List of cellists
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A person who plays the cello
Cello
The cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
is called a cellist. Notable cellists include:
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- Claus AdamClaus AdamClaus Adam was an influential American cellist and cello teacher as well as a composer. He served as the second cellist of the Juilliard String Quartet, replacing Arthur Winograd in 1955. Joel Krosnick, a former student of his, replaced him as cellist of the quartet in 1974...
- John AddisonJohn Addison (cellist)John Addison is an Australian cellist with an international reputation as a soloist and performer of chamber music, and especially as an interpreter of contemporary music.-Early life and education:...
, Australian cellist - Diran AlexanianDiran AlexanianDiran Alexanian was an Armenian cello teacher. He studied cello with Friedrich Grützmacher in Leipzig, as well as played chamber music with Johannes Brahms and violinist Joseph Joachim...
- Jennifer Adams, cellist with the duo Montana SkiesMontana SkiesMontana Skies is a guitar and cello duo, with eclectic styles within contemporary instrumental music. The group Montana Skies is made up of husband and wife Jonathan Adams on guitars and Jennifer Adams on cellos...
- Jérémie Arcache, cellist and singer with RevolverRevolver (French band)Revolver is a pop rock band, formed in Paris, in September 2006.-Band:The group consists of:* Ambroise Willaume - Vocals, guitar, piano* Christophe Musset - Vocals, guitar* Jérémie Arcache - Cello, vocals*...
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- Zuill BaileyZuill BaileyZuill Bailey , Alexandria, Virginia, is an American cellist. A Juilliard graduate, he has appeared with a number of major orchestras internationally, and has an exclusive international recording contract with the Telarc label...
- Alexander BaillieAlexander BaillieAlexander Baillie is an English cellist. He is currently professor of cello at the Bremen Hochschule, as well as at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.-Early life:...
- David BakerDavid BakerDavid Nathaniel Baker Jr. is a leading symphonic jazz composer at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington.Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, David Baker attended Crispus Attucks High School...
- Sarah Balliet, cellist of Murder by DeathMurder by Death (band)Murder by Death is an American five-piece indie rock band from Bloomington, Indiana. Their name is derived from the 1976 Robert Moore film of the same name.- Early years :...
- Felix BattanchonFelix BattanchonFrench cellist Félix Battanchon was one of the venerated teachers at the Paris Conservatory. He studied at the Paris Conservatory with Olive Charlier Vaslin and Louis Pierre Martin Norblin . In 1840 he entered the orchestra of the Grand Opéra...
(1814-1893) - Mario BrunelloMario BrunelloMario Brunello is a renowned worldwide Italian cellist and musician. The turning point in his artistic life was the 1986 victory of the International Tchaikovsky Competition-Origins and musical beginnings:...
(1960 - Italian cellist) - Paul BazelairePaul BazelairePaul Bazelaire was a French cellist and composer.Bazelaire was born in Sedan, Ardennes. He studied under Jules Delsart.He won many prizes for literature and poetry in France and Belgium.-External links:...
(1886-1958) - Thomas BatuelloThomas BatuelloThomas Vann Batuello is an American musician and child actor best known for his appearances in the Nickelodeon series The Naked Brothers Band. The show is a mockumentary about two brothers and their friends who form a band. Batuello was cast alongside stars Nat and Alex Wolff, with whom he had...
- Hugo BeckerHugo Beckerfor french actor see Hugo BeckerHugo Becker was a prominent German cellist, cello teacher, and composer. He studied at a young age with Alfredo Piatti, and later Friedrich Grützmacher in Dresden.He was born in 1863 in Strasbourg; his father Jean Becker was a famous violinist...
- Maya BeiserMaya BeiserMaya Beiser is an American cellist who lives in New York City. She has an international career as a performer and recording artist. She was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her French mother and Argentine father, and graduated from Yale University School of Music...
- Luigi BoccheriniLuigi BoccheriniLuigi Rodolfo Boccherini was an Italian classical era composer and cellist whose music retained a courtly and galante style while he matured somewhat apart from the major European musical centers. Boccherini is most widely known for one particular minuet from his String Quintet in E, Op. 11, No...
(1743-1805) (also a classical composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
) - Gaetano BragaGaetano BragaGaetano Braga was an Italian composer and cellist.He was born in Giulianova in Abruzzi and died in Milan....
(1829-1907) (also a composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
) - Jean-Baptiste BrévalJean-Baptiste BrevalJean-Baptiste Sebastien Bréval was a French cellist and composer. He wrote mostly pieces for his own instrument, and performed many world premières of his own pieces.-Life:...
- Carter BreyCarter BreyCarter Brey is an American cello virtuoso. He had a prolific solo career from 1981 until 1996 when he became the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, a position he still holds today.-Biography:...
(New York PhilharmonicNew York PhilharmonicThe New York Philharmonic is a symphony orchestra based in New York City in the United States. It is one of the American orchestras commonly referred to as the "Big Five"...
) - František BrikciusFrantišek BrikciusFrantišek Brikcius is a Czech cellist.-Life:František Brikcius was born in Prague, into a family with a distinguished cultural background. From early childhood he began to play the cello and quickly developed into a competent student...
, Czech Cellist - Christopher BuntingChristopher BuntingChristopher Bunting was an internationally renowned English cellist.Elder son of Sheldon Bunting MBE. Born London 8.8.1924. He was educated at Westminster School. MBE 2000, making him and Arthur Hugh Bunting the third generation of his family to be honoured. His three marriages ended in divorce...
, soloist - Anner BylsmaAnner BylsmaAnner Bylsma is a Dutch cellist who plays on both modern, and period instruments in an historically informed baroque style. He took an interest in music from an early age...
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- Isobel CampbellIsobel CampbellIsobel Campbell is a Scottish singer, cellist and composer in the indie and rock genres.-History:Campbell was a member of Belle & Sebastian from their formation in Glasgow in 1996 until 2002, when she departed the band for personal reasons. She played cello and keyboards with the band, and sang...
- Gautier CapuçonGautier Capuçon-Biography:Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry, Savoie, the youngest of three siblings. His brother is the violinist Renaud Capuçon.He started learning the cello when he was four years old...
- Colin CarrColin CarrColin Carr is a British cello soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher.-Biography:Born in Liverpool, Carr is a professor of the cello, currently at the Royal Academy of Music. Carr taught at the New England Conservatory in Boston for sixteen years before taking up his current job at...
- Phoebe CarraiPhoebe CarraiPhoebe Carrai is an American cellist.She studied at The New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees...
