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Sheet Music Review: Jean-Louis Duport’s 21 Études for Cello are a Staple of Cello Pedagogical Repertoire

Duport’s études are a staple of cello pedagogical repertoire, focusing on bowing and fingering technique. This edition also offers the original second cello part.

My Personal Voice: Joshua Gindele’s Contemporary Cello is an Old Soul

Cellist Joshua Gindele began his cello studies at the age of three. He is now celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Miró Quartet, of which he is a founding member.

Review: ‘Works for Solo Cello,’ Per Nørgård and Poul Ruders (Wilhelmina Smith, cello)

Wilhelmina Smith’s recital of virtually unrecorded solo cello music by veteran Danish composers Per Nørgård (b. 1932) and Poul Ruders (b. 1949) could go into any 21st-century cellist’s performance repertoire.

Bring the Masters to your Practice Sessions: Every Recorded Interpretation of J.S. Bach’s Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major Provides a Valuable Lesson

By Brian Forst | From the March-April 2021 issue of Strings magazineBach’s Cello Suites, BWV 1007–1012, are the perfect medicine for cellists trying to cop... Read More...

Finding My Voice on Cello: From Las Vegas Lounge to Longhair Music

By Brian Forst | From the January-February 2021 issue of Strings magazineMy road to the cello started at age eight, when my parents gave me singing lessons... Read More...

Essential Historical Recordings: Pierre Fournier’s Envious Cello Mastery

By Sasha MargolisPierre Fournier (1906–86), known as “the aristocrat of cellists,” was among the twentieth century’s most wonderful string artists. A music... Read More...

George Walker’s Sonata for Cello and Piano Deserves a Place in the Standard Cello Repertoire

By Seth Parker Woods | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineHailed by The Guardian as “a cellist of power and grace,” Seth Parker Woods... Read More...

Keep Connected with Cellist Jeremy Tai

As told to Greg CahillKeep Connected chronicles the ways in which string players are staying in touch with their audience or students during the global cor... Read More...

Tackling the Beginning of the Elgar Cello Concerto in E Minor, Op. 85

By Emily Wright | From the November-December 2020 issue of Strings magazineElgar’s Cello Concerto has everything a player could dream of, with soaring them... Read More...

How Should You Practice Cello? Amit Peled’s 1-Hour Class Might Help

By Strings StaffMany cellists of all skill levels have similar questions about their practice: “What should I practice daily?” “How should I structure my p... Read More...