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.

My 6-year-old daughter plays the cello. It is incredibly, heart-ticklingly awesome. Not so awesome? Traveling with a cello. But because we travel a fair amount and have in the past not brought the ...

If you have a trained ear-or just a strong sense of music and tone-it's easy to hear the difference between a cheap instrument and a well-made model built to resonate across the world's greatest ...

Across cultures and genres, listeners consistently describe the cello as “human,” a rare case where an instrument’s emotional impact aligns almost perfectly with its acoustic range. Some instruments ...

Can you prepare for a cello practice session without your instrument? Discover simple techniques musicians use to warm up their hands, focus, and musical awareness even when a cello is not nearby. #Ce ...

When Okorie “OkCello” Johnson steps onto a stage, he carries more than a cello. He carries histories — personal, cultural and ...

On a winter afternoon, Eddie Adams walked into a Kohl’s department store in Fairfax County looking for a red button-down shirt. He really didn’t have the money, but he was set to go onstage at the ...

For cellist Cello (Qiele) Guo, playing the instrument that reflects his name was not a coincidence. It was destiny. “My father was a cellist … in China,” Guo said. “He gave me the name Cello because ...

A crazy gadget that looks like a toy fretboard peripheral for a video game is actually a highly versatile instrument that can be played in many ways. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she ...

Dirty Cello defies convention — and its members know it. As the Bay Area band returns to Napa for its upcoming performance at the Native Sons of the Golden West Hall on Saturday, April 26, lead ...