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Hallelujah Cello Chamber

This cellist has rearranged Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah into a spine-tingling chamber masterpiece

Steven isserlis trench cello

This cello was played in the trenches of the First World War

Steven Isserlis

Pere Jovanov - Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson’s ‘They Don't Care About Us’ for cello and loop pedal is CRAZY catchy

glass cello

Just listen to the sound of this cello – you won’t believe what it’s made from

Borusan Quartet CD cover - Company

‘I see them more than my wife’: the Borusan Quartet’s warning to young musicians

12-year-old cellist

This 12-year-old cellist writes and plays his own compositions and they are phenomenal

Cello helps baby stop crying

This dad stops his baby crying by playing cello... and it really works

berio sequenza scores

These are the definitively the hardest pieces of music to play

how to make your violin sound like a cello

Want to make your violin sound like a cello?

Brooklyn Duo Despacito

‘Despacito’ on cello, piano, mandolin and cajon is awesome

Beatboxing Kevin cello

Beatboxing to Bach’s Cello Suite is the most incredible display of multi-tasking

Bach

Gabriel Faure; Fugue Opus 58 No. 3

Watch this cellist play a haunting multi-screen arrangement of a Fauré fugue

la la land medley

We've just fallen in love with this La La Land medley for cello and piano

Musical instrument instruction diagrams

Musical instrument instruction diagrams: get to know your instrument

Britney Vivaldi

Britney Spears reworked in the style of a Vivaldi Baroque sonata is unexpectedly amazing

musician every day tips

10 extremely simple things musicians can do every day to make life a little easier

heinrich schiff plays shostakovich

We've just lost the cellist who gave us this unbelievable performance

worst things to happen to a classical musician

The 13 worst things to happen to a classical musician