Maya Beiser
From the 9th to the 15th centuries, the area which is now modern Spain was home to the greatest peaceful agglomeration of cultures ever known in the post-literate worldEven more remarkable than the flowering of art itself was the confluence of cultures that produced it: under the rule of Islam, Muslims, Jews and Christians lived and worked together in relative harmony.Collection: Christian
I want to create endless possibilities with this cello. I become the medium through which the music is being channeled.Collection: Creativity
It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.Collection: Wonderful
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.Collection: Summer
I'm interested in music that happens now and that relates to our lives now.Collection: Relate
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.Collection: Rebel
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.Collection: Vocabulary
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.Collection: Father
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.Collection: Kids