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Tina Guo (née le 28 octobre 1985 à Shanghai, Chine) est une violoncelliste et une erhuiste sino-américaine. Elle est connue dans le monde entier pour ses performances au violoncelle, au violoncelle électrique et à l'erhu. Ses mises en scène sont également très appréciées de par la diversité de ses tenues et des décors. Elle peut jouer plusieurs styles musicaux différents si bien qu'elle a participé aux bandes originales de films, de séries télévisées et de jeux vidéos. Née à Shanghai, elle arrive aux États-Unis à l'âge de cinq ans. Elle a effectuée des performances en solo avec la San Diego Symphony la National Symphony Orchestra (Mexico), laThessaloniki State Symphony en Grèce, la Petrobras Symphony au Brésil et la Vancouver Island Symphony en Colombie britannique. Elle a aussi joué avec la violiniste Midori Goto dans le Dvorak's American String Quartet au Walt Disney Concert Hall à Los Angeles, et complété quatre tournées nationales au Mexique et en Italie. Elle était l'invitée des tournées de Al Di Meola, Yoshiki et est récemment apparue dans le Tenerife Symphony and Choir aux îles Canaries en jouant du violoncelle électrique pour la "Batman: The Dark Knight" Suite au Tenerife International Film Festival. En juin 2015, elle a joué en tant que solotiste invitée au Kraków Film Festival en Pologne.

Enfance
Tina a commencé par jouer du piano à l'âge de 3 ans dans sa ville natale de Shanghai. Arrivée en Amérique à l'âge de 5 ans, elle a pris des leçons de violons avec sa mère. A 7 ans, elle débute son apprentissage du violoncelle avec son père, Lu-Yan Guo, et poursuivra ses études à l'USC Thornton School of Music avec une certaine Eleonore Schoenfeld.

Carrière
En 2007, elle effectue une tournée avec Metaphor, un crossover composé uniquement de filles. Tina a joué avec les Foo Fighters aux Grammy Awards de 2008 et au Sundance Film Festival.

Avec Midori Gotō, elle a joué dans le String Quartet No. 12 d'Antonín Dvořák au Walt Disney Concert Hall deLos Angeles. Elle a aussi joué à Majorca, Spain for the International Philanthropy Summit avec le pianiste William Joseph.

Entre 2011 et 2013, Tina faisait des tournées en tant que violoncelliste électrique avec le [Cirque du Soleil]] de Michael Jackson: The Immortal World Tour.

Guo a aussi joué auprès de Johnny Marr du groupe the Smiths et Hans Zimmer à la première du film Inception, et dans un concert pour DreamWorks avec Hans Zimmer et John Powell, lui permettant de jouer un solo violoncelle électrique et d'erhu. Elle a récemment joué pour la League of Legends World Championship dans une arène à Staples Center de Los Angeles et avec une audience de 33 millions de personnes car la performance était retransmise en live streaming sur le Net. Guo a joué du violoncelle électrique avec The Crystal Method, Wes Borland (Limp Bizkit), Danny Lohner (NIN), Joe Letz (Combichrist), et le Hollywood Scoring Orchestra. Elle a également joué aux évènements du Comic Con, Blizzcon, Video Games Live et au Wizard World Comic Cons. Elle a aussi joué avec le groupe Baroque-Rock dans la tournée "City of Mirrors" de Vivaldianno en Europe.

Tina Guo a participé au The Ellen DeGeneres Show pour jouer “Beat It” au violoncelle électrique, et a aussi joué lors des American Country Music Awards avecCarrie Underwood, dansDancing with the Stars avec Carlos Santana et India Arie, au Jimmy Kimmel Live with Ellie Goulding, au Lopez Show avec Far East Movement, aux Grammy Awards avec les Foo Fighters, aux MTV Movie Awards, dansAmerican Idol, au Comic Con de San Diego avec le Battlestar Galactica Orchestra, et avec le guitariste brésilien Victor Biglione dans un concert hommage à Jimi Hendrix au Copacabana Palace àRio de Janeiro. Elle a aussi joué au Sundance Film Festival, au Playboy Mansion, et a partagé la scène avecThe Tenors, Stevie Wonder, Peter Gabriel, Josh Groban, John Legend, LeAnn Rimes, Chris Isaak, Il Divo, Ariana Grande, Lupe Fiasco, Common, Jennifer Hudson, et Michael McDonald. Corporate clients have included Microsoft, Cephalon Biopharmaceutics, Adecco and the PGA.

The instrumental metal music video for her song "Queen Bee" won Best Short Film/Music Video at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival. Her songs "Queen Bee" and "Forbidden City" are also available for download to play for Rock Band on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Metal Hammer Magazine UK described Guo as "an international sensation" and she was also featured in Glamour Magazine Russia with a two-page spread.

She has toured with blues guitarist Joe Bonamassa as part of a diverse all acoustic backup band, and Hans Zimmer.

