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Gregor Piatigorsky
Gregor Piatigorsky , 1903-76, Ukrainian-American cellist. Piatigorsky studied with his father and at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1924 he became first cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, leaving in 1928 to perform solo. He moved (1929) to the United States, where he taught and performed with enormous... Read more
Emanuel Feuermann
Emanuel Feuermann , 1902-42, Austrian-born virtuoso cellist. He appeared with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of 11 and later (1917-23) taught at the Cologne Conservatory. From 1929 until 1933, when he fled to Switzerland, he taught at the Berlin Hochschule. His concerts in Europe and t... Read more
Sir John Barbirolli
Sir John Barbirolli , 1899-1970, English conductor and cellist, b. London. After being cellist (1920-24) in the International String Quartet, he organized the Barbirolli String Orchestra. Barbirolli held positions as conductor of the British National Opera Company (1926), the Covent Garden Opera Com... Read more
Luigi Boccherini
Luigi Boccherini , 1743-1805, Italian composer and cellist. Together with the violinist Filippo Manfredi he made a highly successful concert tour of Italy and France. After 1769 he was a composer and cellist in Spanish courts. He also served as composer to Frederick William II of Prussia (1787-97) a... Read more
Victor Herbert
Victor Herbert 1859-1924, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory. In 1886 the Metropolitan Opera Company engaged his wife, Therese Herbert-Föster, as a singer and Herbert as first cellist, and together they immigrated to the United States. From 1... Read more
Adolf Busch
Adolf Busch , 1891-1952, German-Swiss violinist. He studied at the Cologne Conservatory. From 1919 to 1935 he headed outstanding chamber music groups, including the Busch Quartet, one of the greatest of the early 20th cent., and with his brother Hermann Busch, cellist, and his son-in-law Rudolf Ser... Read more
Frederick William II
Frederick William II 1744-97, king of Prussia (1786-97), nephew and successor of Frederick II (Frederick the Great). He had the power but lacked the ability of his distinguished predecessors. He joined the European coalition in support of Louis XVI and fought in the early campaigns of the French ... Read more
Pablo (Pau) Casals
Pablo (Pau) Casals , 1876-1973, Spanish virtuoso cellist and conductor. Casals is considered the greatest 20th-century master of the cello and a distinguished composer, conductor, and pianist. A prodigy, he began his concert career in 1891. In 1905 he formed a chamber trio with Jacques Thibaud (1880... Read more
Yo-Yo Ma
Yo-Yo Ma , 1955-, American cellist, b. Paris. The son of musicologist Hiao-Tsun Ma, who left China in the 1930s, he was a musical prodigy, giving a public recital in Paris at the age of six. In 1963 he and his family settled in New York City, where he began attending the Julliard School of Music at ... Read more
Katherine Mansfield
Katherine Mansfield 1888-1923, British author, b. New Zealand, regarded as one of the masters of the short story. Her original name was Kathleen Beauchamp. A talented cellist, she did not turn to literature until 1908. Her first volume of short stories, In a German Pension (1911), was not remarka... Read more

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Yo-Yo Ma
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Center. Stern referred the family to cellist Leonard Rose of the prestigious Juilliard...study in a master class under the eminent cellist, Rostropovich. The master chided Ma incessantly and refused to patronize the young cellist for his talent. Rostropovich berated...
Pablo Casals
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...totalitarian Francisco Franco regime in Spain, cellist Pablo Casals (1876-1973) refused in...Thomas Mann, quoted by Bernard Taper in Cellist in Exile: A Portrait of Pablo Casals...instrument of high purpose," Taper noted in Cellist in Exile. Among those impressed by the...
Henri Sauguet
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...an underground grotto; Melodie concertante (1964), written for the famous cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, tried to recapture the vision of a young female cellist whose expressive interpretation of Debussy's music touched the composer in his...
