Austin Huntington, the Indianapolis Symphony's principal cellist, is now playing Pietro Guarneri of Mantua's only known cello, worth about $5 million.
The BPO Classics Series, titled SHOSTAKOVICH NO. 5, opened Friday, February 6 at 10:30 (a “coffee concert”) and will conclude ...
Two new albums—‘Dream Archives,’ from a trio with Craig Taborn and Ches Smith, and ‘dance! skip! hop!,’ from her own ...
Cellist Austin Huntington has been awarded an extended loan of the only known cello by Pietro Guarneri of Mantua, made in the late 17th century.
The cello player on Nirvana's 1993 swan song In Utero has spoken publicly for the first time in a new interview, revealing her interactions with late Nirvana bandleader Kurt Cobain. Though cellist ...
Mason, a leading cellist of the new generation known for his radiant stage presence, engages in a sparkling musical dialogue with his pianist sister, Isata, bringing their musical chemistry to a ...
Completed in 1919, the Cello Concerto was Edward Elgar's last major work for orchestra, and his most confessional. In spite of fleeting moments of idyllic release, it's dominated by disillusionment, ...
The cello is the most human of stringed instruments. Its span encompasses both male and female ranges, from basso profundo to coloratura soprano; grasped between the knees, it is not so much possessed ...
Amati “King” cello at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting a special summer guest: the world’s oldest known cello.
Ben Richardson grew up in Seattle but spent several years in Cleveland studying cello. He has another passion on the ice.
Jenna Ortega’s Wednesday Addams is a macabre-minded, cello-toting force of nature. But does she actually play the instrument, and what song does Wednesday play on it? The eight-part series is based on ...
This cello was once played in the trenches of Ypres, one of the most deadly frontlines of the First World War. One hundred years later, Steven Isserlis is letting it sing again This cello doesn’t look ...