The subway cellist who was attacked out of the blue when a woman threw a metal water bottle at his head last month has announced a new advocacy group for subway performers in a video he posted to X.
A musician who was assaulted while performing in the New York City subway last week is now calling for increased safety measures for fellow artists. Iain Forrest, a 29-year-old electric cellist who ...
Sheku Kanneh-Mason was six years old when he fell in love with the cello. "I remember seeing a whole orchestra performing and being just excited by the look of the cello, and asked to have lessons," ...
Netflix’s much-talked-about musical has hit the screens, and a scene of Bach’s Prelude in C is raising more than a few eyebrows. Much ink has already been spilled documenting the dubious delights of ...
Drew Wiegman never took a formal music lesson, doesn’t read sheet music, and plays the cello entirely by ear. That hasn’t stopped more than three-quarters of a million people from following his ...
So said my companion as we left the Ordway Concert Hall after Friday night’s St. Paul Chamber Orchestra concert. And I’m certain that feeling was shared by many an audience member in the concert’s ...
Mstislav Rostropovich, the ebullient master cellist who courageously fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall, has died.
A Himalayan mountain peak and the symphony hall stage have this in common: If you want to plant your flag in either of these realms, it's good to have some help. Climbers employ Sherpas, Tibetan ...
LONDON — The stirring sounds of Elgar’s Cello Concerto rise from the orchestra pit in an opening scene of a new production by the Royal Ballet, “The Cellist.” The ballerina in the title role settles ...
If you were one of the millions of viewers who tuned into the royal wedding last weekend, you may also have been one of the many who were impressed by a young cellist. Nineteen-year-old Sheku ...
Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by A new production at the Royal Ballet depicts how illness robbed Jacqueline du Pré of her talent and her life. By Farah Nayeri LONDON — The stirring ...