Today I was playing piano at the airport when two girls suddenly joined the performance with a violin and a cello. What ...

Chakravorty, who started playing cello at the age of 4, has embraced Chinese music as part of her studies. Performing pieces ...

New research explores music's impact on learning, memory, and emotions in two studies. One reveals that familiar music can enhance concentration and learning, while the other demonstrates that music ...

Latvian cellist Margarita Balanas introduces us to the soulful world of the cello, exploring its rich sound, expressive range ...

A silver electric cello that toured with Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) in the 1970s has been donated to a Birmingham music institution by one of the band's former members. Melvyn Gale, who played ...

Pittsburgh musician cello is hoping people will have an open mind about his new album, “Singing to Serpents.” “We’ve been calling what I’m doing alternative R&B, ” he said. “And it feels like breaking ...

Audience members find their seats before the Yo-Yo Ma concert. The concert was held in the BYU Music Building's concert hall. (Sophia Howcroft) Excited chatter filled the concert hall at the BYU Music ...

Your brain is very good at time travel. At any given moment, it might be replaying what already happened or rehearsing what could go wrong next. How do you snap back fast to reality? Try “active ...

In January, 2022, the British cellist Steven Isserlis was walking to a professional engagement when catastrophe struck. The skies opened. Isserlis was holding the three-hundred-year-old cello he ...

Listening to music is an appealing alternative intervention for stress and anxiety as it is accessible, inexpensive, and easy to include in daily life. Listening to and making music have been ...

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ana Gonzalez and cellist Yo-Yo Ma about their new podcast 'Our Common Nature' from WNYC, which connects music with nature and place. For the famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma, it ...