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After the Music Ends
As you read (earlier in this newsletter) about Nicole Cabell‘s recent recording sessions, you may have wondered what happens after the microphones are packed away. The answer is: the music lives on. Every Cedille recording is an act of preservation, capturing an artist’s unique voice and interpretation to inspire audiences today and for generations to come.
Ms. Cabell understands the importance of creating work that endures. She reflected:
“For singers, of course, there are so many wonderful, unique voices. You only get this voice. There’s nobody that carries that instrument but you. And so having the opportunity to record, you can carry this recording and hand it down to other people. And you can have a legacy through this recording.”
For more than 35 years, this belief has guided Cedille’s work. Every recording preserves something that would otherwise be fleeting — a remarkable performance, a unique artistic voice, or a piece of musical history. Long after the applause has faded, these recordings continue to educate, inspire, and connect listeners around the world.
Just as recordings preserve artistic legacies, planned gifts preserve Cedille’s ability to create them. While annual gifts make today’s recordings possible, estate gifts help ensure that future generations of artists can continue sharing their voices with the world. One day, a listener you will never meet may discover a recording because you chose to preserve the future of music. That is the enduring impact of a legacy gift.
For questions or more information, please contact Julie Polanski (julie@cedillerecords.org, 773.989.2518).
Recommended
Commissioned by Cedille Records specially for our 2025 Emerging Artist Competition winner, oboist Oliver Talukder, as a companion for his Briefly Gorgeous album, Powder is a two-track single of Two Songs for voice, oboe/English horn, and piano by Delfin Demiray, who was Talukder’s classmate at the Curtis Institute of Music. The first song features Chicago mezzo, Sophia Maekawa, while Talukder performs the second song’s special effect and extended technique-infused vocal line himself (as an “overdub”), demonstrating yet another facet of his artistry.
Winner of Cedille Records’ 2025 Emerging Artist Competition, Chicago-born oboist Oliver Talukder makes his solo recording debut with Briefly Gorgeous. Joined by pianist Moriah Trenk, Talukder presents an album inspired by themes of identity, love, family, and belonging. Drawing on his Mexican and Bengali heritage and his Chicago upbringing, the program explores where classical music intersects with Latino and South Asian traditions, creating a musical portrait shaped by Talukder’s unique story.
With the new month comes a new featured playlist on Spotify — or, in this case, a refresh of our Artist Debuts on Cedille playlist, originally created in 2022 to celebrate the inaugural album by the first Emerging Artist Competition winner, saxophonist Julian Velasco.
The update is to celebrate oboist Oliver Talukder, winner of Cedille’s second competition, as well as other artists who have made their Cedille debus since 2022. (Oliver’s track will be added on Friday when his album, Briefly Gorgeous, is released.)
Enjoy Cedille’s Weekly Featured Release.