- Pablo CasalsPablo CasalsPau Casals i Defilló , known during his professional career as Pablo Casals, was a Spanish Catalan cellist and conductor. He is generally regarded as the pre-eminent cellist of the first half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest cellists of all time...
(1876-1973) - Carles CasesCarles CasesCarles Cases is a Spanish musician born in Catalonia.He was trained in piano and cello at the Conservatori Superior de Música del Liceu, in harmony and piano-jazz at the Hastad Modern Music Academy, and in orchestration and composition at the Instituto Superior de Arte de la Habana.He was a member...
(also a pianist) - Gaspar CassadóGaspar CassadóGaspar Cassadó i Moreu was a Spanish cellist and composer of the early 20th century. He was born in Barcelona to a church musician father and began taking cello lessons at age seven. When he was nine, he played in a recital where Pablo Casals was in the audience; Casals immediately offered to...
- Han-na ChangHan-na ChangHan-Na Chang is a South Korean cellist and conductor.-Childhood:She was born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea to Korean parents. Chang began studying piano at age 3, and began her study in cello three years later at age 6...
- Young-Chang ChoYoung-Chang ChoYoung-Chang Cho is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area.- Biography :Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He started cello lessons at the age of eight...
- Chu YibingChu YibingChu Yibing is a Chinese cellist, one of the most influential cellists in the world. He contributed a lot in spreading ensemble music all over China...
- Giovanni Battista CirriGiovanni Battista CirriGiovanni Battista Cirri was an Italian cellist and composer in the 18th century.-Biography:Cirri was born in Forlì . He had his first musical training with his brother Ignazio and was for a time organist at Forlì Cathedral...
(also a composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
) - Lluís ClaretLluís ClaretLluís Claret is an Andorran cellist.He was born in Andorra in 1951 where he began his musical education at the age of 9. In 1964 he moved to Barcelona, won major distinctions at the Conservatory of the Liceu, and began working with Enric Casals. Claret continued his studies in France, Italy and in...
- Natalie CleinNatalie CleinNatalie Clein is a British cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein....
- Gretta CohnGretta CohnGretta Cohn is a cellist who is best known for playing cello in the rock group Cursive from 2001-2005. She left the group in August 2005. Her departure was announced on the Cursive website in late August:...
- Orlando ColeOrlando ColeOrlando Cole was a cello teacher who taught two generations of soloists, chamber musicians, and first cellists in a dozen leading orchestras, including Lynn Harrell, Daniel Lee, David Cole, Ronald Leonard, Lorne Munroe, Peter Stumpf, Anne Martindale Williams, Michael Grebanier, and Marcy Rosen.In...
- Emilio ColónEmilio ColónBorn in Puerto Rico, Emilio Colón is an American solo cellist, chamber musician, conductor, composer and pedagogue. He is an international artist, concertizing in Canada, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Guatemala, Hungary, Japan, Korea, Malta, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Spain,...
- Tom CoraTom CoraThomas Henry Corra , better known as Tom Cora, was a United States cellist and composer, best known for his improvisational performances in the field of experimental jazz and rock...
- Bernhard CossmannBernhard CossmannBernhard Cossmann was a German cellist. Born in Dessau, he first studied under Theodore Muller. During his life, he worked for the Grand Opera in Paris and became acquainted with Franz Liszt, with whom he went to Weimar. In 1866, Cossmann was appointed professor of cello studies at the Moscow...
- Melora CreagerMelora CreagerMelora Creager, formerly Melora Mather, is an American cellist and singer-songwriter best known for her role as lead singer and chief composer of the cello rock trio Rasputina....
- Douglas CummingsDouglas CummingsDouglas Cummings is a cellist from the United Kingdom. He is soloist and ex-principal cellist of the London Symphony Orchestra, where he performed for 24 years, as well as being a member of its Board of Directors. He is a founder member of the London Virtuosi Chamber Ensemble.He is represented on...
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- Caroline DaleCaroline DaleCaroline Dale is a widely-recorded British cellist who has performed music for numerous films, including Truly, Madly, Deeply, Hilary and Jackie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, as well as the 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and 2007's Academy Award winner Atonement...
- Karl Davydov (1838-1889)
- Sunny Davis (Electric Cellist, The Stiletto FormalThe Stiletto FormalThe Stiletto Formal was a self-proclaimed "eccentric rock and roll" band from Phoenix, Arizona, and were one of the few rock bands featuring a cello and other exotic instruments and effects as an integral part of their sound. In addition, unusual time signatures, and Kyle Howard's falsetto provided...
) - Jules DelsartJules DelsartJules Delsart was a 19th-century French cellist and teacher. He is best known for his arrangement for cello and piano of César Franck's Violin Sonata in A major...
(1844-1900), French cellist - Robert deMaineRobert deMaineRobert deMaine is an American virtuoso cellist.-Biography:Robert deMaine was born into a musical family of French and Polish ancestry...
(American) - Rohan de SaramRohan de SaramRohan de Saram is a British-born Sri Lankan cellist. Until his thirties he made his name as a classical artist, but has since become renowned for his involvement in and advocacy of contemporary music....
- Friedrich Dotzauer
- Jean-Louis DuportJean-Louis DuportJean-Louis Duport , sometimes known as Duport the Younger to distinguish him from his older brother Jean-Pierre , was a cellist....
(1749-1819) (French; brother of Jean-Pierre DuportJean-Pierre DuportJean-Pierre Duport was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport , he was active in the musical life of France and Germany...
) - Jean-Pierre DuportJean-Pierre DuportJean-Pierre Duport was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport , he was active in the musical life of France and Germany...
(1741-1818) - Jacqueline du PréJacqueline du PréJacqueline Mary du Pré OBE was a British cellist. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at 28 and led to her...
(1945-1987) (English)
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- Yosif FeigelsonYosif FeigelsonYosif Feigelson is a renowned Latvian-born concert cellist living in the United States.Feigelson is a former student of Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalia Gutman, and the prize winner of the Tchaikovsky International Competition and International Bach Competition. He performs as a soloist across the...
- Emanuel FeuermannEmanuel FeuermannEmanuel Feuermann was an internationally celebrated cellist in the first half of the 20th century.-Biography:...
(1902-1942) - Wilhelm FitzenhagenWilhelm FitzenhagenWilhelm Karl Friedrich Fitzenhagen , was a German cellist, composer and instructor, best known today as the dedicatee of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme.-Life:...
- Beckie Foon (Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band)
- Amanda ForsythAmanda ForsythAmanda Forsyth is a Juno Award-winning Canadian cellist, and is the principal cello of the National Arts Centre Orchestra.-Biography:...
