Tina Guo
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Tina Guo 郭婷娜 is a musician who plays both acoustic and electric
cello
. Born in Shanghai
, China
, she moved to the United States
at age 5. She has appeared as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony
and other orchestras, and also plays in a progressive metal
band, Off the Deep End.
and Nathaniel Rosen
at the USC Thornton School of Music
.
at the 2008 Grammy Awards, and with Off the Deep End she played at the wrap party for the Sundance Film Festival
.
With Midori Gotō
, she played in Antonín Dvořák
's String Quartet No. 12
at Walt Disney Concert Hall
in Los Angeles
. With pianist William Joseph
, she performed in Majorca, Spain
for the International Philanthropy Summit.
She was featured on Al B. Sure!
's new single, "I Love It," from his upcoming album Honey I'm Home.
Guo is currently recording in the studio for her band Lotus Rising, and Industrial Classical Tribal Metal band.
and played their instrument at the NAMM Show
2009.
Electric cello
The electric cello is a type of cello that relies on electronic amplification to produce sound. An acoustic cello can be fitted with a bridge or body mounted contact pickup providing an electric signal, or a built-in pickup can be installed...
cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
. Born in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, China
China
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, she moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
at age 5. She has appeared as a soloist with the San Diego Symphony
San Diego Symphony
The San Diego Symphony is an American symphony orchestra, based in San Diego, California. On 6 December 1910, it gave its first concert as the San Diego Civic Orchestra.Currently, the Symphony performs over 100 concerts each season...
and other orchestras, and also plays in a progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band, Off the Deep End.
Education
Guo began playing the cello under the instruction of her father, Lu-Yan Guo, and then studied under Eleonore SchoenfeldEleonore Schoenfeld
Eleonore Schoenfeld is considered one of the most influential cellists of the 20th century.-Biography:Born in Maribor, Slovenia to a Polish father and a Russian mother, Schoenfeld moved to Berlin with her family at age six. She proceeded to study ballet, violin, and piano before switching to cello...
and Nathaniel Rosen
Nathaniel Rosen
Nathaniel "Nick" Rosen is an American cellist, former gold prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and former faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music....
at the USC Thornton School of Music
USC Thornton School of Music
The University of Southern California Thornton School of Music, founded in 1884 and dedicated in 1999, is one of the premier music schools in the United States...
.
Performance highlights
In 2007, she toured Australia with Metaphor, an all-girl crossover band. Guo played with the Foo FightersFoo Fighters
Foo Fighters is an American alternative rock band originally formed in 1994 by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl as a one-man project following the dissolution of his previous band. The band got its name from the UFOs and various aerial phenomena that were reported by Allied aircraft pilots in World War...
at the 2008 Grammy Awards, and with Off the Deep End she played at the wrap party for the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
.
With Midori Gotō
Midori Goto
is a Japanese American violinist. She made her debut at the age of 11 in a last-minute change of programming during a concert highlighting young performers by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. When she was 21, she formed the philanthropic group Midori and Friends to help bring music to...
, she played in Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Dvorák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák was a Czech composer of late Romantic music, who employed the idioms of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Dvořák’s own style is sometimes called "romantic-classicist synthesis". His works include symphonic, choral and chamber music, concerti, operas and many...
's String Quartet No. 12
String Quartet No. 12 (Dvorák)
The American string quartet, opus 96 in F major, is the 12th string quartet composed by Antonín Dvořák. It was written in 1893, during Dvořák's visit to the United States. Dvořák wrote that the quartet - one of the most popular in the chamber music repertoire - is influenced by American folk music...
at Walt Disney Concert Hall
Walt Disney Concert Hall
The Walt Disney Concert Hall at 111 South Grand Avenue in Downtown Los Angeles, California is the fourth hall of the Los Angeles Music Center. Bounded by Hope Street, Grand Avenue, 1st and 2nd Streets, it seats 2,265 people and serves as the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra and the...
in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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. With pianist William Joseph
William Joseph (musician)
William Joseph is a pianist and recording artist from Phoenix, Arizona.William Joseph won, at age 8, a full music scholarship provided by the Boys Club of America, enabling him to study piano with Russian pianist Stella Saperstein....
, she performed in Majorca, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
for the International Philanthropy Summit.
Recordings
Guo recorded her first solo CD, Autumn Winds, a classical/new-age album.She was featured on Al B. Sure!
Al B. Sure!
Albert Jason Brown III is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. He grew up in Leonia, New Jersey and Mount Vernon, New York. During the late 1980s under the stage name Al B...
's new single, "I Love It," from his upcoming album Honey I'm Home.
Guo is currently recording in the studio for her band Lotus Rising, and Industrial Classical Tribal Metal band.
Instruments
Guo performs on a 1787 Perry on loan from the Colburn Foundation. On electric cello, she plays the Custom Tina Guo Model Yamaha SVC-200; she is endorsed by YamahaYamaha
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and played their instrument at the NAMM Show
NAMM Show
The NAMM Show is one of the largest music product trade shows in the world, founded in 1901. It is held every January in Anaheim, California, USA, at the Anaheim Convention Center...
2009.