Luigi Boccherini
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Luigi Boccherini , 1743-1805, Italian composer and cellist. Together with the violinist Filippo Manfredi he made...of Italy and France. After 1769 he was a composer and cellist in Spanish courts. He also served as composer to Frederick...
Herbert, Victor
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature ...Victor (1859–1924), New York composer, cellist, and conductor, was born in Ireland and had a career in Germany before he came to New York (1886) to be first cellist of the Metropolitan Opera. He later wrote two grand operas...
Gregor Piatigorsky
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Gregor Piatigorsky , 1903-76, Ukrainian-American cellist. Piatigorsky studied with his father and at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1924 he became first cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic, leaving in 1928 to perform solo. He moved (1929...
Victor Herbert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Victor Herbert 1859-1924, Irish-American cellist, composer, and conductor, studied at the Stuttgart Conservatory...Herbert-Föster, as a singer and Herbert as first cellist, and together they immigrated to the United States. From...
Isaac Stern
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...noteworthy Isaac Stern students include violinist Itzhak Perlman, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and Pinchas Zukerman. Isaac Stern was born on...to Israel. Stern played the Prades Festival with premiere cellist Pablo Casals from 1950 through 1952. In 1956, he became the...
Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...pianist and composer, he achieved international renown as a cellist and conductor. Mstislav Rostropovich was born in Baku, the...The family was musical, his father being a professional cellist, his mother an accomplished pianist, and his sister a violinist...
Barbirolli, John
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...that he would have to sit in one place to play music. As a cellist, Barbirolli became a child prodigy. At the age of 11 he won...recital venues, launching his professional career as a concert cellist. In 1917 Barbirolli played with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra...

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Wihan, Hanuš
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Wihan, Hanuš ( b Politz, 1855; d Prague, 1920). Bohem. cellist. Played in several Eur. orchs. Prin. cellist Munich court orch. from 1880 and cellist in King Ludwig's qt., which played at Wagner's Bayreuth home. Prof...
Tortelier, Paul
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...d Villarçeaux, 1990). Fr. cellist, conductor, and composer. Studied Paris...Monte Carlo Orch. 1935–7; 3rd cellist, Boston SO 1937–40; prin. cellist Société des Concerts du...
Wallenstein, Alfred
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...b Chicago, 1898; d NY, 1983). Amer. cellist and conductor. Début as cellist, Los Angeles 1912. Later played in S. Francisco...x2013;17 and Los Angeles PO. Prin. cellist, Chicago SO 1922–9, NYPO 1929...
Ma, Yo-Yo
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ...Harvard in 1976, he became a full-time cellist, winning the prestigious Avery Fisher...while he played, Machover studied the cellist's subtle movements to understand how...In part, Ma's celebrity as a concert cellist helps make his musical excursions possible...
Starker, János
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...nos ( b Budapest, 1924). Hung.-born cellist (Amer. cit. 1954). Début age of 11. Prin. cellist Budapest Opera and PO, 1945–6. Settled in USA 1948. Prin. cellist Dallas SO 1948–9, NY Met opera...
Rostropovich, Mstislav (Leopoldovich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Leopoldovich) ( b Baku, 1927). Russ. cellist, pianist, and conductor. Dé...but 1956. Amer. début as cellist, NY 1956. Début as cond...Salzburg Fest. début (cellist) 1969 (Orch. de Paris., cond. Karajan...
Herbert, Victor
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...d NY, 1924). Irish-born composer, conductor, and cellist (Amer. cit.). Prin. cellist Stuttgart court orch. 1883–6. Went to USA 1886, becoming prin. cellist NY Met orch., and in other orchs. Also appeared as soloist...
Wenzinger, August
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Wenzinger, August ( b Basle, 1905). Swiss cellist, conductor, and teacher. Prin. vc. Bremen SO 1929–34, Basle orch. 1934–70. Cellist in Basle Qt. 1933–47. Teacher of viola da gamba and ornamentation...
