The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.
Back in 2017, the Museum of Fine Arts Boston hired Shirley Hunt to play a special centennial event to commemorate a large donation of historical instruments by a museum trustee. Hunt, a Boston-based ...
The 317 Project tells stories of life in all of Indianapolis’ vibrant neighborhoods – 317 words at a time. Sometimes, a parent’s wishes and a child’s wants collide. Sarah Clayton, mother of three, ...
On a damp April evening, the kind that seems to hush Princeton’s campus into a reverent stillness, Yo-Yo Ma strode onto the stage with a cello in his hand at McCarter Theatre, all warmth and easy ...
Luigi Boccherini dared to question what range the cello could play in his cello quintet, Op. 20, No. 4. It's pretty wild that this i written just before Boccherini. And people are experimenting with ...
Robotics is driving innovations across various sectors nowadays. This time, a new robot has entered the music arena to transform it. In a recent video, the robot was spotted playing the cello. The ...
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 ...
Jason Pegis was living in Los Angeles, trying to focus on finishing his doctoral dissertation when he was contacted by the Angeles Academy of Music. The Angeles Academy of Music is renowned in L.A. as ...