A former New York professor and famed violinist has been accused of stealing a world-renowned cello bow — valued at a half-million dollars — from the widow of a French bow-maker to whom he refused to ...
Cellos, in particular, are the few instruments that are considered as investments by many. Their high value of beauty, high-quality sound and instrument are said to be worth millions. In fact, Cello ...
If there’s ever a time we need to hear uplifting stories — and uplifting music — it is now during this time of COVID-19. Recently, someone I know and admire, the cellist Denis Brott, wrote me, telling ...
A performance by the Cleveland ensemble, Apollo’s Fire, on 9 March 2019 would come to be known as the ‘night the cello bow exploded’. Apollo’s Fire is a Grammy Award-winning Baroque orchestra that has ...
The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.