NEW YORK (WABC) -- A series of divine coincidences joined five students from across the country to form a band that makes classical music current. In the fall of 2011, Nathan Chan, Steven Bennett, ...

How about a little Elliott Carter as you sip your drink and nibble pretzels in a dimly-lit lounge? Don’t scoff. That’s the kind of ear-liberating musical experience you’d expect Matt Haimovitz to ...

In 2011, Croatian cellists and longtime friends Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser spent $1,000 on a video of themselves performing their arrangement of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal” and posted it to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. If you haven't heard, the first ever Piatigorsky International Cello Festival is going on right now, up until the ...

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 ...

Some of the greatest joys as a musician are friendships and camaraderie strengthened through collaborative music-making. Such ...

If comedian Rodney Dangerfield believed he got no respect, he should've tried working a cello into his act. “Even in classical music the cello doesn't get a lot of respect because the piano and the ...