All cello articles
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ReviewBook review: Notes for Cellists: A Guide to the Repertoire
Lauren Wesley-Smith reads Miranda Wilson’s detailed guide to the cello repertoire
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NewsBritish cellist David Watkin has died aged 60
The respected musician had been forced to give up his playing career due to an auto-immune condition
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NewsNew York’s Juilliard School welcomes six new members to its string faculty
Stella Chen, Hilary Hahn, Nina Lee, Midori, Sheryl Staples and Mike Steinberg join the faculty from autumn 2025
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BlogsThe instrument of kings: the cello’s timeless dialogue with power and grace
Vahur Luhtsalu examines how the cello has aligned itself with royalty throughout history to the present day
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ReviewBook review: Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time
Janet Banks reads Mavis Himes’s account of taking up the cello as a beginner in her late sixties
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NewsViolins to honour war poets at Wilfred Owen Festival
The instruments, dedicated to Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Robert Graves, will be donated to the town of Oswestry at the festival’s opening on 15 March
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NewsCello and marimba duo Stick&Bow named artist in residence at UC Davis
The duo will coach students in chamber music and commission new music, from the start of the 2025-26 season
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ReviewBook review: Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound
Janet Banks reviews Kate Kennedy’s bestseller relating the stories of four cellists and their instruments
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ReviewBook review: Under the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas
Raphael Klayman takes a look through Judith Glyde’s account of learning Bach’s Cello Suites in the Asian mountain range
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BlogsFor cello, by cellists: how six new cello pieces celebrate the versatile identity of the cello
Who better to write music for cello than cellists themselves? Ben Michaels writes about commissioning six solo cello pieces by cellists, which he will premiere on 21 January 2025
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NewsCellist Jeffrey Zeigler rejoins the faculty of the Mannes School of Music in New York
The appointment marks a rehire for the ex-Kronos Quartet cellist, who previously taught at Mannes from 2012–2022
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1730 ‘Newland’ Giovanni Francesco Celoniato cello
One of only eight cellos known to be made by the Turin-based luthier, it is named after Canadian cellist Christine Newland
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1824 ‘McConnell’ Nicolò Gagliano II cello
A rare cello by the least prolific member of the Neapolitan family, the ‘McConnell’ has a two piece back of slab-cut poplar
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BlogsFreedom of expression: Anja Lechner on her debut solo cello album
US correspondent Thomas May speaks with Anja Lechner about the German cellist’s latest endeavour for ECM: her first album for solo cello, which combines two Bach suites with music originally for viola da gamba
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BlogsCello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time by adult cello learner, Mavis Himes
Psychoanalyst Mavis Himes presents an excerpt from her memoir, which explores her musical journey of learning the cello later in life
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ReviewBook review: A Survey of Solo Works for the Violoncello
Janet Banks reviews cello professor Brian Hodges’ volume on cello repertoire from the 17th century to the present day
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NewsNew instrument loan scheme invites applications from emerging Irish string players
The future of string playing in Ireland has received an investment boost of more than €1 million
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FocusThe Strad Calendar 2025: 1706 ‘Brott-Turner’ David Tecchler cello
The first instrument ever added to the Musical Instrument Bank of the Canada Council for the Arts, it is a masterpiece of the Rome-based luthier’s work
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason in the spotlight at the Lucerne Festival
British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason discusses his return to the Lucerne Festival as this summer’s featured artist in an interview with Intendant Michael Haefliger.
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NewsCellist Seth Parker Woods appointed to new role at USC Thornton School of Music
American cellist Seth Parker Woods has been promoted to the Robert Mann Chair in Strings and Chamber Music at the Los Angeles-based USC Thornton School of Music
