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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While cellist Jacob Szekely embraces his instrument as the lead voice in nontraditional settings, he’s consciously avoided the gimmickry often associated with such efforts. He doesn’t do anything as ...

On Tuesday, Alisa Weilerstein presented a concert of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major interleaved with five living composers. Who were they? Unless you grabbed a pamphlet-sized program on your ...

From street musician to Julliard, Dr. 'ER' uses cello to boost best charities. Dec. 23, 2009— -- Dr. Eric Roter has two personas: an emergency room doctor who tends to cardiac arrests and ...

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 ...

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 ...

If you like your chamber music to be dense, droning, and dissonant, you’re probably a big fan of Lucy Railton. The British cellist and composer — who has worked with titans like Kali Malone and ...

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 ...