Violinist Nicola Benedetti brings uplifting virtuosity and seductive romance to ‘café-appropriate’ arrangements for violin, ...

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

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. By Joshua Barone ...

One little trick and BAM, you’ve got yourself a brand-new string instrument. Violinist Esther Abrami has come up with a brilliant trick to make a violin sound like a cello: and literally all you have ...

Musicians are a competitive lot. Universal praise for a fellow artist is virtually unknown. But the cellist Emanuel Feuermann was unique. "A talent like Feuermann's comes around once in a hundred ...

Maple wood samples from the interior of the instruments' back plates were obtained as thin shavings during the repair of cracks. The instruments were a violin by Stradivari, dated 1717; a cello by ...

Pune: The deep, resonant sounds of the cello will be heard at the 71st edition of Sawai Gandharva Bhimsen Mahotsav, where the string instrument will make its debut this year. The lineup for the ...

Gaelynn Lea stands 3ft tall and plays the violin like a cello. The singer-songwriter from America has Brittle Bone Disease and uses a loop pedal to compose haunting folk music which has seen her ...

Dogs and cats at the Jacksonville Humane Society were recently serenaded by eight cello and two violin performers. For the third year, local music teacher Sabrina Calandro and a group of her adult and ...