As of 30th October 2017, she is touring as a headlining act to promote her album "Game On!" with John Huldt on Guitar, Kfir Melamed on Bass and Frank Klepacki on Drums.

Enregistrements
Guo recorded her first solo CD, Autumn Winds, a classical/new-age album. Her other album releases include Journey, Ray of Light, Eternity, Tina Guo & Composers for Charity, A Cello Christmas, and many singles. Her current albums in production are Cello Metal, a full length metal album and Hollywood's Greatest Themes, an album of famous soundtracks re-imagined.

Guo is featured on screen in commercials for Mazda6, and United Airlines, and was also a featured soloist in Cirque Du Soleil's Michael Jackson "[[The Immortal" World Tour from 2011-2013 performing in sold out arenas around the world. Guo performed to 2 million audience members worldwide with the tour, and they topped the charts for 2 years as the highest grossing tour in America and sold out shows in arenas worldwide. Guo is also featured on the Epic Records/Jackson Estate release "Immortal," replacing the original guitar solo in "Beat It" with an Electric Cello/Guitar Battle-style duet with guitarist Greg Howe.

Guo was the cello soloist on the scores of Sherlock Holmes, Iron Man 2, Clash of the Titans, Red Riding Hood, Abduction, Olympus Has Fallen, Escape Plan, CSI: NY, Vikings, The Borgias, Sleepy Hollow, Iron Chef America, Blizzard's Diablo III, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Revelation Online 2015 by Chinese game giant Netease, and Journey, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media. Guo can also be heard on the soundtracks of Inception, Hancock, Battle: Los Angeles, The Hangover Part II, Predators, Fast Five, Arthur, No Strings Attached, Beginners, Public Enemies, Rango, The Rite, X-Men: First Class, Your Highness, Yogi Bear, The Mentalist, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show, King of the Hill, Dunkirk, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, commercials for Apple iPhone, Under Armour, and many others. Guo also contributed Electric Cello to the creation of elements that were used by Sound Designer Scott Martin Gershin in the creation of the Kaijus in Pacific Rim. Her arrangement and performance of "The Flight of the Bumble-Bee" was featured in the end credits for The Heartbreak Kid and she was an additional composer on the feature film Persecuted. The Tina Guo Sample Library by Cinesamples is one of the most popular cello solo libraries available on the market today, used by composers and producers in countless media music projects.

Guo is featured on the cello in an instrumental set piece for the 100th episode of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.

Guo has recorded on hundreds of albums, with artists such as John Legend, Ciara, David Archuleta, and Big K.R.I.T. She was featured on Al B. Sure!'s new single, "I Love It," from his upcoming album Honey I'm Home and was also featured on Two Steps From Hell's album SkyWorld.

Inner Passion, her 2016 collaboration with pianist Peter Kater for Hearts of Space Records, debuted at number four on the Billboard New Age Albums chart.

She is also notable as the soloist on electric cello creating the theme for Wonder Woman in Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice with Hans Zimmer. Tina Guo has also worked with Rupert Gregson-Williams on music for the Wonder Woman standalone film.

Guo has also provided music as a Composer and Producer for Mercedes, Call of Duty: Ghosts, MTX 4, the Official Launch Trailer for video game ArchAge “A Way Home,” and the Official Trailer for feature film "The Best Offer." Together with electronic music producer Syleth (Ray Armando Morabito,) their music can be heard on WWE Smackdown, WWE Monday Night Raw, NHL Rivals, Chopped, Mission October on Fox Sports, Inside the PGA Tour, Road to Ferrari, and Against the Odds on the American Heroes Channel.

Instruments
Guo performs on an 1878 Gand & Bernardel. On electric cello, she plays the Custom Tina Guo Model Yamaha SVC-200; she is endorsed by Yamaha and played their instrument at the NAMM Show 2009.

Personal life
Her first published work as an author is "Event Horizons of Yin and Yang", a collection of philosophical prose and poetry.

Guo claims to hold a Bachelors in Metaphysical Theology from the International College of Metaphysical Theology, but this is an unaccredited distance learning degree mill.

Tina Guo Contracting, based in Los Angeles, provides Exclusive Musicians and Entertainment for Live Performance, Recording, and Corporate Events.

Charity work
Guo is a passionate supporter of the Academy of Music for the Blind, Partners in Health, Animal Welfare Institute, Homes for our Troops, and Child Find of America. In 2015, she released a Charity album with 13 film/TV/media composer friends called  "Tina Guo & Composers for Charity." 100% of the proceeds from the album go directly to Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation in support of music education.

In October 2016, Guo signed an exclusive recording contract with Sony Music and her debut Sony album called Game On was released on February 10, 2017.

Discography

 * Autumn Winds (2014)
 * The Journey (2014)
 * Eternal (2014)
 * Ray of Light (2014)
 * A Cello Christmas (2014)
 * Inner Passion (2015) (with Peter Kater)
 * Cello Metal (2015)
 * Game On! (2017)