- Pierre FournierPierre FournierPierre Fournier was a French cellist who was called the "aristocrat of cellists," on account of his elegant musicianship and majestic sound....
(1906-1986) ("the aristocrat of cellists") - Auguste FranchommeAuguste FranchommeAuguste-Joseph Franchomme was a French cellist and composer.Born in Lille, Franchomme studied at the local conservatoire with M...
(1808-1884) - Gideon FreudmannGideon FreudmannGideon Freudmann, described as a "cross-genre cellist," coined the term cellobop to describe his music. His live performances feature improvisation and the use of loop-delay effects.-Discography:*Fellini's Martini *Cellobotomy...
- Erik FriedlanderErik FriedlanderErik Friedlander is an American cellist and composer based in New York City.A veteran of NYC's experimental downtown scene, Friedlander has worked in many contexts, but is perhaps best known for his frequent collaborations with saxophonist/composer John Zorn...
- Eugene FriesenEugene FriesenEugene Friesen is an American cellist and composer.Friesen is a graduate of the Yale School of Music. He has been a member of the Paul Winter Consort since 1978, and performs with Howard Levy and Glen Velez as Trio Globo...
(1952 - ) (Grammy award-winning jazz/improvisational cellist) - Michaela FukačováMichaela FukacováMichaela Fukačová is a Czech cellist. She took up the cello at fourteen winning the Beethoven Cello Competition only two years later.Among her many top prizes is the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow...
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- Sol GabettaSol GabettaSol Gabetta is an Argentine cellist of French and Russian descent, now settled in Switzerland.- Biography :...
- Domenico GabrielliDomenico GabrielliDomenico Gabrielli was an Italian Baroque composer and virtuoso cello player. He was apparently not related to the Venetian Gabrielis....
- Raya GarbousovaRaya GarbousovaRaya Garbousova was a cellist and teacher.-Early life & career:According to the biography contained in the program booklet for the 1997 memorial concert in her honor in DeKalb, Illinois, she made her formal debut in Moscow in 1923 and left the Soviet Union in 1925. She lived and performed in...
(1909-1997) - Maurice GendronMaurice GendronMaurice Gendron was a French cellist and teacher. He is widely considered one of the greatest French cellists of the twentieth century....
- Alban GerhardtAlban GerhardtAlban Gerhardt is a German cellist. He has performed as a soloist with many internationally known orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.-Early life:...
- David GeringasDavid GeringasDavid Geringas is a world-renowned cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the Gold Medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition...
- Tim GillTim GillTim Gill is an American computer software entrepreneur and LGBT rights activist.- Background :Gill was born in Hobart, Indiana...
- Clive GillinsonClive GillinsonSir Clive Gillinson, CBE is a British cellist and arts administrator. He is best known for his long tenure as the Managing Director of the London Symphony Orchestra and his current position as Executive and Artistic Director of Carnegie Hall....
- Rudolf GleißnerRudolf GleißnerRudolf Gleißner, usually transcribed as Rudolf Gleissner, is a German cellist.He studied cello in Nürnberg, Munich and Detmold with André Navarra, Enrico Mainardi and Pablo Casals. His musical ideas are mainly influenced by his work with Sergiu Celibidache.Gleißner started his career in 1968 as...
- Georg GoltermannGeorg GoltermannGeorg Goltermann was a German cellist and composer.-Life:Goltermann's father was an organist, and therefore he got an early introduction to music...
- Kristin von der GoltzKristin von der GoltzKristin von der Goltz is a German-Norwegian cellist. She has partly specialised in the baroque repertoire, but she also performs music from later periods...
- Bernard GreenhouseBernard GreenhouseBernard Greenhouse was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.-Life:Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmond at the Juilliard School when he was eighteen...
(founding member of the Beaux Arts TrioBeaux Arts TrioThe Beaux Arts Trio was a noted piano trio. They made their debut on July 13, 1955 at the Berkshire Music Festival, known today as the Tanglewood Music Center. Their final American concert was held at Tanglewood on August 21, 2008. It was webcast live and archived on NPR Music...
) - Friedrich GrützmacherFriedrich GrützmacherFriedrich Wilhelm Grützmacher was a noted German cellist in the second half of the 19th century.Grützmacher was born in Dessau, Anhalt, and was first taught by his father...
(1832-1903) - Natalia GutmanNatalia GutmanNatalia Gutman is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted to the Moscow Conservatory, where she was taught by Rostropovich, amongst others....
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- Clemens Hagen (1966- ) (cellist of the Hagen QuartetHagen QuartetThe Hagen Quartet was founded in 1981 by four siblings, Lukas, Angelika , Veronika and Clemens, in Salzburg, Austria.Its current members are:* Lukas Hagen, violin...
) - Matt HaimovitzMatt HaimovitzMatt Haimovitz is an Israeli-born cellist now based in the United States and Canada. He mainly plays a cello made by Matteo Gofriller in 1710.-Family, musical education and early career:...
- Beatrice HarrisonBeatrice HarrisonBeatrice Harrison was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or standard recordings of others.-Early training:Beatrice Harrison was born in Roorkee,...
(1892-1965) (English cellist) - Richard HarwoodRichard HarwoodRichard Craig Harwood is a British cellist.- Biography :Richard Harwood was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and began learning to play the piano, aged four and the cello, aged five. He attended Ditcham Park School...
- Ofra HarnoyOfra HarnoyOfra Harnoy is a Canadian cellist.Harnoy moved with her family to Toronto in 1971. When she was six, she began cello lessons with her father, Jacob Harnoy...
- Lynn HarrellLynn HarrellLynn Harrell is an American classical cellist.-Biography:Harrell was born in New York City of musician parents; his father was the baritone Mack Harrell and his mother, Marjorie Fulton, was a violinist. At the age of eight he decided to learn to play the cello. When Lynn was 12, his family moved...
- Melissa HasinMelissa HasinMelissa "Missy" Hasin, is an American Cellist who was raised in Newport Beach, California. Although her parents wanted her to stick with Classical music, she played the electric bass in various blues and rock bands as a teenager but later concentrated mainly on the cello...
- Stjepan HauserStjepan Hauser- Early life and musical training :Hauser was born in Pula to a musical family, where he began his musical education. He has a sister who is a journalist in Pula. Hauser finished secondary school in Rijeka...
- Victor HerbertVictor HerbertVictor August Herbert was an Irish-born, German-raised American composer, cellist and conductor. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I...
(1859-1924) (also composer) - Louise HopkinsLouise Hopkins (cellist)Louise Hopkins is a cellist from the United Kingdom.Louise Hopkins studied under Raphael Wallfisch and Steven Isserlis at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama...
