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Lewis Patzner

Musician


San Francisco, CA
Cellist
@Lewispatzner
71 Played at 71 groupmuses!

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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.

Traditional Repertoire

Solo rep:

Bach suites for solo cello 1-4.
Transcriptions of songs and opera arias by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Purcell, Schubert, etc.
Original pieces.

Programs

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Videos

Groups

Cosa Nostra strings

  • String Trio + Bone and Perc
  • 94610
  • 1 groupmuse played

Concerto Club

  • Soloists
  • Oakland
  • Hasn't played any groupmuses, yet

Performed groupmuses (71)

Ashby Arts Space presents: Lewis Patzner's The Difference

  • Sunday, July 23, 2023, at 4:30 PM
  • South Berkeley, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

This groupmuse happened 2 months ago

Art and Sound, version 10

  • Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 7:00 PM
  • SoMa, SF

This groupmuse happened 3 months ago

Derek and Lewis play music by each other, and the greats!

  • Sunday, April 2, 2023, at 7:15 PM
  • Glenview, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened 6 months ago

Embassy Groupmuse February 2023

  • Sunday, February 5, 2023, at 6:30 PM
  • Lower Haight, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened 8 months ago

Glenview Classical Groupmuse

  • Friday, September 30, 2022, at 8:00 PM
  • Glenview, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened about 1 year ago

No Dead Men! Cello+Piano soirée featuring Lewis Patzner and Jonathan Alford

  • Wednesday, June 8, 2022, at 7:30 PM
  • El Cerrito

This groupmuse happened over 1 year ago

Latin Jazz Groupmuse In The Mission!

  • Saturday, April 9, 2022, at 7:30 PM
  • Mission District, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened over 1 year ago

The Interlopers: No Dead Men

  • Sunday, March 13, 2022, at 4:00 PM
  • Piedmont Avenue, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened over 1 year ago

Outdoor Concert by the Jazz Mafia Strings!

  • Sunday, November 7, 2021, at 4:00 PM
  • Shepherd Canyon, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened almost 2 years ago

A Blissful Night in our Berkeley Backyard

  • Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 7:30 PM
  • South Berkeley, Berkeley Berkeley, CA

This groupmuse happened almost 2 years ago

String Quartets by Mendlessohn, Bach, Patzner

  • Sunday, August 29, 2021, at 4:00 PM
  • Shepherd Canyon, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened about 2 years ago

Noe Valley Groupmuse

  • Friday, August 6, 2021, at 6:30 PM
  • Noe Valley, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened about 2 years ago

Cello and Violin duo: a classical music experience in Mountain View!

  • Sunday, July 25, 2021, at 5:30 PM
  • Mountain View

This groupmuse happened about 2 years ago

Art and Sounds, Part VIi

  • Sunday, November 24, 2019, at 6:00 PM
  • SoMa, SF

This groupmuse happened almost 4 years ago

Aunt Eva's Salon Presents Classics to Jazzy to Living and Local

  • Saturday, November 2, 2019, at 7:00 PM
  • Noe Valley, SF San Francisco, CA

This groupmuse happened almost 4 years ago

Stay classy Darlington

  • Wednesday, October 16, 2019, at 7:00 PM
  • East Lake, Oakland Oakland, CA

This groupmuse happened almost 4 years ago

MoupGruse

  • Friday, September 6, 2019, at 7:00 PM
  • Ashbury Heights, SF

This groupmuse happened about 4 years ago

Art and Sounds, Part V

  • Wednesday, August 7, 2019, at 6:30 PM
  • SoMa, SF

This groupmuse happened about 4 years ago

Piano, Cello, Violin

  • Friday, May 10, 2019, at 7:30 PM
  • Lincoln Highlands, Oakland

This groupmuse happened over 4 years ago

Spring Strings

  • Saturday, May 4, 2019, at 7:00 PM
  • Mill Valley

This groupmuse happened over 4 years ago