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Musicians' Hierarchy of Needs

Musicians’ Hierarchy of Needs graphs

30 cellos in a swimming pool

These cellists floated 30 cellos in a swimming pool, in the name of art

Stock photos of models playing cellos

These stock photos of cellists are getting roasted on Instagram

bad stock photos

31 terrible stock photos of classical musicians

Hot cello from Knapp Music

Why you should never, ever leave your cello in a hot car

What's the right orchestral instrument for you?

Which musical instrument is right for you?

Carbon fibre cello

Someone has made a carbon fibre cello and it's beyond beautiful

Cellist fined €50 on a train to Genoa

Cellist fined €50 for taking his instrument on a train in Italy

Steven Isserlis' string snapped

The moment Steven Isserlis’ string SNAPPED in the middle of a concert

Steven Isserlis

The 2016 Edinburgh International Festival & Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Steven Isserlis: ‘Music is an international language – it’d be terrible if we shrink it’

Steven Isserlis

Guy Johnston babies

A top cellist played Bach to his nephews and their reactions were just adorable

Bach

Sheku Kanneh-Mason In The Bleak Midwinter

Watch Sheku Kanneh-Mason perform a beautiful version of In the Bleak Midwinter

Sheku Kanneh-Mason

Toke Møldrup played the cello in the Croatian sea

This underwater photoshoot with a cello is totally mesmerising

Videos

Sheku Kanneh-Mason plays Rostropovich's cello

Cellos owned by Rostropovich break records at auction

Amit Peled's cello strings confiscated at Warsaw airport

‘Too dangerous’ – security confiscates cellist’s strings at Warsaw airport

Brooklyn Duo play 'Shallow' from A Star is Born

This gorgeous cello and piano arrangement of ‘Shallow’ will give you chills

Videos

'Up' by a string quartet

The ‘Up’ theme tune, but it’s played by a string quartet

'Eine kleine Nachtmusik', but it's played in six different musical styles

Eine kleine Nachtmusik, but played in six completely different musical styles

Mozart