While working on her doctoral thesis, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas remembers chancing on a 1932 letter from Rabindranath Tagore to his granddaughter. There is an instrument, he says, that he prefers ...

On a recent Sunday afternoon at The Granada Theatre, the stage was occupied for a couple of inspired hours by a lone cellist, ...

The opening notes of “Kravitz”, which kicks off Mabe Fratti’s 2024 record Sentir Que No Sabes, are lodged in my brain ...

The cello, otherwise known as a violoncello, is a bowed instrument with four strings. It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass. The cello can be played as a solo instrument, as well ...

Genre blending has become more and more the norm these days. We're long past the point where mixing rap and rock, EDM and pop or funk and jazz feel like novelties. That said, there are few groups that ...

Dirty Cello defies convention — and its members know it. As the Bay Area band returns to Napa for its upcoming performance at the Native Sons of the Golden West Hall on Saturday, April 26, lead ...

What are the best works written for cello? Step this way for the most striking, stirring and inspiring works ever written for this beautiful instrument. These six extraordinary works tower over the ...

Times Will Tell Podcast: Musical sisters bring sound and soul to cello and guitar The Djamchid Sisters began writing their dreamy indie tunes on electric guitar and cello in their childhood bedrooms ...

As a cellist, I suffer a lot, and a large proportion of my sufferings are caused by the remarks I have to endure on an all-too-frequent basis. I now have a T-shirt with text that deals with some of ...