All Piatigorsky International Cello Festival articles
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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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ArticleIn Focus: a 1786 cello by Jacques Pierre Michelot
John Dilworth examines a hastily built but robust 1786 French cello, with photos by Richard Valencia, in an article from September 2005
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ArticleIn Focus: a 1693 cello by Giovanni Grancino
Ed Keohane examines an instrument by the Milanese maker, with photos by Richard Valencia, in an article from January 2007
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ArticleIn Focus: an 1817 cello by Giacomo Rivolta
Christopher Reuning examines an insturment by the Novara-born maker, with photos by Matthew Tolzmann, in an article from February 2007
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ArticleSentimental Work: Ralph Kirshbaum on the Elgar Cello Concerto
The Elgar Cello Concerto has played an important part in some of the US cellist and pedagogue’s most memorable, emotional and significant concerts
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ArticleOpinion: ‘The cello has never been more popular’
In the years since Gregor Piatigorsky first set out to boost the cello’s profile, the instrument has seen a massive growth in popularity, particularly through the efforts of crossover artists, says Yoshika Masuda
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ArticleGrand Designs: Postcard from the 2016 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival
Named after the cellist who helped to popularise his instrument in the US, the Piatigorsky International Cello Festival held its second quadrennial edition in May. Chloe Cutts was in Los Angeles and spoke to founder and artistic director Ralph Kirshbaum about his vision for the event
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ArticleCity of Angels: Postcard from the 2012 Piatigorsky International Cello Festival
Cello celebrities gathered en masse to share their music and wisdom at the 2012 Piatigorsky Festival, but the real superstar was the man they came to honour, as Ariane Todes reports
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NewsPiatigorsky International Cello Festival cancelled due to coronavirus uncertainty
Festival artistic director Ralph Kirshbaum thanks ‘warmth, affection and generosity of spirit’ of festival colleagues and supporters