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joan jeanrenaud

joan jeanrenaud , `` née '' dutcher -lrb- born january 25 , 1956 -rrb- , is an american cello player .
a native of memphis , tennessee , she played with the kronos quartet from 1978 until 1999 , when , after a sabbatical , she left to pursue a solo career and collaborations with other artists , in part due to being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis .
she has staged and recorded solo performance pieces , playing the cello in tandem with electronic instruments .
her first solo album , `` metamorphosis '' , was described by greg cahill in `` strings '' as `` visceral , hypnotic , and often compelling . ''
jeanrenaud plays a deconet , ca. 1750 .
a copy of the cello carved out of ice was used in her four-hour performance piece `` ice cello '' , a 2004 adaptation of charlotte moorman 's `` ice music for london '' .
in 2008 , her album `` strange toys '' was nominated for a grammy award .
several tracks were recorded with pc muñoz , with whom jeanrenaud recorded a full album , `` pop-pop '' , in 2010 , calling it `` a pop record that was n't actually pop . ''
she also has performed in collaborations with larry ochs ' group kihnoua at san francisco 's de young museum -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
she has performed in many film scores by composer william susman and appears on the soundtrack cds for `` oil on ice '' -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , `` fate of the lhapa '' -lrb- 2007 -rrb- and `` music for moving pictures '' -lrb- 2009 -rrb- .
