This incredible string instrument looks like it’s carved from ice – but it’s actually made of glass. Cellist Jesse Ahmann was getting fed up of playing his regular cello, so he thought he’d give ...

Short-bearded, blue-jeaned Rajan Krishnaswami is seated on the stage in the empty hall embracing his cello like a lover. Fingers flash along the finger board; his arm draws the bow incisively over the ...

The cello isn't known for playing folk music, or Newfoundland music. But in the town of Elliston in 1850, the cello gave every wedding and funeral a distinct sound heard nowhere else on the island.

Made over six months from a 200-year-old piece of Chinese rosewood, or huanghuali, the cello is now on show at Sheung Wan's Liang Yi Museum Huanghuali, or Chinese rosewood, is one of the most valuable ...

Cellos, in particular, are the few instruments that are considered as investments by many. Their high value of beauty, high-quality sound and instrument are said to be worth millions. In fact, Cello ...

The cello, otherwise known as a violoncello, is a bowed instrument with four strings. It's a close cousin of the violin, viola, and double bass. The cello can be played as a solo instrument, as well ...

While working on her doctoral thesis, cellist Saskia Rao-de Haas remembers chancing on a 1932 letter from Rabindranath Tagore to his granddaughter. There is an instrument, he says, that he prefers ...