Rebecca Roudman started playing the cello as a child growing up in Terra Linda, performed with the Marin Youth Orchestra, studied classical music in college, and is now a member of the Santa Rosa and ...

The cello has long been regarded as the orchestral instrument with a sound that most closely resembles the range and timbre of the human voice. In the first part of the 18th century, composer J. S.

When the pandemic hit last year, cellist Matt Haimovitz admits that at first he felt paralyzed after being on the road touring and performing for more than three decades. He started wondering: What's ...

Matt Haimovitz is savvy and provocative, which aren't the usual adjectives used to describe a fine cellist. Yes, he has wonderful liquid tone on the cello, as well as a flair for both lyric beauty and ...

This week I attended a very unusual show that showed once again how music transcends all boundaries: music as universal language. The two artists on stage at the Skirball Cultural Center—thanks to ...

Early Music Southwest is an international collaboration of baroque-music professionals who specialize in the performance of chamber music of the 17th and 18th centuries on original instruments. EMSW ...

If you haven't heard, the first ever Piatigorsky International Cello Festival is going on right now, up until the 18th. There are two masterclasses (which typically involve a student's performance, ...

Classical guitar and cello will be featured at the Friends of the Rancho Bernardo Library’s Tuesday, Jan. 23 concert. Duo Alloro, with guitarist Fred Benedetti and cellist Erica Erenyi, will perform a ...

After a precocious early career as a traditional cello virtuoso -- performing the standard classical repertoire and recording for Deutsche Grammophon -- Matt Haimovitz has reinvented himself as a sort ...

The combination of cellos in a rock band is a little unusual, but the members of the band Cello Fury said it enhances some of the beautiful qualities the string instrument can bring. Cellists Simon ...

As it begins its 14th season, the New Century Chamber Orchestra sounds stronger and more vibrant than ever. Thursday's season opener in Berkeley's St. John's Presbyterian Church was a small miracle of ...