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

Back in 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston hired Shirley Hunt to play a special centennial event to commemorate a large donation of historical instruments by a museum trustee. Hunt, a Boston-based ...

Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe's chants and throat singing in his new album, Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It's just one of the many ways he makes alchemy ...

Composed in September of 1828, during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the Quintet in C for two violins, viola and two cellos was the composer's last instrumental work and ranks among his greatest ...

The 30th annual Irving M. Klein International String Competition is now history. This year’s Chamberlain Family First Prizewinner is Oliver Herbert, the semi-finalist we talked to for our story below.

Bach’s instrumental output encompasses a wide spectrum, but none so intimate as his suites for solo cello. Watch and listen to six great cellists playing highlights of these amazing pieces. When you ...

University of Sydney provides funding as a member of The Conversation AU. Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Solo Cello Suites are some of the most iconic classical music works. They have inspired not only ...

During the nearly 40 years since he graduated with a degree in jazz studies from the University of South Florida’s New College, Joshua Breakstone has managed to find fresh musical adventures. And that ...

Pune: The deep, resonant sounds of the cello will be heard at the 71st edition of Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav, where the string instrument will make its debut this year.The lineup for the ...