All cello articles
-
NewsCellist Steven Isserlis wins 2023 Cremona Musica Award
The British musician was honoured for his ‘unceasing dedication to the art of music’
-
ReviewReview: ABRSM Cello Exam Pieces from 2024
Janet Banks reviews the new syllabus for the Associated Board’s cello exams, from Grades 1 to 5
-
ReviewBook review: The Cello, How It Works
Anne Inglis reviews Michael J. Pagliaro’s book, the latest in a series on the workings of musical instruments
-
Video‘Pas de deux’: a 2014 recital with Patricia Kopatchinskaja and Sol Gabetta
The violinist and cellist performed together as part of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival in Switzerland
-
NewsExtreme Cellists take on five challenges in four days
The fundraising trio are marking their 20th anniversary of performing cello-based tasks for charity
-
NewsUS cellist and teacher Irene Sharp has died
The founder and artistic director of California Summer Music was 87 years old
-
Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: 1737 G.F. Celoniato cello
Simon Morris takes a look at a cello by the Italian maker
-
ReviewBook review: Highway Cello
Ruth Hallows reviews cellist Kenneth Wilson’s account of cycling from the UK to Rome with his instrument in tow
-
ReviewBook review: The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
Janet Banks reviews Janet Horvath’s moving biographical tale of her family, the Holocaust and what happened next
-
ReviewBook review: The Well-Tempered Cello: Life with Bach’s Cello Suites
Janet Banks reviews an account by Miranda Wilson of learning and performing Bach’s Six Cello Suites from memory
-
FocusWords of wisdom from cellist Aldo Parisot
As Yale School of Music announced the official retirement of the cello guru in 2018, we looked back at some of the inspiring quotes from an interview for The Strad conducted by one of his most illustrious students, Ralph Kirshbaum
-
NewsUK cellist Alexander Cameron dies aged 100
The Dundee-born musician performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for 25 years
-
ArticleMaking Matters: Off-Beat Violins
Luthier Andrew Carruthers demonstrates the sound quality of his ’X’ and ‘O’ violins, the ‘Tabolin’ and the ‘Ripple cello’
-
Feature6 ways to improve left-hand flexibility
Tips from The Strad’s archive on increasing suppleness of movement and reducing tension
-
Premium ❘ FeatureIn Focus: A 1720 cello by Michele Platner
Christopher Reuning looks at an instrument which could be confused with one by Tecchler, but is actually by the other great Roman cello maker
-
NewsStradivari Trust founder Nigel Brown dies aged 77
The enterprise founded by the UK businessman and philanthropist has helped more than 60 musicians obtain fine instruments and bows
-
![#33b parents ]enhanced Toronto 1950](https://dnan0fzjxntrj.cloudfront.net/Pictures/100x67/9/8/0/28980_33bparentsenhancedtoronto1950_63454.jpg)
Focus‘Music was their lifeline’: Excerpt from Janet Horvath’s new Holocaust memoir
Author and cellist Janet Horvath presents an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir The Cello Still Sings: A Generational Story of the Holocaust and of the Transformative Power of Music
-
FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1743 ‘Ngeringa’ Guadagnini cello
The instrument is one of only 39 cellos known to have been made by Guadagnini
-
ReviewBook review: Practice Mind: The Complete Practice Model
Janet Banks reviews the latest volume by Hans Jørgen Jensen and Oleksander Mycyk on the best methods of practising the cello
-
FocusThe Strad Calendar 2023: 1729 Guarneri ‘filius Andreae’ cello
One of only two cellos in the world that also bears the handiwork of Guarneri ‘del Gesù’