By Jonathan Shifflett Speaking with our festival attendees reminds us of the passion that people all over the world feel for the cello and the lengths they will go to support that passion. In this fourth installment of Cello Stories, we talk with an attendee who recently returned to playing the cello after giving…Continue Reading Cello Stories, part IV – Paulo Ribeiro
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Cello Stories, part III – Robert Francis and Rainer Crosett
By Jonathan Shifflett Students and teachers can have a mutually beneficial influence. When Rainer Crosett, a Master of Music candidate at USC Thornton School of Music, took on beginning cellist Robert Francis, a retired aerospace engineer, they not only bonded over a shared love of the instrument, they overcame new musical challenges. In this third installment…Continue Reading Cello Stories, part III – Robert Francis and Rainer Crosett
FROM THE PIATIGORSKY ARCHIVES – Part 2: A TREASURE!
By Carol Merrill-Mirsky Here is a passage from Piatigorsky’s autobiography, “Cellist,” published in 1965: When I entered the stage for rehearsal in Frankfurt-am-Main [in 1926] and saw Richard Strauss, it was a shock. He was the last person I expected to be the conductor. I thought that it was a mistake and that I was…Continue Reading FROM THE PIATIGORSKY ARCHIVES – Part 2: A TREASURE!