cellists

Celebrated cellist Joshua Roman shares the Lawrence Memorial Chapel stage with the JACK Quartet at 8 p.m. Saturday, April 21 in a combined Lawrence University Artist Series and New Music Series concert. Tickets for the performance, at $25-30 for adults, $20-25 for seniors and $18-20 for students, are ...

In a separate column, we report today on how Robbie Hausmann, a cellist with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, lost his great-grandmother, Toni Marcus, at the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II. Last month, while on a BPO tour of Poland, Hausmann visited Auschwitz and played the ...

We all have certain expectations of how musical instruments should be played and, therefore, how they should sound. But when musicians approach their instruments abstractly, it can lead to sonic discoveries and compositional breakthroughs. Burlington-based experimental musician Lauren Costello ...

They constitute an enduring challenge for cellists. A hearing of all six occupies three hours, which is a daunting experience for all but the most devoted listeners; and for the performer it is, frankly, an endurance contest. Bach never intended all six to be heard in succession. Even Pablo Casals (1876-1973), ...

An evening with French cellist Edgar Moreau will conclude Saint Vincent College's 46th Concert Series season. Called the "rising star of the French cello" by Young Concert Artists Inc., the 24-year-old Moreau will perform at 7 p.m. April 7 in the Robert S. Carey Student Center Performing Arts Center on the ...

RAVE To the Seattle Violoncello Society for organizing and presenting the annual Bach Suite Marathon, free of charge. This year they celebrated the 30th performance of the Suites by some of the area's best cellists. Bach on! RANT To the person in front of me at Saturday's John Hiatt concert. Recording the ...

On Sunday afternoon, March 18, the husband-and-wife team of David Finckel and Wu Han performed a chamber music concert at Hertz Hall. They explored the cello and piano repertory from Beethoven to Lera Auerbach, that is, from 1796 to 2002, with stops along the way for works by Mendelssohn and ...

World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma is set to give a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (Published Monday, March 19, 2018). World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma is set to give a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school says Ma will visit the campus Monday to deliver a talk ...

World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma will give a lecture Monday at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ma will visit campus to deliver a talk titled ''Yo-Yo Ma: Culture, Understanding and Survival” as part of a lecture series featuring figures in modern thought, MIT said. Ma has recorded more than 100 ...

THE Chapter House at York Minster rings out to the rarely-heard mesmeric combination of cello and choir tomorrow (Saturday) when The Ebor Singers team up with university musician Sarah Kegerreis to present works by Tavener, Macmillan, Gjeilo, Philip Moore and Rodney Bennett at 7.30pm. "Richard ...

Similarly: bands, collectives, and organizations can often dilute the artistic work of individuals; and up until now, experimental composer and cellist Lucy Railton has been content sharing her talents alongside the likes of Russell Haswell, Ensemble Plus Minus, and the London Sinfionetta. She graduated ...

The Boise Baroque Chamber Orchestra, directed by Daniel Stern, will feature cellists Brian Hodges and Micah Claffey this month. The concerts are at 8 p.m. March 16 and 2 p.m. March 18 at the Cathedral of the Rockies, 717 N. 11th St., Boise. Tickets are available at boisebaroque.org or at the door.

It's a somewhat meta moment: A world-renowned cellist playing a world-renowned cellist in a 20-minute movie simply titled, “Cello.” Lynn Harrell, a two-time Grammy winner, now has added another string to his bow (pun intended): actor. The 74-year-old currently is garnering accolades in his role as master ...

Mid-March will feature a week of cello performances as Davis High grads Eunghee Cho (Class of 2012) and Han-ah Sumner (Class of 2014) return to their hometown as members of multi-cello ensembles. The fact that they are performing here during the same week is purely a coincidence, and it gives ...

After cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed a special show for the 13 siblings whose parents are accused of abusing them in their Perris home, he went on to play at Valencia Terrace Friday, Mar. 2, where he had an impromptu duet with resident Marjorie Keith. (Photo by Cindy Yamanaka, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG).

When the L.A. Phil's principal cellist withdrew from a Jan. 19 performance of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, en forme de pas de trois, calls went out to three local cellists, all with USC ties. Calder Quartet cellist Eric Byers and Lyris Quartet cellist Timothy Loo were studio ...

When the L.A. Phil's principal cellist withdrew from a Jan. 19 performance of Bernd Alois Zimmermann's Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, en forme de pas de trois, calls went out to three local cellists, all with USC ties. Calder Quartet cellist Eric Byers and Lyris Quartet cellist Timothy Loo were studio ...

Nelson Cooke was an Australian National Treasure and one of the world's finest cellists and mentors to hundreds of dedicated students. He grew up in the coal mining district of NSW but went to study cello in Europe, ultimately with Pablo Casals. Following his debut at Wigmore Hall, he was appointed to ...

The young cellist from St Luke's Cross in Cork City has just moved to London to play with the Southbank Sinfonia, a cutting-edge chamber orchestra formed from the world's most promising graduate musicians on the cusp of international careers. Variety and versatility have marked her musical journey to ...

For most of us, weather is either nice or annoying. But musicians monitor temperatures and humidity levels with a devotion verging on the fanatical. Their livelihoods depend upon both their bodies and their instruments being in the best condition possible. And when temperatures are particularly cold and ...

When he's asked to hold his cello bow across the instrument for a composed shot, he does it, but then his eyes close seemingly of their own volition, his head bobs a bit, and the bow begins sliding across the strings. Were you to only see his face, you could think he was deep in meditation or prayer.

A graduate of Yale and the University of Illinois, Cook was principal cellist of the Sao Paulo Symphony and taught at New Mexico State prior to her position as Distinguished Professor of Cello at Penn State, where she has served for 25 years. At Penn State, her cello studio has attracted talented cellists from ...

Long-time Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Bob Cafaro plays the Courante from Bach's first cello suite on an instrument by glass artist Gary Word exhibited at the Benjamin Franklin Museum in Philadelphia. Topics. Video. Latest video. Clipboard image. Maxim Calver's performance in the BBC Young Musician strings category ...