John Sharp joined the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as its principal cellist in the 1986-87 season, toward the end of which he bought the instrument he currently plays on stage. This cello had lived ...
CONWAY — The cello, ah-boy. It looks like a fiddle with a Bowflex. The cello is as brown as a honey ham, and its sound is as sweet as caramel, melted, heavy. The instrument's reputationcomes from ...
When world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma visited the nearly completed Green Music Center in 2011, he did not bring either of his famous cellos: the Davidov Stradivarius crafted in 1712 or the Montagnana ...