Where the latter was a high-spirited and witty take on a game of chess, Miracle in the Gorbals mixes Glaswegian social realism with religious symbolism. It struck a chord with the wartime public, and ...

He took an ordinary water bottle and used it as a substitute for cello strings. By pressing the bottle against the instrument ...

This is music that never really stands still, and the entire half-hour duration of the work seemed to go by in a flash of ...

Most musicians spend years mastering a single instrument. Then there are those rare talents who look at one instrument and ...

Storytelling doesn’t just happen through words. As Yo-Yo Ma proved through his performance at Hancher Auditorium on Oct. 30, ...

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

Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra will feature principal cellist Susan Babini in its June 6 and 7 concerts. Babini will play Aaron Jay Kernis' "Colored Field," a concerto inspired by a visit to Auschwitz ...

When you’ve been around music for a while, it’s fun to realize how far you go back with some artists. Case in point: Rebecca Roudman and her band Dirty Cello play Kuumbwa Jazz Friday night. In a ...

There are many places one expects to hear cellos: in orchestras to provide low-register harmonies, in pop or rock songs to invoke melancholy moods and so on. One place you might not expect to find ...

When Sofia Hernandez-Williams of Holden plays the cello there is a mellowness and maturity to the sound of the music that belies her age — even if she's just playing while a photographer takes ...

Famed British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, who became a household name after performing at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, has said he had to cancel a concert in Canada after the country ...