Dies Irae

For her new album "Dies Irae", the Chinese-American cellist, producer and composer Tina Guo has rearranged ten classical compositions for cello. There are also three original compositions, with "Moonhearts in Space" she is accompanied by System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian. Ten world-famous classical melodies such as Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata", "The Swan" by Saint-Saëns or the "Toccata and Fugue" by Johann Sebastian Bach or Yiruma's "River Flows In You" are immersed in their undeniably wild and at the same time sensual cello sound. In addition, there are three completely new original compositions that she plays on her electric cello and for which she was able to win one of her personal musical heroes: Serj Tankian from the metal band "System of a Down" takes over on the track "Moonhearts in Space" Vocal part. Her tracks sound in a new ambient / synth soundscape with influences from industrial, ethnic and heavy metal. "I am very excited to finally release this album, which I worked on for over three years! 'Dies Irae' consists of 13 tracks set in the year 3000. It explores different textures, genres and sounds that are used in my classic Music background, and leads from there in different directions. The version of the 'Moonlight Sonata', for example, is set on a strange planet, interspersed with the calls of the spirit animals that live in heaven, "is how the cellist describes her album. Tina Guo herself has long been no stranger to the music scene: The Grammy- and BRIT Award-nominated artist has already been on the with artists such as Steven Tyler, Skrillex, Joe Bonamassa, the Foo Fighters, but also Al Di Meola and Carlos Santana Stage. Most recently she accompanied Hans Zimmer on his worldwide "World of Hans Zimmer" tour, with which she has had a long musical relationship, and took over the solo cello in the ensemble. She also took over the solo cello for some of his film soundtracks, such as "Wonder Woman", "The Lion King", "Inception", or "Dunkirk", but also for some of his game soundtracks, such as "Cyberpunk" 2077 "," Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, 3 & 4 ", or" League of Legends "and" Assassin's Creed Syndicate ". Most recently she worked with him on the soundtrack for the science fiction film "Dune", which will be released in September 2021. With 158,000 Instagram followers, over 403,000 Facebook fans and 385,000 YouTube followers, Tina Guo is also very successful on social media. On her new album, Tina Guo takes us on a journey into the year 3000, full of energy, epic sounds and futuristic ambient soundscapes. 7/9/2021,