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When the cello section of the San Francisco Symphony finished a particularly tricky passage in Ellen Taaffe Zwilich’s new Symphony No. 2 during rehearsal last week, the rest of the orchestra burst ...

The 2Cellos are known for their fiery performances on a classical instrument. It turns out the hot young Croatians can wield a paint brush as well, something they demonstrated with a half cello they ...

Julian Schwarz returns to the Tucson Symphony Orchestra to solo on a pair of works this weekend, then he's sticking around to ...

It’s a rare day when a father and son perform in a concert together. But Vancouver Symphony Orchestra goers will enjoy that treat when Gerard Schwarz, former longtime music director of the Seattle ...

The music world’s obsession with anniversaries means that this year we shall not be short of discs and performances of Benjamin Britten (born 1913), nor indeed of Wagner and Verdi (born 1813). None of ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Little was exchanged between composer and percussionist Andy Akiho and cellist Jeffrey Zeigler on ...

The Oregon Symphony's Nancy Ives. (Photo by Torsten Kjellstrand) Nancy Ives, principal cello ( Torsten Kjellstrand) After centuries of playing second fiddle to the flashy violin, then decades being ...