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- Kristin IsaacsonKristin IsaacsonKristin Isaacson is an American cellist and college professor at Hardin Simmons University in Abilene, Texas. She is also a member of the Abilene Philharmonic...
- Steven IsserlisSteven IsserlisSteven Isserlis CBE is a British cellist. He is distinguished for his diverse repertoire, distinctive sound and total command of phrasing. He studied at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and was much influenced by the great iconoclast of Russian cello playing, Daniil Shafran...
- Sergei IstominSergei Istomin-Biography:Sergei Istomin he began his violoncello studies when he was 6 years old at the Gnesin’s School for gifted children where he obtained his Bachelor Degree. Master Degree he completed at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory in the class of Valentin Feighin...
- Yuki ItoYuki Ito (cellist)is a Japanese classical cellist.Yuki Ito made an international début with the Philharmonia Orchestra in a performance of the Cello Concerto conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes at the Windsor Castle.-Education:...
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- Antonio JanigroAntonio JanigroAntonio Janigro was an Italian cellist and conductor.- Biography :Born in Milan, he began studying piano when he was six and cello when he was eight. Initially taught by Giovanni Berti, Janigro enrolled in the Verdi Conservatory of Milan, where he was instructed by Gilberto Crepax...
(1918-1989) (Italian cellist) - Joan Jeanrenaud (1956- ), former cellist for the Kronos QuartetKronos QuartetKronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
- Nicasio JiménezNicasio JiménezNicasio Jiménez was a Cuban violin-cellist. He was the son of violinist Jose Julian Jiménez and brother of pianist and composer Lico Jiménez. His sisters Inés and Arcadia Jiménez were singers.-Life:...
(1849-1891) Afro-Cuban cellist and professor at the Conservatory of ToursToursTours is a city in central France, the capital of the Indre-et-Loire department.It is located on the lower reaches of the river Loire, between Orléans and the Atlantic coast. Touraine, the region around Tours, is known for its wines, the alleged perfection of its local spoken French, and for the...
. - Guy JohnstonGuy JohnstonGuy Johnston is a British cellist and the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000. He has subsequently enjoyed a successful international career as a soloist and chamber musician.-Professional life:...
- JoraneJoraneJorane is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who is notable for her alternative music style on a typically classical instrument as well as her ability to sing while playing cello at the same time....
- John Y. Kim, J.D., LL.M. (1961-) The Julliard School
- John Paul JonesJohn Paul Jones (musician)John Paul Jones is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. Best known as the bassist, mandolinist, and keyboardist for English rock band Led Zeppelin, Jones has since developed a solo career and has gained even more respect as both a musician and a...
(of Led ZeppelinLed ZeppelinLed Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
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- Anssi KarttunenAnssi KarttunenAnssi Karttunen is a Finnish cellist.Anssi Karttunen's repertoire ranges from the early baroque to the most recent composers. He performs with most world-class orchestras in Europe , Asia Anssi Karttunen (born 1960) is a Finnish cellist.Anssi Karttunen's repertoire ranges from the early baroque to...
- Fred KatzFred Katz (cellist)Fred Katz is an American cellist and composer. He is notable as one of the first jazz musicians to establish the cello as a viable improvising solo instrument. Katz has been described in CODA magazine as "the first real jazz cellist." Cellist Fred Lonberg-Holm Fred Katz (born February 25, 1919 in...
(b. 1919), described as "the first real jazz cellist." - Paul KatzPaul KatzPaul Katz is an internationally renowned American cellist, best known for his membership of the Cleveland Quartet. Katz currently teaches at the New England Conservatory following positions at Rice University and the Eastman School of Music. He serves on the National Advisory Board of the...
- Zoë KeatingZoë KeatingZoë Keating is a Canadian-born cellist and composer based in San Francisco, California.In her solo performances and recordings , she uses live electronic sampling and repetition in order to layer the sound of her cello, creating rhythmically dense musical structures...
- John KennedyJohn Kennedy (cellist)John Kennedy was a noted British cellist who had significant associations with Australia, where he worked in the latter part of his life and where he died. He was the natural father of the violinist Nigel Kennedy....
- Lauri KennedyLauri Kennedy-Biography:Irvine Robert Laurie Kennedy was born in Randwick, a suburb of Sydney, to an English-born father and native-born mother. He studied with Herbert Walenn at the Royal College of Music, London, and Paul Brummer in Vienna. Dame Nellie Melba noticed him and encouraged him to undertake...
- Julia KentJulia KentJulia Kent is a New York City-based, Canadian-born cellist who is best known as an original member of the all-cello group Rasputina, and later on as a member of Antony and the Johnsons....
- Perttu KivilaaksoPerttu KivilaaksoPerttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Like fellow band members Eicca Toppinen and Paavo Lötjönen, he attended Sibelius Academy in Helsinki. He plays a German 19th century cello; he started playing the cello when he was 5 years old and joined Apocalyptica...
(from cello metal band ApocalypticaApocalypticaApocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...
) - Julius KlengelJulius KlengelJulius Klengel was a German cellist who is most famous for his etudes and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel....
(1859–1933) - Maria KliegelMaria Kliegel-Professional career:Kliegel was born in Dillenburg, Hesse. She studied under Janos Starker starting at the age of 19. She won first prize at the American College Competition, First German Music Competition and Concours Aldo Parisot, and was also the Grand Prize winner at the 2nd Mstislav...
- Alexander KniazevAlexander KniazevAlexander Kniazev is a Russian cellist and organist. He studied cello with Alexander Fedorchenko beginning at age six, and graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1986. He studied organ with Galina Kozlova, graduating from Nizhny Novgorod Conservatory in 1991.-External links:* Productions...
- Sviatoslav KnushevitskySviatoslav KnushevitskySviatoslav Nikolayevich Knushevitsky was a Russian classical cellist. He was particularly noted for his partnership with the violinist David Oistrakh and the pianist Lev Oborin in a renowned piano trio from 1940 until his death...
- Otto van KoppenhagenOtto van KoppenhagenOtto van Koppenhagen was a Dutch-born cellist and teacher.Van Koppenhagen was born in Arnhem, the Netherlands, and came to the United States in 1921...
- Jacob KoranyiJacob KoranyiJakob Koranyi is a Swedish cellist. He won the Swedish Young Musician competition in 2002, The Ljunggrenska Prize in 2004 and the Swedish Soloist Prize in 2006....
