For cellist Cello (Qiele) Guo, playing the instrument that reflects his name was not a coincidence. It was destiny. “My father was a cellist … in China,” Guo said. “He gave me the name Cello because ...

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 ...

Two of the orchestra's lower-pitched string instruments, less often soloists than the violin, got prime billing on Thursday ...

The 2Cellos are known for their fiery performances on a classical instrument. It turns out the hot young Croatians can wield a paint brush as well, something they demonstrated with a half cello they ...

Cello soloist Aster Zhang ’24 was playing the last — and most frenetic — movement of Shostakovich’s Cello Concerto No. 1 when the unimaginable happened: a string snapped. The music halted, and ...

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In an age of increasingly sophisticated AI and the fear that one day humans will be made obsolete, the classical music world has remained relatively unfazed, with the prospect of a robotic symphony ...

The cello was stolen from the musician’s car last Friday. A member of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra (RLPO) is appealing for the return of his ‘irreplaceable’ cello which was stolen from ...

Jonah Van Bourg's cello sounds infinitely more mellow these days. And ever since the graffiti was removed, it looks better, too. Dismayed by the dreary tone and beaten-up look of a ragtag collection ...