterwhite, Moses Sumney, Kelsey Lu, Puppets and Puppets, Eckhaus Latta, amongst others.[6][7]
In 2019, Belaga released his first album, Groundswell. The album was influenced by figures ranging from the Greek composer Iannis Xenakis to the 20th-century classical musician Benjamin Britten, and by geological vocabulary ranging from rocks to mountains.[5] The artist wrote, mixed, and produced all the tracks.
Later that year, Belaga along with pop artist Lafawndah, producer Nick Weiss, and Jacolby Satterwhite, released Love Will Find a Way Home.[8] The work is a remixed recording of Satterwhite's mother, Patricia, who sang haunting, soulful pop songs on cassette tapes from the 1990s. The 14-track is 1 hour and 14 minutes and was released on vinyl as well as on iTunes and Spotify.[9]
Belaga scored the Netflix documentary Lady Gaga, Gaga: Five Foot Two. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2017.[10]
In 2021, Belaga released his second studio album Blutt. The cover art was painted by visual artist Giovanni Forlino.[1] The album is influenced by Hutsul music, a traditional form of Carpathian folk music that originates from what is now Western Ukraine and Romania.[6]
Discography
[edit]- Groundswell, 2019, self-released
- Blutt, 2021, PAN
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Patrick Belaga | Metal Magazine". metalmagazine.eu. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ Hawgood, Alex (October 26, 2016). "Patrick Belaga Is a Cellist Who Moonlights as a Model". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ "You Sad Legend—Moved by the Motion: Wu Tsang and boychild, featuring Patrick Belaga". EMPAC—Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- 1 2 Labayen, Evalena (October 16, 2019). "How to Play the Cello for Strangers on the Street, According to Patrick Belaga". Interview Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- 1 2 Chan, Tim. "cellist patrick belaga scored lady gaga's documentary, and models too". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- 1 2 "Flaunt Premiere | Patrick Belaga "The Tunnel is a Tower"". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ "Meet Puppets and Puppets: The Coolest New Brand in New York - PAPER". www.papermag.com. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ Bullock, Michael (November 4, 2019). "Jacolby Satterwhite's Celestial, Zero-Gravity Dreamscapes". Frieze. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ Seward, Mahoro. "Jacolby Satterwhite is the artist creating mind-bending new worlds from the queer Black experience". i-d.vice.com. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ↑ Vlessing, Etan (August 24, 2017). "Toronto: Lady Gaga to Perform as Netflix Doc 'Gaga: Five Foot Two' Bows". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
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- American contemporary classical composers
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- American contemporary classical music performers
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