Cello_Counterpoint
Cello Counterpoint
Composition by Steve Reich
Cello Counterpoint is a composition for cello and pre-recorded tape by the American composer Steve Reich. The work was jointly commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation in the Library of Congress, the Royal Conservatory of The Hague, and Leiden University for the cellist Maya Beiser. It was given its world premiere by Beiser on October 18, 2003 at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.[1][2] The piece was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[3]