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

As though the COVID-19 pandemic had never happened, bringing the normal patterns of life, and particularly those of the performing arts, to an eerie and threatening standstill, Zuill Bailey is back to ...

Superhero movies are better than they’ve ever been, but as the films based on comic books have improved, one things has remained lacking — superhero theme music. As good and as faithful as all of ...

The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra aims for the head, the soul and the heart in its latest concert, with three pieces of music that grapple with big questions, interrogate the spirits and channel great ...

An evening of music for solo cello can be a challenging affair. The cellist doesn’t have the physical mobility of a violinist. His instrument is inherently less showy and dramatic than the pianist’s ...

On Tuesday, Alisa Weilerstein presented a concert of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G major interleaved with five living composers. Who were they? Unless you grabbed a pamphlet-sized program on your ...

Lucy Railton has shared details of the first release to document her solo cello works, titled Blue Veil. Due out via Stephen O’Malley’s Ideologic Organ label, the seven compositions featured on the ...

While modern life grows louder and faster, the cello sits patiently in the room, speaking softly until everyone ...

Anders Adlercreutz’s recording of a patriotic Ukrainian song was widely circulated online, and prompted a response from Moscow. By Javier C. Hernández Anders Adlercreutz, Finland’s minister for ...