Samosud, Samuil (Abramovich)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Samosud, Samuil (Abramovich) ( b Tiflis, 1884; d Moscow, 1964). Russ. conductor, cellist, and teacher. Cellist in various orchs. Cond., Mariinsky Th., Petrograd, 1917–19 and art. dir. Maly Th. 1918...
Rose, Leonard (Joseph)
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...Rose, Leonard (Joseph) ( b Washington DC, 1918; d White Plains, NY, 1984). Amer. cellist. Member of NBC Orch., under Toscanini. Prin. cellist Cleveland Orch. 1939–43, NYPO 1943–51, then successful solo career...

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Profile: Life, music and art collection of cellist Gregor Piatigorsky
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 4/29/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...Profile: Life, music and art collection of cellist Gregor PiatigorskyHost: BOB EDWARDSTime...interview) Mr. GREGOR PIATIGORSKY (Cellist): Nobody can really choose music as...was seven. By age 16 he was principal cellist for the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra and...
A cellist called Gauche.(Society)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 8/1/2003; 700+ words ; ...MANALOTO Once upon a time, there was a cellist named Gauche who played with the Venus...group. After the practice, the poor cellist went home feeling down and dejected An...at 3 and 7 p.m., when Gauche the cellist performs before an enthusiastic audience...
So You Want To Be A Cellist?
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 4/5/1992; ; 700+ words ; SO, YOU WANT to be a cellist? It does not surprise me. Even those...where Bond and his heroine, a concert cellist, escape the bad guys by "bobsledding...dined there alone. Another legendary cellist/humanist, Mstislav Rostropovich...
World's 'greatest cellist' dies at 80
Newspaper article from: Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK); 4/28/2007; 524 words ; ...yesterday mourned the death of Russian cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich...believed by many to be the world's greatest cellist. He had been suffering from intestinal...Kremlin on his 80th birthday, but the cellist, who developed close musical relationships...
Playing along with change 'Emotional instructions' key as composer, cellist collaborate for revisions to 'Azul'.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 1/12/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...if the composer is dead. That, says cellist Alisa Weilerstein, made things interesting...the original." Needless to say, the cellist faced some pretty frantic practice time...version is far more satisfying," the cellist said. Fortunately, a friendship was...
Cellist Rostropovich died free of oppression.(Time Out!)(Classical music)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 5/4/2007; 700+ words ; ...lost a true giant late last week when cellist and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich died...Shostakovich a generation earlier), the great cellist was politically ostracized by the Soviet...Slava! A Musical Toast" in honor of the cellist-conductor. Once the Soviet regime had...
Cellist Gretchen Gonzales, 43
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 11/1/2006; ; 623 words ; ...Bergen County, NJ) 11-01-2006 Cellist Gretchen Gonzales, 43 -- Was member...after being diagnosed with breast cancer, cellist Gretchen Gonzales refused to let the illness...disease. Fran Rowell of Englewood, a cellist with the symphony, described Gretchen...
Rostropovich, conductor, cellist and fearless dissident, dies at 80 ; NEWS
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 4/28/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...world to the fact that the revered Russian cellist was seriously ill. The maestro rallied...network, was deported the same year as the cellist on charges of treason. Rostropovich has...as saying, using the diminutive of the cellist's first name: "We must do everything...
Greatest living cellist
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 11/2/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Straits Times 11-02-2000 Greatest living cellist Byline: Flavia de Souza Edition: 2...Rostropovich, hailed as the greatest living cellist, managed to find time to speak to Flavia...is still hailed as the greatest living cellist. Rostropovich, affectionately known...
CSO cellist retires with eyes on future.(Spotlight)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 11/21/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...Colorado Symphony's longtime principal cellist has no interest in that last option...visit will serve as a homecoming for the cellist, who was born in Leipzig and studied...Colorado Symphony for four decades, the cellist developed a thick skin to the whims and...