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 ...

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 ...

The strings were the stars in the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra's concert Friday evening at Fulton Opera House, and the cello was the star of the strings in an excellent performance of Victor Herbert's ...

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 ...

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will feature principal cellist Susan Babini in its June 6 and 7 concerts. Babini will play Aaron Jay Kernis' "Colored Field," a concerto inspired by a visit to Auschwitz ...

Music, in my opinion, is more important and more beloved at this time of year than at any other holiday season. All around us are songs like "White Christmas," Christmas carols on radio and TV, ...

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 ...

In traditional orchestras, the cellos usually operate in the background, creating bass lines and harmonies to support melodies led by the violins or wind section. But four members of the Boston ...

So many excellent soloists play on the classical circuit nowadays that it's possible to forget what a truly great performer sounds like. Tuesday evening's concert at Orchestra Hall in Minneapolis ...

Established in 2018 by Hong-Kong-based cellists Letty Poon and Juanita Wong, Pacific Cello Orchestra Hong Kong (PCO) is a summer music program for cellists of advanced levels under the age of 18, ...