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BlogsJoshua Roman’s debut solo album and the healing power of music
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with American cellist and composer Joshua Roman about his new solo album, Immunity, and how it reflects his experience with Long Covid.
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BlogsJulia Hagen makes her Vienna Philharmonic debut at the Lucerne Festival
US correspondent Thomas May interviews cellist Julia Hagen, winner of the 2024 UBS Young Artist Award, on the eve of her breakthrough debut with the Vienna Philharmonic at the Lucerne Festival
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BlogsWhy cellists make good marathon runners
French cellist Gautier Capuçon recently ran a marathon at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but he’s not the only string player with another life as a long-distance runner. We take a look at some of the others
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NewsCellist Gaeun Kim wins 2024 Schadt String Competition
Kim scooped first prize of $12,000 plus future concert engagements
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NewsWinners Announced at 2023 International Paulo Cello Competition
Luka Coetzee won the first prize of €20,000, as well as a cello bow made by Risto Vainio.
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NewsExtreme Cellists take on five challenges in four days
The fundraising trio are marking their 20th anniversary of performing cello-based tasks for charity
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NewsThe Strad launches Cello Focus digital resource
The new micro-site brings together a selection of the best cello coverage from The Strad’s extensive archive - and all content is free to view until 23 April 2020
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VideoThe 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic play The Pink Panther Theme
Henry Mancini’s Pink Panther Theme gets The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic treatment in this arrangement by Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann. This performance was filmed in the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory at the First Moscow International Cello Festival in 2008. The cellists are: Dávid Adorján, Andreas Grünkorn, Solène Kermarrec, ...
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VideoThe 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic perform Piazzolla at the ECHO Klassik awards
The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic won a 2017 ECHO Klassik award for Hora Cero, their first album as an ensemble in six years. In this video, from the awards ceremony held at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg on 29 October, the ensemble performs Astor Piazzolla’s Calambre.
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NewsCellist Steven Isserlis to receive €25,000 award in Germany
British cellist Steven Isserlis has been named as the winner of the 2017 Glashütte Original MusicFestivalAward. Worth €25,000, the award will be presented at the Dresden Music Festival on 23 May, when Isserlis will perform Prokofiev's Cello Concerto in E minor with the London Philharmonic Orchestra under ...
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NewsBaltimore Symphony Orchestra appoints three new violinists and three new cellists
The new musicians performed with the US orchestra at its season-opening concert on Sunday
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Article1,000 cellists perform in Japan
On 24 May 2015, 1,000 cellists came together in Sendai, Japan to support the victims of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami. This was the fifth Japanese mass cello event since 1998, when the first such concert took place in aid of the victims of the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake.See ...
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NewsCellists can be adrenaline 'thrivers' or 'crumplers', finds study
Explore more Featured Stories like this in The Strad Playing Hub A new study into cellists’ behaviour has identified two different reactions to performing on stage. Researchers at the University of Birmingham found that the musicians could be categorised as either ‘thrivers’ or ‘crumplers’ when placed in a performance ...
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ArticleCellists invited to free day of cello events at UK's Birmingham Conservatoire
Cellists of all ages, levels and walks of life are invited to a free day of workshops, performances and masterclasses at the UK’s Birmingham Conservatoire on 27 October.The college’s annual Cello Day is open to anyone who plays the cello, from music students to hobbyists and amateurs. The event will ...
