Amati “King” cello at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) The Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting a special summer guest: the world’s oldest known cello.

VERMILLION — One of the world’s greatest musical instruments, the 16th century Amati “King” cello has temporarily left its home at The National Music Museum (NMM) here for an exhibition at The ...

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The sound of Hidemi Suzuki's gut-strung, 16th-century Amati cello, played with a baroque bow, is whispered, human and ineffably sweet - not the bold, rounded sound of a modern concert instrument but ...

One of classical music’s youngest talents has been reunited with the antique instrument that helped to propel him to fame — thanks to the generosity of a secret benefactor. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 17, ...

The BBC Young Musician of the Year winner has been reunited permanently with the rare 1610 Amati cello A cello worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been given on a lifetime loan to a gifted ...

A cello worth hundreds of thousands of pounds has been given on a lifetime loan to a gifted teenage musician. Sheku Kanneh-Mason, 17, used the early 17th Century Amati instrument - which is 50 years ...