Composer. Cellist. Improviser.

Performances

New York-based composer, cellist, and improviser Athos Maelstrom (b. 2002) is a fierce advocate of creativity in the present. They display a strong interest in curating performances of music that highlight issues of social justice, and is a founding member of Mosaic Composers Collective in New York, Ensemble Der Gestanke in Boston, and Duo Indigo alongside violinist Sathvi Ramaseshan. Athos believes that music is social in nature and deeply respects the personal tenets that have always thrived in human sound. Athos works to utilize narratives of place and identity as building blocks of community between composer, performer, and listener.