Lewis Patzner
Cellist
About
Lewis Patzner is an Oakland-born cellist and composer, who plays a variety of styles including classical, jazz, folk, and pop/rock, and makes his living both as a freelance work for hire cellist, and as an independent artist, organizing and performing at his own concerts. His current roster of group includes the Town Quartet, Cosa Nostra Strings, Musical Art Quintet, Ariel Wang, and the Proteus Trio. Past groups include Judgement Day (founding member), Whiskerman (founding member), and La Dee Da. Lewis has also toured and played with Mates of State, Pinback, Margot and the Nuclear So-and-so's, Tim Kasher, and Dredg. Lewis has recorded with many artists, including Demi Lovato, Pete Yorn, Slash, and Margaret Cho, for her Grammy award nominated album, "American Myth." He is also the featured cellist on the soundtrack of the Oscar-nominated 2018 film, “Can You Ever Forgive Me.” Lewis composes for most of his groups, and was the Composer in Residence for the Santa Rosa Youth Orchestra.
Music
Solo rep:
Bach suites for solo cello 1-4.
Transcriptions of songs and opera arias by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Purcell, Schubert, etc.
Original pieces.
Videos
Ensemble profiles
- Instrument: String Trio + Bone and Perc
- Location: 94610
- 1 groupmuse played
Programs
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An old cantata and a new chamber opera
- Musician profile: Lewis Patzner
- Composers: Bach, Patzner
- Instruments: 2 singers and string trio
A new chamber opera & a classic cantata.
- Musician profile: Lewis Patzner
- Composers: Bach, Patzner
- Instruments: string trio and 2 singers
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Bach, Messiaen, Ellington, Patzner, Sup
- Instruments: Cello and Piano
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Ellington, Piazzolla, Davis, Hubbard
- Instruments: Piano Trio
- Musician profile: View player profile
- Composers: Farrenc, Tailleferre, Boulanger, Alford
- Instruments: Piano and cello
Quartets from Brazil and California
- Musician profile: Lewis Patzner
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Musicians: Lewis Patzner, Sarah Elert, Sarah Biagini, Ed Wharton,
Past groupmuses (72)
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Warehouse
Sunday, Sep 8, 2024 4:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Half moon bay
- Composers: Beethoven
- Instruments: Piano, violin, cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $30+ at event
Happened 3 months ago
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Outdoors
Berkeley Hills outdoor concert
Sunday, Sep 3, 2023 4:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Berkeley Hills, Berkeley
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Outdoors
Ashby Arts Space presents: Lewis Patzner's The Difference
Sunday, Jul 23, 2023 4:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: South Berkeley, Berkeley
- Composers: Bach, Patzner
- Instruments: string trio and 2 singers
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Tuesday, Jun 20, 2023 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: SoMa, SF
- Composers: Bach, Patzner
- Instruments: 2 singers and string trio
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Derek and Lewis play music by each other, and the greats!
Sunday, Apr 2, 2023 7:15 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Glenview, Oakland
- Composers: Bach, Messiaen, Ellington, Patzner, Sup
- Instruments: Cello and Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 1 year ago
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Sunday, Feb 12, 2023 4:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Glenview, Oakland
- Composers: Theodorakis, Gatsos, & traditional songs
- Instruments: Vocals, flute, cello and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 2 years ago
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Embassy Groupmuse February 2023
Sunday, Feb 5, 2023 6:30 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Lower Haight, SF
- Composers: Ellington, Waller, Davis, Hubbard
- Instruments: Piano Trio
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 2 years ago
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Friday, Sep 30, 2022 8:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Glenview, Oakland
- Composers: Mozart, Piazzolla, Reicha, Patzner
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 2 years ago
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No Dead Men! Cello+Piano soirée featuring Lewis Patzner and Jonathan Alford
Wednesday, Jun 8, 2022 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: El Cerrito
- Composers: Farrenc, Tailleferre, Boulanger, Alford
- Instruments: Piano and cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 2 years ago
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Massivemuse
Centuries of Sound: Massivemuse at the Century Club
Sunday, May 29, 2022 2:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Cathedral Hill, SF
- Composers: Mendelssohn, Grieg, Beach, Halvorsen
- Instruments: Violin, Cello, Piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $25+ at event
Happened over 2 years ago
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Latin Jazz Groupmuse In The Mission!
Saturday, Apr 9, 2022 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
- Composers: Pixinguinha, Brubeck, Piazzolla, Patzner
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 2 years ago
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Masterworks for Cello and Piano in Art Gallery
Friday, Mar 18, 2022 6:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Mission District, SF
- Composers: Beethoven Schumann Piazzolla
- Instruments: Cello, piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 3 years ago
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Sunday, Mar 13, 2022 4:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Piedmont Avenue, Oakland
- Composers: Taileferre, N. Boulanger, Farrenc
- Instruments: Cello and piano
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened almost 3 years ago
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Outdoors
Outdoor Concert by the Jazz Mafia Strings!
Sunday, Nov 7, 2021 4:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Shepherd Canyon, Oakland
- Composers: Bach, Pixinguinha, Piazzolla, Wonder,etc
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 3 years ago
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Outdoors
A Blissful Night in our Berkeley Backyard
Thursday, Oct 28, 2021 7:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: South Berkeley, Berkeley
- Composers: Bach, Patzner, Ellington, Keys
- Instruments: Solo cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 3 years ago
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Outdoors
String Quartets by Mendlessohn, Bach, Patzner
Sunday, Aug 29, 2021 4:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Shepherd Canyon, Oakland
- Composers: Bach, Puccini, Patzner, Mendelssohn
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago
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Outdoors
Friday, Aug 6, 2021 6:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Noe Valley, SF
- Composers: Bach, Beethoven, Patzner, Wonder,
- Instruments: String Quartet
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago
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Cello and Violin duo: a classical music experience in Mountain View!
Sunday, Jul 25, 2021 5:30 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Mountain View
- Composers: Clarke, Xenakis, Patzner
- Instruments: Violin and cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago
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Tuesday, Dec 3, 2019 7:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: Poets Corner, Berkeley
- Composers: Bach, Villa-Lobos, Patzner, Akiva
- Instruments: flute and cello
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 5 years ago
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Sunday, Nov 24, 2019 6:00 PM PST
- Neighborhood: SoMa, SF
- Composers: Patzner
- Instruments: String Trio
- Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event
Happened about 5 years ago