Summer 2024: Featured Recording and Performance Opportunity for Cello and Piano
Featured Recording Opportunity • Chamber Music
We are pleased to present an opportunity to record and promote your cello-centric chamber music, including a live performance at Carnegie Hall:
Submit Your Works for Recording and Performance
Composers are invited to submit original works for cello and piano that showcase the expressive potential and technical capabilities of these two instruments. We welcome compositions that explore a variety of styles and approaches, from lyrical and introspective to bold and virtuosic.
Why Submit?
Get to Know the Performers:
Ovidiu Marinescu, cellist
“a strong musical personality”
– Strings Magazine
“real expressive power”
– The Strad
“virtuoso flair … in the service of the music”
– New York Concert Review
A celebrated cellist, conductor, and composer, Ovidiu Marinescu has performed across Europe, Asia, and the Americas, earning accolades for his expressive playing and technical prowess. Known for his deep commitment to both traditional and contemporary repertoire, Ovidiu has collaborated with a wide range of composers and musicians, bringing a fresh perspective to every work he interprets.
Hear other recent recordings with Ovidiu Marinescu on Navona Records’ 2024 release RESURGENCE.
Carl Cranmer, pianist
Carl Cranmer is an internationally acclaimed pianist who has performed with renowned ensembles such as the Royal Philharmonic of England, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Juilliard Orchestra. Praised by the New York Times for his technical mastery and lyrical expressiveness, Carl has appeared in prestigious venues worldwide and currently serves as a professor of piano at West Chester University.
What We’re Looking For
Composers are invited to submit original works for cello and piano that showcase the expressive potential and technical capabilities of these two instruments. We welcome compositions that explore a variety of styles and approaches, from lyrical and introspective to bold and virtuosic.
Why Participate?
This is a rare opportunity to collaborate with two highly regarded musicians and to have your work recorded and released on a dedicated album with extensive promotional support. Additionally, your composition will be performed at Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, offering your music a platform on one of the world’s most prestigious stages. This project will connect your work with a global audience of chamber music enthusiasts and professionals.
Please Note Before Submitting:
This opportunity requires funding to be secured by or on behalf of the composer to cover production and post-production expenses. Submitting a score indicates interest but does not commit the composer or PARMA to any contractual obligations. Once a score is submitted, our A&R team will review and reach out to discuss possibilities and costs for recording and release. If all parties approve, an official proposal will be provided, which the composer is free to accept or decline.
Composers will retain full ownership of their underlying music and any resulting masters and will maintain full artistic control of the project. PARMA’s team is available to help with planning and preparing outward-facing documentation to assist toward the generation of project funding for approved pieces.
We look forward to receiving your compositions!
Have another piece you’d like recorded?
Please reach out to info@parmarecordings.com to inquire and hear about our recording sessions with other soloists and ensembles in 2024 and beyond.
Submission Form