All cello articles – Page 8
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NewsBonnie Hampton rejoins San Francisco Conservatory after 15-year break
The renowned cello pedagogue’s previous SFCM cello faculty tenure ran from 1973 to 2003 – and she first taught there in the early 1950s
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VideoAbner Jairo Ortiz García: Bach Courante from Cello Suite no.4
Left-handed cellist Abner Jairo Ortiz García plays the Courante from Bach’s Cello Suite no.4 in E flat major. Biography courtesy of City Music Foundation: After winning First Prize at the 2014 National Cello Competition of Mexico and in April 2018, Jairo was chosen to be the second City Music Foundation ...
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BlogsTwo 1st-class seats only option for cellist on American Airlines flight
Guy Johnston found himself presented with a compulsory extremely expensive option when booking to travel with his cello on a regional US flight
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NewsCello stolen from LA Opera orchestra principal
John Walz’s 2010 Mario Miralles cello was taken from his San Diego hotel room yesterday
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FocusIn focus: Pablo Casals' 1733 Goffriller cello
The cello on which Pablo Casals made his landmark recordings was for a long time believed to be by Bergonzi, writes Philip Kass
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ReviewJaap ter Linden, David Breitman: Beethoven, Complete works for piano and cello
Sparkling period-instrument playing strips the music of its patina
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FocusIn focus: cello by Giovanni Grancino, 1693
In this article from the January 2006 issue of The Strad, Ed Keohane studies a cello which had just been sold at Sotheby’s for nearly £210,000. Photographs by Richard Valencia
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ReviewOphélie Gaillard: Richard Strauss – Don Quixote and cello works
Powerful playing in these gloriously Romantic cello works. With the Czech National Symphony Orchestra/Julien Masmondet
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ReviewEdgar Moreau, David Kadouch: Works by Franck, Poulenc, Strohl and La Tombelle
FRANCK Sonata in A major (arr. Delsart). POULENC Cello Sonata; Souvenirs STROHL Titus et Bérénice: Grande sonate dramatique. LA TOMBELLE Andante espressivo
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NewsCello first rounds at Khachaturian International Competition
Event begins in Yerevan, Armenia, with 14 young cellists competing for $15,000 first prize and place alongside successful former winners
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VideoHorses fascinated by cello playing
In this video, Danish cellist Ida Riegels plays one of her own compositions to horses at a riding school in Switzerland. Riegels is currently cycling the length of the Rhine, 1000 kilometres (620 miles) from the Swiss Alps to the Dutch North Sea coast, with a cello on her back, ...
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FocusFrom the archive: a 1717 Brescian cello by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri
Marked forever by Paganini and nearly lost in the snow by Piatti, this 1717 cello by Pietro Giacomo Rogeri has had a colourful history. Article by John Dilworth from the July 2009 issue
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ReviewKian Soltani: Home
SCHUBERT Arpeggione Sonata; Nacht und Träume. SCHUMANN Drei Fantasiestücke; Adagio und Allegro; Du bist wie eine Blume. VALI Persian Folk Songs Set no.16. SOLTANI Persian Fire Dance
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NewsRoyal wedding drives Sheku Kanneh-Mason to top of US and UK classical charts
The cellist’s debut album, released in January, enjoys boost thanks to internationally televised appearance watched by millions
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VideoSheku Kanneh-Mason performs at royal wedding
Cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason performs during the signing of the register at the wedding of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. Kanneh-Mason played Maria Theresia von Paradis’ Sicilienne, Gabriel Fauré’s Après un rêve and Franz Schubert’s Ave Maria. Want to know more about Sheku Kanneh-Mason? See our related articles below
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ReviewSheku Kanneh-Mason: Inspiration
Dynamic debut recording from significant young British cellist
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ReviewChristoph Croisé: Summer Night – works by Othmar Schoeck
Lyrical, and historically appropriate, depiction of a balmy musical landscape
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ArticleA cello quartet with one cello
Four members of the Wiener Cello Ensemble 5+1 perform Ravel's Bolero on a single instrument to great comic effect. Watch: Music teacher loses temper with violinist – with destructive results
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ReviewAlexander Baillie, John Thwaites: The British Cello
Works by Bennett, Bridge, Britten, Cutler, Leighton, MacMillan and Moeran
