Luke Cissell

Luke Cissell (born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist known for creating works that feature "bright, glowing melodies and ornate structures while incorporating a heady range of styles" from classical to bluegrass, jazz, folk, post-rock, and art pop. Cissell was a champion fiddler and classical violinist in his youth, earned a degree from Princeton University, and has worked as a producer, arranger, and session musician with a broad range, with credits on albums by artists such as singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson and composer Philip Glass. Known for performing every part on most of his studio album releases, Cissell has composed and recorded a number of works that prominently feature strings.

Selected works

 * Cosmography (2013)
 * Infinite Progress (2014) for solo violin
 * Backwoods (2015)
 * String Quintet (2016)
 * Sonata for Viola and Piano (2017)
 * Three Piano Pieces (2017)
 * Thinking/Feeling (2018) for mandolin, banjo, electric guitar, electric bass, strings and electronics
 * String Sextets Nos. 1 & 2 (2019)
 * Nightside (2020)
 * Emerald Cities (2021)
 * Pulp (2023) for string orchestra
 * Serenade for Strings (2023)