International Cello Day is celebrated on December 29 to honour the cello, a deeply expressive string instrument. The day ...

As though the COVID-19 pandemic had never happened, bringing the normal patterns of life, and particularly those of the performing arts, to an eerie and threatening standstill, Zuill Bailey is back to ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Warm, rich and lyrical, the cello is the instrument whose sound we often think of as closest to the ...

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra aims for the head, the soul and the heart in its latest concert, with three pieces of music that grapple with big questions, interrogate the spirits and channel great ...

An evening of music for solo cello can be a challenging affair. The cellist doesn’t have the physical mobility of a violinist. His instrument is inherently less showy and dramatic than the pianist’s ...

Superhero movies are better than they’ve ever been, but as the films based on comic books have improved, one things has remained lacking — superhero theme music. As good and as faithful as all of ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Alisa Weilerstein’s latest project is a series of staged solo recitals that weave Bach’s cello suites with newly commissioned works. By David Allen ...

Latvian superstar cellist and conductor Margarita Balanas has taken her career to new heights, playing some beautiful Bach in a hot air balloon. Cellist Margarita Balanas is known for her stunning ...

Anders Adlercreutz’s recording of a patriotic Ukrainian song was widely circulated online, and prompted a response from Moscow. By Javier C. Hernández Anders Adlercreutz, Finland’s minister for ...

Social platform TikTok is all for capturing people’s precious moments and creativity – and this snapshot of a guy ‘celloboxing’ to Bach is one of the latest clips to go viral. In the video (watch ...

As I sat there on stage alongside five other cellists with my bow poised to begin our first official concert, my mind was not just on the notes on the page. I remembered the countless hours spent in ...