- Nina KotovaNina KotovaNina Kotova is a Russian Americancellist.Nina Kotova was accepted by the cello faculty into an adult class of the Moscow Conservatory at the age of seven, while studying at the Central Music School Pre-Conservatory. Nina gave her first performance as a soloist with an orchestra at the age of 11 and...
- Antonín KraftAntonín KraftAntonín Kraft was an Czech cellist and composer. He was a close friend of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven....
(1749-1820) - Anatoli KrastevAnatoli KrastevAnatoli Kratsev - Anatoli Kratsev - Anatoli Kratsev - (Bulgarian: Анато́ли Кръс́тев (September 6, 1947) is a prominent Bulgarian cellist and pedagogue. He is widely considered to be one of the most important Bulgarian performers...
- Josef KrecmerJosef KrečmerJosef Krečmer is a Czech Violoncellist.He graduated at the conservatories in Teplice and Prague and Academy of Performing Arts in Prague . During his studies he participated in the masterclasses of Erki Rautio and Natalia Shakhovskaya...
- Joel KrosnickJoel KrosnickJoel Krosnick is an American soloist, cellist, recitalist, and chamber musician who has performed all over the world for over thirty-five years...
- Friedemann KupsaFriedemann KupsaFriedemann Kupsa is an Austrian Cellist.Friedemann Kupsa studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Vienna, and attended masterclasses with Daniil Shafran and the La Salle Quartet...
- Brent KutzleBrent KutzleBrent Michael Kutzle is an American musician, born in Newport Beach, California. Brent is best known for playing the bass guitar and cello for OneRepublic, who are signed to Interscope Records...
(cellist for band OneRepublicOneRepublicOneRepublic is an American pop rock band from Colorado Springs, Colorado. Formed in 2002 by Ryan Tedder and Zach Filkins, the band achieved massive success on MySpace, becoming the most prominent unsigned act on the website then...
) - Aage KvalbeinAage KvalbeinAage Kvalbein is a Norwegian cellist and a professor in cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue....
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- Alexandra Lawn (from indie rock band Ra Ra RiotRa Ra RiotRa Ra Riot is an American indie rock band from Syracuse, New York, consisting of vocalist Wes Miles, bassist Mathieu Santos, guitarist Milo Bonacci, cellist Alexandra Lawn , violinist Rebecca Zeller, and drummer Kenny Bernard.-History:...
) - David Lale (Australian cellist)David Lale (Australian cellist)David Lale is a cellist from England, who now lives in Australia. He is Principal Cellist of . He studied at the Royal Academy of Music in the UK, with Douglas Cummings, and was made an Honorary Associate in 1997. He has worked with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Royal...
- David Lale (British cellist)David Lale (British cellist)David Lale is a cellist from the United Kingdom.He is a member of the and plays regularly in a number of orchestras in the UKincluding the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. David is the nephew of Australian cellist David Lale.David studied under Anna Shuttleworth at the...
- Gerard Le FeuvreGerard Le FeuvreGerard Le Feuvre is a British musician.He is a former student of acclaimed academies including the Royal Academy of Music in London, the Banff School of Performing Arts in Canada and the Sibelius Academy in Finland...
- Trey Lee Chui-yeeTrey Lee Chui-yeeTrey Chui-yee Lee is an internationally renowned cellist. He was born in Hong Kong in the 1970s, but grew up in the United States of America. He attended the Juilliard Music School, majoring in cello. Afterwards, he went to Harvard University, to major in Economics...
- Tony LevinTony LevinTony Levin is an American progressive rock musician, specializing in bass guitar, Chapman stick and upright bass ....
- Mats LidströmMats LidströmMats Lidström is a cellist currently living in London. In 1993 he was appointed professor at the Royal Academy of Music by Lynn Harrell , where he continues to teach....
- Max LiljaMax LiljaMax Lilja is a cellist, formerly of cello metal/chamber music band Apocalyptica and currently in the band Hevein. He left Apocalyptica in 2002...
, cellist of Hevein - Jaap ter LindenJaap ter LindenJaap ter Linden is a Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor. He specialises in performance of baroque and classical music on authentic instruments....
- Gavriel LipkindGavriel LipkindGavriel Lipkind is an Israeli classical cellist based in Germany. Lipkind made his radio debut performance aged eight, left Israel at an age of about 18, and received degrees from three music colleges. He won awards in music competitions and performed with orchestras until 2002, when he took time...
(*1977) - Julian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
- Fred Lonberg-HolmFred Lonberg-HolmFred Lonberg-Holm is an American cellist based in Chicago. He relocated from New York City to Chicago in 1995.Lonberg-Holm is most identified with playing free improvisation and free jazz. He is also a composer of concert works...
- Paavo LötjönenPaavo LötjönenPaavo Lötjönen is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica.Paavo comes from a family where both of his parents were professional musicians....
(from cello metal band ApocalypticaApocalypticaApocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...
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- Yo-Yo MaYo-Yo MaYo-Yo Ma is an American cellist, virtuoso, and orchestral composer. He has received multiple Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts in 2001 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2011...
- Mischa MaiskyMischa MaiskyMischa Maisky is a Latvian cellist.Maisky began studies at the Leningrad Conservatory and later with Mstislav Rostropovich at the Moscow Conservatory whilst pursuing a concert career throughout the Soviet Union. In 1966 he won 6th Prize at the Moscow International Tchaikovsky Competition. In 1970,...
- Antero ManninenAntero ManninenAntero Manninen is a session musician and former band member of Finnish Cello metal quartet Apocalyptica. He was an official member but did not write the music and left in 1999 due to prior commitments, although he has come back to help the band because they are currently short one member.Besides...
- Rudolf MatzRudolf MatzRudolf Matz was born September 19, 1901 in Zagreb, Croatia he died in 1988 and he had written more than 300 instrumental and vocal compositions....
(1901-1988) - Martin McCarrickMartin McCarrickMartin McCarrick is an English cellist, keyboardist and guitarist.He is best known for his work Siouxsie and the Banshees from 1987 until 1995. He recorded with them three studio albums : Peepshow, Superstition and The Rapture...
- Alain MeunierAlain MeunierAlain Meunier is a French cellist.Meunier was born in Paris, the third child among four siblings. Starting the cello at the age of 13 and received premier prix in chamber music at 15 and in cello at 16...
- Antonio MenesesAntonio MenesesAntônio Meneses Neto is a Brazilian cellist.He won the VI Tchaikovsky competition. A member of the Beaux Arts Trio, Meneses combines an intense soloist concert career with chamber music performances. He is a teacher at Bern's Hochschule der Künste.- References :* *...
