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 ...
If classical music needed a pitch man, Rob Bradshaw ought to be the first choice. His enthusiasm is genuine and infectious as he talks about being principal cellist for the Fort Smith Symphony and ...
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 ...
There’s more than one newcomer on the Benaroya Hall stage this season. The arrival of French conductor Ludovic Morlot to head Seattle Symphony is the biggest news, of course. But the principal chairs ...
In an age of increasingly sophisticated AI and the fear that one day humans will be made obsolete, the classical music world has remained relatively unfazed, with the prospect of a robotic symphony ...
Starla Breshears, a recent alum of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Pre-College program, has been appointed to the cello section of the San Francisco Symphony at the young age of 18.
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The Oregon Symphony's Nancy Ives. (Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand) Nancy Ives, principal cello ( Torsten Kjellstrand) After centuries of playing second fiddle to the flashy violin, then decades being ...
Before Saturday night’s Fargo-Moorhead Symphony Orchestra concert at North Dakota State University’s Festival Concert Hall, FMSO Executive Director joked that it was good to see the crowd as earlier ...