Kamancello is a Canadian Kamanche/Cello duo, composed of Raphael Weinroth-Browne (cello) and Shahriyar Jamshidi (Kamanche).
[1][2] The Kamancello named when the duo was invited to perform at Festival du Monde Arabe de Montréal in 2015, the Festival chose “Kamancello” for the title.
Their name is the combination of two musical instruments Kamanche and Cello.
Kamancello is an improvisational cultural boundaries, their performances are typically based in improvisation on Kurdish modal music and Western Classical music on Kamanche (four-stringed-spiked-fiddle) and Cello.
The band recorded their first self-titled studio album and Kamancello II: Voyage at Toronto’s recording Studio Union Sound Company in 2016.