Carol Cooper-Ajibabi’s musical career began when her kindergarten teacher noted she could make a cello talk. Some musicians believe the sound of a cello has the timbre of a human voice, and ...

It has the deepest voice in the violin family, yet it can reach notes a coloratura soprano couldn’t top. It is heard in orchestras and string quartets, alone in a recital hall or supporting other ...

Kate Kennedy tells the tales of 4 cellists and their missing instruments in her new book, "Cello." She talks about them with NPR's Daniel Estrin, who's also a cellist. ESTRIN: That is from the opening ...

The third International Cello Festival of Canada roared back to life with an embarrassment of riches Tuesday, as it officially launched a weeklong celebration of the perennially popular string ...

Mstislav Rostropovich was many things: a commanding conductor, a political dissident, a public figure in the world of classical music. But before all that, he played the cello. One year after his ...