The pianist and composer, who died in 2015, deserves a wider audience for the edgy, lucid soundworld of his compositions ...

The world of classical music can be inaccessible. Instruments are difficult to learn, lessons are expensive, and it is arguably less immediate than pop or rock. But cellist, composer and singer Abel ...

What if one instrument could make you feel everything – joy, grief, longing, and hope, all at once? That’s the cello. Its voice sits closer to the human range than any other classical instrument, warm ...

Have you heard Bobby McFerrin sing the cello? Well, here’s what I mean. He vocalizes the cello line in a concerto by Antonio Vivaldi. Truly the best mix of fun and boundless creativity! Hear this ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by We asked Yo-Yo Ma, John Williams, Andrew Lloyd Webber and others to pick the music that moves them. Listen to their choices. See more of our coverage ...

Almost every article written about South African cellist, singer and composer Abel Selaocoe starts by calling him "genre-defying". But that's not how he sees his music. "This is not like a fusing of ...

Music of profound sorrow and exceptional beauty: Elgar’s Cello Concerto is a phoenix rising from the ashes of a world at war, an elegiac lament for an England lost forever. Much of Edward Elgar’s ...