My daughter wants to play the cello. I couldn't be more thrilled. She is signed up for orchestra this fall, and they will loan her an instrument, but I would rather buy her a cello now and have her ...
As a teenager with a scholarship to a prestigious music school, I was looking forward to a future playing Dvořák, Shostakovich and Elgar. Then came the injury that shattered my dreams When I was 15 I ...
Yo-Yo Ma is widely considered the greatest cello player of the last century, if not ever. The prodigy-turned-Grammy-winner’s list of recognitions and awards is as long as the Bible, after amassing an ...
When the pandemic hit last year, cellist Matt Haimovitz admits that at first he felt paralyzed after being on the road touring and performing for more than three decades. He started wondering: What's ...
Pittsburgh musician cello is hoping people will have an open mind about his new album, “Singing to Serpents.” “We’ve been calling what I’m doing alternative R&B, ” he said. “And it feels like breaking ...