I’ve been a follower of the music of the Tunisian oud master Anouar Brahem for many years and was delighted to hear his ...
No human performed the cello solo for Swedish composer Jacob Mühlrad’s latest piece. Instead, it was a robot. Around the propped up cello, two mechanical arms protruded from the ground.
So I can understand why Weilerstein would want to reuse them as scaffolding for a whole new repertoire of solo cello music. And I also recognize the urge to hammer together a new creation out of ...
Yet Newman himself did have an idea of what Elgar wanted: ‘Some of the colour is meant to be no more than a vague wash against which the solo cello defines itself.’ He went on to speak of ...
As irreverent as it is poignant" (Australian Arts Review), this classical cello recital plays out like a piece of performance art run by a masterly jester blurring artistry, humanity ...
Tom Svetli-Sella, a sophomore at Mayo High School, plays a cello solo with the Rochester Symphony Orchestra at Dakota Middle School Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025. He was one of six Southeast Minnesota ...
In his composer’s note accompanying the concerto, he describes the solo cello line as resembling “a comet,” leaving a tail across the ensemble that always seems to be expanding. It’s ...