What is it? The most resonant voice in the strings section, the cello has been described as the instrument that most closely corresponds to the human vocal range. Who uses it? Symphony orchestras ...

This year, the BBC Proms celebrates the cello, with 12 concerts dedicated to the instrument. As she prepares to open the event’s first night, the Argentinian cellist describes why she loves this ...

With Aromatherapy Associates, we're matching music to moods and aromas - and today it includes the sound of one of the most beautiful instruments in the world. With Aromatherapy Associates, we're ...

Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

The cello isn't known for playing folk music, or Newfoundland music. But in the town of Elliston in 1850, the cello gave every wedding and funeral a distinct sound heard nowhere else on the island.