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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 ...

Radiohead’s 1997 album “OK Computer,” a masterpiece that explored fears of technology-driven human isolation and political angst approaching the 21st century, was largely, and ironically, recorded in ...

It’s being called the “Sheku effect” -- the rise of young people in the United Kingdom signing up for classical music lessons to play the cello. Sheku Kannah-Mason is a 20-year-old acclaimed musician ...

When the global pandemic shut down concert halls and live performances last year, cellist Inbal Segev knew she couldn’t just sit at home and do nothing. That’s when she and her husband drafted a plan ...

He performed at the Royal Wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in 2018. Two years earlier, at the age of 17, he won the BBC's Young Musician Competition. And he's appeared on Britain's Got Talent ...

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 ...

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 ...

For many listeners, classical music conjures up images of old men in powdered wigs, ballerinas in swan-like tutus, perhaps even a season or two of Bridgerton. The origins of classical music are rooted ...