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Navajo pianist and composer Connor Chee combines classical piano technique with Native American heritage. "Navajo Vocables for Piano" is based on transcriptions of vocals sun in chants. Numbers 1-4 and 9-12 are based on Navajo Corn-Grinding songs.…

Mexican composer Salvador Torré composed "Rugg" in 2006 for solo cello. A viola arrangement exists as well.

Mexican composer Leonardo Coral wrote "Alucinaciones" for solo viola. As stated in a blog, written in 2004, Alucinaciones "was dedicated to the Mexican violist Omar Hernandez-Hidalgo. The work consists of four movements: I-Mares [Phosphorescent…

Mexican composer José L. Elizondo's "Danzas Barrocas" (Baroque Dances) was dedicated to Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto. As indicated on the composer's website: the Baroque "Dances is a suite of 3 short dances in Baroque style, inspired by Bach's cello…

Mexican composer José L. Elizondo composed "Danzas Latinoamericanas" (Latin American Dances) by commission from Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto (to whom the composition is also dedicated). The work has three movements, which can be performed as a suite…

Mexican composer Eduardo Caballero composed "Lilith" for solo viola.

Mexican compooser Víctor Adán composed "Rotaciones" for solo Viola.

Japanese composer Toshio Hosokawa's "Kleine Blume" is a one movement work written in honour of the 50th birthday of Michael Haefliger. The composition was premiered by Stefan Dohr in Bilbaeo, Spain in May 2011.

Japanese composer Ichiro Nodaira composer "Transformations III" on 5 Fragments of J.S. Bach for viola.

Japanese composer Dai Fujikura's "Samarasa" was composed in 2010 with a new version in 2014. As written on his website, Fujikura states: "'Samarasa' is a rough translation for 'mind at rest' in Sanskrit. I composed this piece for the violinist…