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Cellist performs Super Mario Bros with egg shaker to improve the world’s week

Cellist creates brilliant multitrack of the Mario Kart theme, with three cellos and an egg shaker

Cello concert in Entringen outdoor pool

A cello concert in a swimming pool – this is classical music during COVID-19 distancing

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Cellist performs heartrending version of Dido’s Lament in memory of George Floyd

Cellist performs heartrending version of Dido’s Lament in memory of George Floyd

Yo-Yo Ma reads an excerpt of Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach

Yo-Yo Ma plays surprise solo during ‘James and the Giant Peach’ reading, gives everyone feels

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Samara Ginsberg's cello videos

This 8-part cello rendition of the ‘Knight Rider’ theme is a lockdown tonic

Yo-Yo Ma to live-stream Bach’s Cello Suites in Sunday night coronavirus memorial

How to watch Yo-Yo Ma’s Bach Cello Suites livestream online for free

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Cellist Martin Lovett has died aged 93

Cellist Martin Lovett, last surviving member of Amadeus Quartet, dies aged 93

Lynn Harrell performs with the New York Philharmonic

Grammy-winning US cellist, Lynn Harrell, has died aged 76

Watch cellist HAUSER perform live from Croatia’s iconic outdoor Pula Arena

Watch cellist HAUSER perform live from Croatia’s outdoor Pula Arena

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When you’re a cellist stuck at home with a load of puppets…

When you’re a cellist stuck at home with a load of puppets…

Robot plays the cello as part of Olafur Eliasson art exhibition

Watch a cello-playing robot perform Hildur Guðnadóttir’s eerie music

‘I’m selling my cello to keep my family afloat’ – coronavirus realities for musicians

‘I’m selling my cello to keep my family afloat’ – coronavirus realities for musicians

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Rylie Harrod Corral cello

A duet for cello and toilet roll is what the world deserves right now

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Yo-Yo Ma Bach Sarabande

Yo-Yo Ma serenades the world’s healthcare workers in beautiful Bach video

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Guy ‘celloboxing’ on TikTok goes viral

Now TikTok is in meltdown over solo Bach beat-boxing

Violin rosin

What the heck is rosin – and why do violinists need it?

Sheku Kanneh-Mason inspires a new generation of cellists

There are more young cellists in 2020 than ever, thanks to the ‘Sheku effect’

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Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason takes on Elgar’s Cello Concerto on his new album on Decca Classics

Royal wedding cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason records Elgar’s Cello Concerto at Abbey Road Studios

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