Recently I have been exploring cello works by lesser known composers.
Yesterday I found several cello pieces that I like by a Romanian composer,
Liana Alexandra (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liana_Alexandra). Liana Alexandra composed the cello piece posted below in which she plays piano to accompany her husband, the cellist:
Liana Alexandra - "Fantasy on JERUSHALAYIM SHEL ZAHAV" for Cello and Piano
Serban Nichifor (Cellist) and Liano Alexandra (Composer and Pianist)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzOcniGJv-o
Unfortunately, I learned that Liana Alexandra died in 2011 at a fairly young age (63). This made me sad because I had been listening through a variety of her scores at a sheet music website and didn't realize until the end that she had died. Her last scores were uploaded in 2011, which makes sense now.
On the positive side, I'm glad Liana Alexandra got to spend so much of her life creating music and performing it with loved ones (both of which I also enjoy).