Elinor Frey emerged from pandemic lockdown in 2021 to record an album of early Italian cello concertos by Vivaldi, Leo, Sammartini, and Tartini on piccolo cello.
Notation is only the very beginning of musical interpretation in Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano, and markings alone leave a great deal to be imagined.
I had been expecting to work hard every day. What I wasn’t expecting was the long, dark arc. But there is a certain lush singing sound the cello makes. I’m chasing that sound.
While part of Lynn Harrell’s legacy is a generation of cellists who follow his affection for tone and more, its essence is something each of us can partake in.
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."