Across cultures and genres, listeners consistently describe the cello as “human,” a rare case where an instrument’s emotional ...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) - In the suburbs of Pittsburgh, a father and son plucked a battered old cello, abandoned as junk, from an attic they were clearing for a real estate agent nearly a decade ago. With ...

NEW YORK — It was Sept. 14, 2013, when a mysterious email bearing the subject line “Is this your first cello?” landed in Christine Walevska’s inbox. The renowned cello virtuoso, however, checked her ...