In September 1892, the 51-year-old Antonín Dvořák arrived in New York to take up the position of director of the National Conservatory – a move that would not only swell his bank account but also see ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Historical response to the cello endpin, which anchors the instrument to the floor, has alternated between acceptance and pushback. By Max Keller ...

A teen cellist plays an electrifying arrangement of Monti's Czardas and speaks about organizing his own concert series to benefit a special Boston-area music program. We also meet a trio of close ...

Jenna Ortega amazed fans in her role of the multitalented Wednesday Addams in the Netflix series “Wednesday.” The amazement continued when audiences learned that the “Beetlejuice” actress actually ...

The Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops on 27 January 1945. Anita Lasker, a Jewish teenager, managed to survive there simply because the camp orchestra needed ...

A pair of classical musicians, including famed British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cancelled a sold-out show in Toronto after Air Canada refused to allow them to board their flight with a cello, even ...

Famed British cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his pianist sister Isata were set to perform for a sold-out crowd at Koerner Hall in Toronto on Dec. 11, until he was denied boarding with his cello on an ...

Robotics is driving innovations across various sectors nowadays. This time, a new robot has entered the music arena to transform it. In a recent video, the robot was spotted playing the cello. The ...

About 25 years ago, acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma was playing in Salt Lake City when a high school student asked him if his cello, which dates back to the 1700s, had a name. It did not, but Ma made the ...

What was the idea behind the design? Initially known as the bass violin, the cello was designed to reinforce the bass line in ensembles: hence its size and heft. In many ways it was similar to its ...

Sheku Kanneh-Mason stunned an audience of two billion with his royal wedding performance. But his story gets all the more special when you look at his exceptionally talented siblings. Sheku ...