- Frank MillerFrank Miller (cellist)Frank Miller was a principal cellist and music director whose professional career spanned over a half century. Miller studied at Curtis Institute of Music, under Felix Salmond and at age 18, joined the Philadelphia Orchestra...
- Georges MiquelleGeorges MiquelleGeorge Miquelle was born in Lille, France, and began his studies at the age of five when he entered the Lille Conservatoire. At seven, he took up the cello, studying under Emil Dienne. Before he was 19 he had won two first prizes playing at the Lille Conservatoire and at the Paris Conservatoire...
- Víctor Mirecki LarramatVíctor Mirecki LarramatVíctor Alexander Marie Mirecki Larramat was a Spanish cellist and music teacher of Franco-Polish origin. He was born in Tarbes, France and died in Madrid, Spain.-Introduction:...
- Truls MørkTruls MørkTruls Olaf Otterbech Mørk is a Norwegian cellist.Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway, the son of two professional musicians, his father a cellist and his mother a pianist. His mother began teaching him the piano when he was seven...
- Charlotte MoormanCharlotte MoormanMadeline Charlotte Moorman Garside was an American cellist and performance artist.She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. She studied cello from age ten and won a scholarship to Centenary College where she took her B.A. in music in 1955. She received her M.A...
- John MoranJohn Moran (cellist)John Moran is an American musician and musicologist. He specializes in historically informed performance of music from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries on the cello and viola da gamba. He studied cello and baroque cello at the Oberlin Conservatory, baroque cello at the Schola...
- Johannes MoserJohannes MoserJohannes Moser is a German cellist.He has been hailed as “greatly gifted” by the Chicago Tribune, and the Los Angeles Times described him as an “imaginative soloist . ....
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- Saerom ParkSaerom ParkSaerom Park Foucher , is a Germany/France based Korean cellist.Saerom Park Foucher's musical activities have already taken her across Europe, East Asia and South Africa in performances as both soloist and chamber musician. Born in 1981 to an artists-family in Korea, her education began at the age...
- Johann Sebastian PaetschJohann Sebastian PaetschJohann Sebastian Paetsch is an American cellist and musician.-Early musical education:Paetsch began his cello studies with his father, Günther Paetsch , at the age of 5, and gave his first recital when he was 6 years old...
- Aldo ParisotAldo ParisotAldo Simoes Parisot is a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello teacher, was formerly a member of the Juilliard School faculty, and currently is serving as a professor of music at the Yale School of Music....
- Siegfried PalmSiegfried PalmSiegfried Palm was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music. Many 20th-century composers like Kagel, Ligeti, Xenakis, Penderecki and Zimmermann wrote music for him....
- Vito PaternosterVito PaternosterVito Paternoster is an Italian cellist, recording for Musicaimmagine. He has served as principal cellist for I Musici .Paternoster is the first cellist to record the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Cello Vito Paternoster is an Italian cellist, recording for Musicaimmagine. He has served...
- David PereiraDavid Pereiraright|250pxDavid Pereira is an Australian classical cellist, considered one of the finest working today. He was Senior Lecturer in Cello at the Canberra School of Music from 1990-2008....
(Australian cellist) - Maaike Peterse (Cellist with Kingfisher SkyKingfisher SkyKingfisher Sky is a Dutch progressive metal band from The Hague, South Holland. Their debut album Hallway of Dreams, was released in October 2007 on Suburban Records.-History:...
) - Oscar PettifordOscar PettifordOscar Pettiford was an American jazz double bassist, cellist and composer known particularly for his pioneering work in bebop.-Biography:...
(1922-1960) BebopBebopBebop differed drastically from the straightforward compositions of the swing era, and was instead characterized by fast tempos, asymmetrical phrasing, intricate melodies, and rhythm sections that expanded on their role as tempo-keepers... - Kristen PfaffKristen PfaffKristen Marie Pfaff was an American bass guitarist, best known for her work with Hole.-Early life and career:Pfaff was born and raised in Buffalo, New York, attending Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart. She spent a short time in Europe and briefly attended Boston College before ultimately...
- Gregor PiatigorskyGregor PiatigorskyGregor Piatigorsky was a Russian-born American cellist.-Early life:...
(1903-1976) - Alfredo Piatti (1822-1901)
- Rosamund PikeRosamund PikeRosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is a British actress. Her film roles include villainous Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Helen in An Education, Lisa in Made in Dagenham, Miriam Grant-Panofsky in Barney's Version and Kate Sumner in Johnny English...
- Anthony PleethAnthony PleethAnthony Pleeth, born in 1948 in London, is an English cellist, specialising in the historically informed performance of music of the 18th and 19th centuries on period instruments.-Biography and career:...
(Baroque cellist; son and student of William PleethWilliam PleethWilliam Pleeth OBE was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré.- Early years :...
) - William PleethWilliam PleethWilliam Pleeth OBE was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré.- Early years :...
(1916-1999) (British cellist and teacher of Jacqueline du PréJacqueline du PréJacqueline Mary du Pré OBE was a British cellist. She is particularly associated with Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor; her interpretation has been described as "definitive" and "legendary." Her career was cut short by multiple sclerosis, which forced her to stop performing at 28 and led to her...
) - David PopperDavid PopperDavid Popper was a Bohemian cellist and composer.-Life:He was born in Prague, and studied music at the Prague Conservatory. He studied the cello under Julius Goltermann , and soon attracted attention...
(1843-1913) - Russell Powell (also a composer)
- Andrei PricopeAndrei PricopeAndrei Pricope is a cellist of Romanian descent.-Early life and education:He grew up in Bucharest, Romania, and started playing the cello and piano at age ten, following in his father's footsteps...
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- Ernst ReijsegerErnst ReijsegerERNST REIJSEGER Cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger plays the cello from the age of seven and began as a performing cellist and improviser in 1969. From that time on he developed his own musical vocabulary...
(improvisingImprovisationImprovisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
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- Giovanni Ricciardi
- Hank RobertsHank RobertsHank Roberts is an American jazz cellist and vocalist. He plays the electric cello, and his style is a mixture of rock, jazz, avant garde, folk and classical influences...
- Sharon RobinsonSharon Robinson (cellist)Sharon Hall Robinson is an American cellist. She has had a highly successful performing career, both as a concert solo artist and as a member of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio, and has recorded extensively...
- Joshua RomanJoshua RomanJoshua Roman was the principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra from 2006 until 2008. Roman joined the orchestra at age 22, becoming the youngest principal player in Seattle Symphony history....
