The cello is a very fine instrument - just ask Yo-Yo Ma - but it has some fundamental weaknesses. The most obvious one is that there's no way to play more than two of its four strings simultaneously.

It's the first time in music history a robot has performed such a feat, according to composer Jacob Muhlrad. Combining industrial robotic arms with 3D-printed parts, the robot cello was designed and ...

Tina Guo’s unique style of classical and electric cello playing — which has been described as “metal cello,” “distinctively ferocious,” and challenging preconceived notions — is probably something you ...

There exists in Texas a band of like-mined players who create all their music through playing cellos. They’re called Texas ...

Swedish composer Fredrik Gran programs robotic arms to play bowed instruments like the cello and double bass. He also plays duets with the robots, blurring the lines between the musician and the music ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Warm, rich and lyrical, the cello is the instrument whose sound we often think of as closest to the ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - When Carey Collingham was 3, his mom carted him to a concert at Lincoln Northeast High School and the little blond boy pointed up at the cello section on stage. He said: I want ...

Debbie Davis had auditioned about 30 cellos before finding a promising partner. Here was an instrument, she thought, with the depth, the richness, the penetrating baritone she’d sought for a long time ...

Ben Levy may not be the world’s only cello-playing gastroenterologist, but it’s safe to bet that he’s the only cello-playing gastroenterologist who produces online video concerts. As head of the ...