International Cello Day is celebrated on December 29 to honour the cello, a deeply expressive string instrument. The day ...

Back in 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston hired Shirley Hunt to play a special centennial event to commemorate a large donation of historical instruments by a museum trustee. Hunt, a Boston-based ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. By Joshua Barone ...

Cellos, in particular, are the few instruments that are considered as investments by many. Their high value of beauty, high-quality sound and instrument are said to be worth millions. In fact, Cello ...

Amedeo Baldovino could have panicked. The ship that the cellist was on had caught fire between Uruguay and Argentina, causing him and the other two members of the Trieste Piano Trio to jump into the ...

Composed in September of 1828, during the final weeks of Schubert's life, the Quintet in C for two violins, viola and two cellos was the composer's last instrumental work and ranks among his greatest ...

Use the tabs below to find out about each section of the orchestra, watch video clips, and read interviews with musicians. There are more strings in the orchestra than all the other instruments put ...

NEW YORK — It was Sept. 14, 2013, when a mysterious email bearing the subject line “Is this your first cello?” landed in Christine Walevska’s inbox. The renowned cello virtuoso, however, checked her ...