- Alexei RomanenkoAlexei RomanenkoAlexei Romanenko is a Russian-born cellist.Alexei Romanenko was born in Vladivostok, Russia, Romanenko began playing the cello at six-years old. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under cello professor Valentin Feygin...
- Bernhard RombergBernhard RombergBernhard Heinrich Romberg , was a German cellist and composer.-Life:Romberg was born at Dinklage. His father, Anton Romberg, played the bassoon and cello and gave Bernhard his first cello lessons. He first performed in public at the age of seven...
- Leonard RoseLeonard RoseLeonard Rose was an American cellist and pedagogue.Rose was born in Washington, D.C., his parents were immigrants from Kiev, Ukraine...
(1918–1984) - Nathaniel RosenNathaniel RosenNathaniel "Nick" Rosen is an American cellist, former gold prize winner at the International Tchaikovsky Competition, and former faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music....
- Mstislav RostropovichMstislav RostropovichMstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, KBE , known to close friends as Slava, was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor. He was married to the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He is widely considered to have been the greatest cellist of the second half of the 20th century, and one of the greatest of...
(1927–2007) Russian cellist and conductor - Arthur Russell
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- Karel Pravoslav SádloKarel Pravoslav SádloKarel Pravoslav Sádlo was a Czech cellist and significant cello pedagogue....
(1898-1971) - Felix SalmondFelix SalmondFelix Adrian Norman Salmond was an English cellist and cello teacher who achieved success in both England and the United States of America.-Early life and career:...
- John Sant’Ambrogio
- Sara Sant'AmbrogioSara Sant'AmbrogioSara Sant'Ambrogio is an American cellist best known as a member of the Eroica Trio.She was born in Boston and began her studies with her father, John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. She was invited to study with David Soyer at the Curtis Institute of Music...
- Steven Sharp NelsonSteven Sharp NelsonSteven Sharp Nelson is a pioneer in “cello-percussion”—an alternative performance method that combines traditional, lyrical cello techniques with unconventional pizzicato and percussive technique. He was born and still resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. He began studying cello at age 8, percussion...
- Jane ScarpantoniJane ScarpantoniJane Scarpantoni is a classically trained cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums.She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-'80s, then went on to play with other musicians especially those associated with the Hoboken underground rock scene of the...
- Heinrich SchiffHeinrich SchiffHeinrich Schiff is an Austrian cellist and conductor. He studied cello with Tobias Kühne and André Navarra and made his solo debut in Vienna and London in 1971...
- Franz SchmidtFranz SchmidtFranz Schmidt was an Austrian composer, cellist and pianist of Hungarian descent and origin.- Life :Schmidt was born in Pozsony , in the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire . His father was half Hungarian and his mother entirely Hungarian...
(also a pianist and composer) - Georg SchnéevoigtGeorg SchnéevoigtGeorg Schnéevoigt was a Finnish conductor and cellist, born in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, which is now in Russia....
(also a conductor) - Eleonore SchoenfeldEleonore SchoenfeldEleonore Schoenfeld is considered one of the most influential cellists of the 20th century.-Biography:Born in Maribor, Slovenia to a Polish father and a Russian mother, Schoenfeld moved to Berlin with her family at age six. She proceeded to study ballet, violin, and piano before switching to cello...
(1925-2007), soloist and internationally renowned cello pedagogue. - Joseph Schuster
- Inbal SegevInbal SegevInbal Segev is a world-renowned female cellist who grew up in Israel. Segev began her studies in Israel at the age of 5. With the recommendation of Isaac Stern, she came to the United States to continue her studies at the age of 16. She debuted with the Israel Philharmonic and the Berlin...
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- Daniil ShafranDaniil Shafran-Early years:Daniil Shafran was born in Petrograd in 1923. Even from before his birth he was surrounded by music. His mother and father were music students when he was born. His father, Boris Shafran, went on to be principal cellist of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra and his mother, Frida...
- Natalia ShakhovskayaNatalia ShakhovskayaNatalia Shakhovskaya is a Russian cellist. She studied cello at the Gnessin School of Music and later at the Moscow Conservatory under the tutorship of S. Kosolupov...
- Philip SheppardPhilip Sheppard (musician)-Biography:Philip Sheppard trained in Cello and Composition at the Royal Academy of Music, during which time he specialised in contemporary music. He worked closely with Hans Werner Henze, Sir Michael Tippett and Luciano Berio during this time as a founder member of The Kreutzer String Quartet...
(also a composer) - Benyamin SönmezBenyamin SönmezBenyamin Sönmez cellist. Sonmez graduated from Ankara State Conservatory and became a student of the famous Russian cellist, Natalia Gutman, at the Stuttgart Hoch Schule für Musik and Moscow Conservatory between 2003 and 2007...
- Andrew ShulmanAndrew ShulmanAndrew Shulman is an internationally renowned cellist. He is also a distinguished conductor and composer. He is currently the principal cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.-Career:...
(also a conductor and composer) - František Sláma (cellist) and publicist
- Vedran SmailovićVedran SmailovicVedran Smailović , known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a former cellist in the Sarajevo String Quartet....
- Ben SolleeBen SolleeBen Sollee is a cellist and vocalist known for his percussive playing style, genre hopping songwriting, wide appeal, and political activism. His music incorporates banjo, guitar, percussion and unusual cello techniques to create a unique mix of folk, bluegrass, jazz and R&B.-Musical career:Raised...
- Giovanni SollimaGiovanni SollimaGiovanni Sollima is an Italian composer and cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father, Eliodoro Sollima, at the Conservatorio di Palermo, where he graduated with highest honors...
(also a composerComposerA composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
) - David SoyerDavid SoyerDavid Soyer was an American cellist.He was born in Philadelphia and began playing the piano at the age of nine. At 11, he started the cello. One of his first teachers was Diran Alexanian. Later on he studied with Emanuel Feuermann and Pablo Casals...
, founding cellist of the Guarneri QuartetGuarneri QuartetThe Guarneri Quartet was an American string quartet founded in 1964 at the Marlboro Music School and Festival. During the quartet's early years the members were in residence at Harpur College in upstate New York....
. - William Henry SquireWilliam Henry SquireWilliam Henry Squire was a composer and cellist. Pieces he wrote include Danse Rustique, Bouree, Tarantella, and Humoresque.Born in Ross-on-Wye, Squire was as well known as a cellist as he was a composer...
(1871-1963) - Mark SummerMark SummerMark Summer is the Turtle Island Quartet's cellist; he is a founding member and has performed with Turtle Island since its founding in 1985.-Biography:...
