Otávio Manzano Kavakama
Cellist
621 Algerie Rd
East Otis, MA 01029
(857) 265-0866
otaviokavakama@gmail.com
www.otaviomk.com
Performing Experience
Orchestras
- Iris Orchestra (Tennessee), 2022-present
- Lima Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), 2018-20
- Perrysburg Symphony Orchestra (Ohio), 2017-20
- Meridian Symphony Orchestra (Mississippi), 2014-17
- Festival South Orchestra (Mississippi), 2016-17
- OCAM (São Paulo-Brazil), 2012
- Substitute cellist, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, 2022
- Substitute cellist, Asheville Symphony Orchestra, 2022-23
- Substitute cellist, Mobile Symphony Orchestra (Alabama), 2016
- Substitute cellist, Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra (Mississippi), 2016
Other ensembles
- Iris Collective (Memphis, TN), Artist Fellow, 2022-2024
- Ensemble Dal Niente (Chicago, IL), substitute cellist, 2023-present
- Aspen Contemporary Ensemble (Aspen, CO), 2021-23
- Memphis Free Jazz Initiative, 2023-present
- VIVE! Ensemble (Bowling Green, OH), 2018
World Premieres (selection)
- Michelle Lou, To care for the bodies of the dead, for chamber ensemble, 2023
- Britta Byström, A Walk on Green Streets, for chamber ensemble, 2014-15 (U.S. premiere 2023)
- Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Forgiveness, Suite for Spoken Word and Chamber Ensemble, 2023
- Kyle Rivera, Black Body Collage, for chamber ensemble, 2023
- Gabrielle Herbst, Rainflower in the Red Rock Cliffs, for chamber ensemble, 2023
- Sofía Rocha, On the asymptotic nature of longing, for chamber ensemble, 2022
- Karel Goeyvaerts, Pour que les fruits mûrissent cet été, for renaissance instruments (on viola da gamba and vielle), 1975 (U.S. Premiere, 2022)
- Du Yun, Oksoko, for chamber ensemble, 2021
- Shuying Li, Migration, for chamber ensemble, 2021
- Anthony Donofrio, XIII, for chamber ensemble, 2019
- Fúlvio Ferrari, Fantasia, for cello and piano, 2019
- Hong-Da Chin, Sfumato, for fl/cl/vln/vlc/db/perc/cond, 2018
Education
- D.M.A., Contemporary Music Performance, Bowling Green State University, in progress (ABD)
- M.M., Cello Performance, Bowling Green State University, 2019
- B.M., Cello Performance, Highest Honors, University of Southern Mississippi, 2017
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Fellow, Interlochen Center for the Arts, 2024
- Teaching Fellow, Memphis Music Initiative, 2022-23
- Chamber Music Coaching, GPAC Youth Symphony Program (Germantown, TN), 2022-24
- After-school Beginner Violin Class Teacher, Carpenter Art Garden (Memphis, TN), 2022-24
- Cello Mentor, Detroit Symphony Orchestra’s Civic Youth Ensembles, 2017-2019
- Teaching Instructor, OPUS Chamber Music Camp, Naperville, IL, 2018
- Teaching Assistant, Southern Miss Kids Orchestra, Hattiesburg, MS, instructor: Gladys Gonzalez, 2016-17
- Teaching Assistant, String Methods, University of Southern Mississippi, instructor: Dr. Hsiaopei Lee, 2016-17
- Teaching Assistant, Musical Initiation - Music Theory (for 6-8-year-olds), Conservatório de Tatuí-Brazil, instructor: Darli Margarete Ventura Paulillo, 2010