Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

This incredible string instrument looks like it’s carved from ice – but it’s actually made of glass. Cellist Jesse Ahmann was getting fed up of playing his regular cello, so he thought he’d give ...

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 ...

As many have heard through scores like Bach’s “Cello Suite No. 1,” this instrument is quite proficient in creating euphoric sounds of bliss. But cellists venturing into parts unknown are discovering ...

The restless musician, sporting less electronic gear than usual, spotlights the acoustic warmth of her instrument in pieces ...

The cello isn't known for playing folk music, or Newfoundland music. But in the town of Elliston in 1850, the cello gave every wedding and funeral a distinct sound heard nowhere else on the island.

Ishmael Ali wears many musical hats: composer, guitarist (in the bands Je’raf and Errata) and co-founder of a recording space in North Lawndale. But it’s his most recent instrument — cello — that has ...

While working on her doctoral thesis, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas remembers chancing on a 1932 letter from Rabindranath Tagore to his granddaughter. There is an instrument, he says, that he prefers ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is an excerpt from a Washington Post article that ran in April. Since then, a GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $161,000 to help Eddie Adams meet the expenses of attending ...