It's the first time in music history a robot has performed such a feat, according to composer Jacob Muhlrad. Combining industrial robotic arms with 3D-printed parts, the robot cello was designed and ...

You don’t see many concert cellists who also write music. If those talents are combined, they are usually in someone who is a composer first and a cellist second. Luigi Boccherini, Heitor Villa-Lobos, ...

Tina Guo’s unique style of classical and electric cello playing — which has been described as “metal cello,” “distinctively ferocious,” and challenging preconceived notions — is probably something you ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - When Carey Collingham was 3, his mom carted him to a concert at Lincoln Northeast High School and the little blond boy pointed up at the cello section on stage. He said: I want ...

Appreciating Katinka Kleijn’s cello playing is an exercise in active listening, feeling, and imagining possibilities—in other words, an opportunity to be fully present. It is also a lesson in empathy, ...

Cello virtuoso Alisa Weilerstein will never forget her very first instrument. The brand name was Kellogg. Growing up in a family of chamber musicians (father Don is a violinist; mother Vivian is a ...

Swedish composer Fredrik Gran programs robotic arms to play bowed instruments like the cello and double bass. He also plays duets with the robots, blurring the lines between the musician and the music ...