About me
Cellist, educator, and arranger.
Aziz Sapaev is the founding member of the Con Brio String Quartet, Principal Cellist of the Symphony of the Americas Summerfest Orchestra, and Assistant Principal Cellist of the Palm Beach Symphony and Florida Grand Opera Orchestras.
He regularly performs solo and chamber music concerts across the South-Eastern US and the Washington, D.C. / tri-state area, and has appeared on stage with Pinchas Zuckerman, Renee Fleming, Midori Goto, Joshua Bell, Edgar Meyer, Yefim Bronfman, Placido Domingo, Amit Peled, and many others. As a cross-genre musician, Aziz has performed with The Who, Björk, Andrea Bocelli, Ben Folds, Bernadette Peters, Vince Mendoza, and Maria Schneider, among others, and appears on numerous recordings — some Grammy and Latin Grammy nominated.
Aziz is also a published and in-demand arranger, and the sole arranger behind the AnimeSY project. His arrangements have been performed by the Symphony of the Americas, Orquestra Simfònica de les Illes Balears, CAP PELA, Un Montón de Artistas, QuitoCellos, and Les Pinson Divers, with his works currently performed in countries including Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, Romania, Türkiye, Ecuador, Bulgaria, Uzbekistan, and across the United States.