, cellist for the Turtle Island String Quartet, which does jazz and occasional covers of rock songs. - János StarkerJános StarkerJános Starker |Kingdom of Hungary]]) is a Hungarian-American cellist. Since 1958 he has taught at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he holds the title of Distinguished Professor.- Child prodigy :...
- Guilhermina SuggiaGuilhermina SuggiaGuilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medim Suggia Carteado Mena, known as Guilhermina Suggia, was a Portuguese cellist. She studied in Germany with Pablo Casals, and built an international reputation. She spent many years living in England, where she was particularly celebrated...
- Saskia Rao-de HaasSaskia Rao-de HaasSaskia Rao-de Haas is a Dutch cellist based in Delhi, India. She is the first performer to adapt the cello to the performance of North Indian classical music and uses a specially constructed cello, the Indian Cello made by violinbuilder Eduard van Tongeren for this purpose, with five playing...
- Luka ŠulićLuka ŠulićLuka Šulić is a Croatian Slovenian cellist.Šulić was born in Maribor, Slovenia. He comes from a Dubrovnik musical family, his father Božo is also a cellist, and many members of his family are associated with music....
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- Fiona ThompsonFiona ThompsonFiona Thompson began studying cello in her native England at the age of seven and studied with Leonid Gorokhov at the Royal Northern College of Music, and with Ronald Leonard at the University of Southern California....
- Martin TillmanMartin TillmanMartin Tillman is a Swiss composer and world renowned cellistHe has established himself in the motion picture and recording world as one of the most sought after talents of experimental acoustic and electric cello.-Biography:...
- Eicca ToppinenEicca ToppinenEino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen is a Finnish cellist, songwriter, producer, arranger, and drummer. In 1993 he formed the quartet Apocalyptica.- Biography :...
(from cello metal band ApocalypticaApocalypticaApocalyptica is a band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1993. The band is composed of classically trained cellists Eicca Toppinen, Paavo Lötjönen, and Perttu Kivilaakso and drummer Mikko Sirén...
) - Paul TortelierPaul TortelierPaul Tortelier was a French cellist and composer.Tortelier was born in Paris, the son of a cabinet maker with Breton roots. He was encouraged to play the cello by his father Joseph and mother Marguerite , and at 12 he entered the Paris Conservatoire. He studied the cello there with Gérard Hekking...
- Arturo ToscaniniArturo ToscaniniArturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and 20th century, he was renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory...
- Sulkhan TsintsadzeSulkhan TsintsadzeSulkhan Tsintsadze , was one of Georgia's foremost composers.-Education:Tsintsadze studied the cello until 1942 with E.N. Kapelniski in Tbilisi at the Gymnasium of Music. He furthered his studies of the cello at the Conservatory of Tblisi with K. Minjar...
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- Laszlo VargaLaszlo VargaLaszlo Varga is a Hungarian-American cellist who has a worldwide status as a soloist, recording artist, and authoritative cello teacher.-Biography:...
- Aleksandr VerzhbilovichAleksandr VerzhbilovichAleksandr Valerianovich Verzhbilovich was a Russian classical cellist of Polish descent.His name also appears as Verzhbilovic, Verzhibilovic, Vierzbilovich, Wierzbillowicz, Wierzbiłłowicz, Wierzbilovich, Wierzbilovicz, and Wierzbilowicz...
- Heitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-LobosHeitor Villa-Lobos was a Brazilian composer, described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music". Villa-Lobos has become the best-known and most significant Latin American composer to date. He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works...
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- Kanon WakeshimaKanon Wakeshimais a Japanese singer and cellist. Produced by Mana, Wakeshima debuted under the DefStar Records label on May 28, 2008 with the single "Still Doll", the ending theme for the anime adaptation of the manga series Vampire Knight. She also provided the voice for a maid that appears in the eighth episode...
(Wakeshima Kanon, also a vocalist) - Raphael WallfischRaphael WallfischRaphael Wallfisch is a British cellist.Wallfisch was born into a family of distinguished musicians, his father the pianist Peter Wallfisch and his mother the cellist Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, who is one of the last known surviving members of the Girl orchestra of Auschwitz...
- Jian WangJian Wang (cellist)Jian Wang began to study the cello with his father when he was four. While a student at the Shanghai Conservatoire, he was featured in the celebrated documentary film From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China...
- Wendy WarnerWendy WarnerWendy Warner is a cellist from Chicago, Illinois. She performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician around the world.-Career:...
- Graham WaterhouseGraham WaterhouseGraham Waterhouse is an English composer and a cellist. He is known for chamber music and for unusual scoring, such as Piccolo Quintet, Bright Angel for three bassoons and contrabassoon, Chieftain's Salute for Great Highland Bagpipe and string orchestra, and works for speaking voice and cello,...
(also a composer) - Julian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd WebberJulian Lloyd Webber is a British solo cellist who has been described as the "doyen of British cellists".-Early life:Julian Lloyd Webber is the second son of the composer William Lloyd Webber and his wife Jean Johnstone . He is the younger brother of the composer Andrew Lloyd Webber...
- Terence WeilTerence WeilTerence Weil was a British cellist, principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, a leading chamber musician and an influential teacher at the Royal Northern College of Music.-Biography:Terence Weil was trained as a cellist under Herbert Walenn at the...
- Alisa WeilersteinAlisa WeilersteinAlisa Weilerstein is an American cellist. She was named a 2011 MacArthur Fellow.-Life and career:Weilerstein started playing the cello at age four. She made her debut at age 13 with the Cleveland Orchestra playing Tchaikovsky's Variations on a Rococo Theme. As a soloist she has performed with a...
- Gay-Yee WesterhoffGay-Yee WesterhoffGay-Yee Westerhoff , is the Chinese-English cellist of the all female string quartet, Bond....
- Donald WhittonDonald WhittonDonald Richard "Don" Whitton is an Canadian concert cellist, recording musician, and teacher, with a professional career in music spanning over 50 years.-Biography:...
- Peter WileyPeter WileyPeter Wiley is a cellist and cello teacher. He attended the Curtis Institute of Music at 13 years of age, where he studied with David Soyer...
- Dominique de WilliencourtDominique de WilliencourtDominique de Williencourt is a French cellist and composer, born in Lille in 1959.-Works:*Abraham and Isaac, opus 7, for baritone, flute and string orchestra. First performed in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, February 2007...
- Pieter WispelweyPieter WispelweyPieter Wispelwey is a Dutch cellist. In 1992 he was the first cellist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, given to the most promising young musician in the Netherlands. He has come to be regarded as one of the world's leading cello soloists.Pieter Wispelwey was born in Haarlem and grew up in...