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NewsRussian cellist Alexey Seleznev has died
The musician was active in conservatoires and in promoting the careers of talented young cellists
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NewsCellist Lev Evgrafov dies aged 86
One of the Soviet Union’s most celebrated cellists, he was often accompanied by his mother on piano
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Article‘I look up to the ceiling and suddenly notice the stucco’
Cellist Thomas Demenga on the illuminating power of ornamentation in Bach’s Cello Suites
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Premium ❘ FeaturePassing the Torch
Expert encouragement in their early years helped turn the Belcea Quartet into one of today’s most formidable chamber ensembles. Twenty-five years after they started out, they talk to Tom Stewart about passing on their experience to the next generation – as well as continuing to gain knowledge themselves
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VideoClassic cellists at the BBC
Julian Lloyd Webber takes a musical journey through the BBC archives from the 1950s to the present to celebrate the world of the cello through some of its greatest interpreters. Includes performances by classic masters such as Paul Tortelier, Jacqueline du Pre and Mstislav Rostropovich as well as those by ...
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ReviewConcert review: Kian Soltani (Cello) Aaron Pilsan (Piano)
Bruce Hodges hears the performance at Weill Recital Hall on 2 May 2019
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ReviewBruno Philippe: Rachmaninoff, Myaskovsky
Beauty of sound is paramount in two contemporaneous Russian works
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ReviewConcert review: Jan Vogler (Cello) WDR Symphony Orchestra/Cristian Măcelaru
Carlos María Solare travels to Dresden to hear the Kulturpalast concert on 18 May 2019
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FeatureLife Lessons: Matthew Barley
The British cellist on memory, nationalism and his long journey – via a skiing accident – to technical confidence
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VideoCello masterclass from Johannes Moser
As part of his residency with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, last week Johannes Moser gave three local cellists a masterclass on Elgar’s Cello Concerto, Gulda’s Cello Concerto and Squire’s ‘Tzig-Tzig’.
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VideoYo-Yo Ma rehearses for US Premiere with pipa player Wu Man
In this video, filmed last week, Yo-Yo Ma and pipa player Wu Man rehearse for the US Premiere of Zhao Lin’s ‘A Happy Excursion’, Concerto for Pipa and Cello with the New York Philharmonic.
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FocusSentimental work: Gautier Capuçon on Schumann
The French cellist finds a whole universe of sound in Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro and the op.73 Fantasiestücke – as well as huge scope for experimentation
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FocusMischa Maisky on working with Leonard Bernstein
The cellist, who celebrated his 70th birthday this year, reminisces about performing Dvořák’s Cello Concerto with Leonard Bernstein. Interview by Peter Quantrill
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason models Paul Smith in virtuoso style
Sheku Kanneh-Mason demonstrates just how crease-proof A Suit to Travel In really is in this vigorous musical workout.
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VideoMexican cellists play Piazzolla
Cellist and conductor Amit Peled with his Peabody students and selected Mexican cellists perform for Festival de Musica de Camera de San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
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ArticleAlisa Weilerstein
Often likened to the prodigy Jacqueline du Pré, American cellist Alisa Weilerstein made her debut, aged 13, playing Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme with the Cleveland Orchestra. Since then she has performed as soloist with several major symphony orchestras around the world, while also remaining an ...
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ArticleBernard Greenhouse
One of the very few long term students of Pablo Casals, the American cellist Bernard Greenhouse initially pursued a solo career for twelve years. Today, however, he is best remembered as one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio, with whom he played between 1955 ...
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ArticleGautier Capuçon
Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry in 1981 and began playing the cello at the age of five. He studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur in Paris with Philippe Muller and Annie Cochet-Zakine, and later with Heinrich Schiff in Vienna. By his mid-twenties he had already developed ...
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ArticleDavid Finckel
American cellist David Finckel began his musical studies with his father, Edwin Finckel, making his debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations aged 15. From 1979 to 2013 he was the cellist of the Emerson String Quartet, with whom he made over thirty acclaimed recordings. ...
