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Golden Era strings masters Kriesler, Bauer, Damrosch, Casals

Is the Waning of ‘Golden-Era’ String Players’ Influence a Bad Thing?

The published works of strings masters represent crucial links in the performance tradition. But the 20th-century golden era may mean little to today's young string players.

A Private Passion: My Time With the Cello Is Only for Me

I had always had a crush on the cello. Well, maybe more of a romantic fascination. But I was intrigued. And so I began.

Edgar Moreau’s Remarkable ‘Transmission’ Sums up the Values That Have Sustained the Young French Cellist

Cellist Edgar Moreau's album "Transmission" is informed by various aspects of Jewish culture and identity and entails an homage to his own heritage.

essential historical recordings cellist pablo casals

Essential Historical Recordings: Pablo Casals Brought Bach’s Cello Suites to Light

Pablo Casals was a towering figure in the history of cello playing—at once artist, exponent, exemplar, and liberator.

Lilli Summerlin adult amateur violin player

Music Has Given Me the Chance to Share Its Glory With Others on Violin

As a very young child, my soul knew the violin and its beautifully complex world had chosen me.

essential historical recordings of violinist jacques thibaud

Essential Historical Recordings: The French Violinist Jacques Thibaud

For the first half of the twentieth century, the Frenchman Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953) was one of the world’s most beloved violin soloists.

Anthony Arnone, author of "The Art of Listening: Conversations with Cellists"

Why I Wrote ‘The Art of Listening: Conversations with Cellists’

I couldn’t shake the idea of writing a book of interviews with great cello teachers, which led to my book "The Art of Listening: Conversations with Cellists."

Essential Historical Recordings: The Larger-Than-Life Cellist Gregor Piatigorsky

For several decades in the mid-twentieth century, Piatigorsky was the cello’s greatest international star.

Robert Cohen traded a Stradivari cello for a Tecchler cello

Cellist Robert Cohen Traded the ‘Bonjour’ Strad for His Musical Soulmate, ‘The Ex-Roser’ Tecchler

Robert Cohen traded in a famous Stradivari cello for a younger Tecchler—30 years later, he's as dazzled by its sound & feel as he was the day he first played it.

Florence Price was the first woman composer to have a work performed by a major U.S. orchestra

Composer Florence Price Was the First African-American Woman to Have a Work Performed by a Major U.S. Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra presented Florence Price's Symphony in E minor in 1933, making her the first African American woman to have a work performed by a major U.S. Orchestra.