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 ...

"Compared with [J. S. Bach’s] six sonatas for violin without accompaniment, these violoncello solos are light and unpretending. Nevertheless, they are interesting, because they are Bach’s. The first ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook With an ear for dance and a new five-string violin, Johnny Gandelsman set out to transform a towering classic. By Joshua Barone ...

One little trick and BAM, you’ve got yourself a brand-new string instrument. Violinist Esther Abrami has come up with a brilliant trick to make a violin sound like a cello: and literally all you have ...

NEWTON -- "It's fairly light," says Edward, a sixth grader at Jackson Walnut Park School in Newton, about the cello he's lugging on his back. "It's not that heavy. It's just very awkward to carry." ...

Maple wood samples from the interior of the instruments' back plates were obtained as thin shavings during the repair of cracks. The instruments were a violin by Stradivari, dated 1717; a cello by ...