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Pablo Casals, considered to be one of the most influential cellists. A person who plays the cello is called a cellist. This list of notable cellists is divided into four categories: 1) Living Classical Cellists; 2) Non-Classical Cellists; 3) Deceased Classical Cellists; 4) Deceased Non-Classical Cellists.
However, some orchestras and conductors prefer switching the positioning of the viola and cello sections. The principal cellist is the section leader, determining bowings for the section in conjunction with other string principals, playing solos, and leading entrances (when the section begins to play its part). Principal players always sit ...
Jacqueline Mary du Pré OBE (26 January 1945 – 19 October 1987) was a British cellist, widely regarded as one of the prominent cellists of the 20th century.Born in Oxford, she began studying at the Guildhall School of Music in the mid-1950s with William Pleeth, earning the school's Gold Medal in 1960.
Yo-Yo Ma [a] (born October 7, 1955) is a French-American cellist. [1] Born to Chinese [ 2 ] parents in Paris , he was regarded as a child prodigy there and began to study the cello with his father at age four.
Sheku Kanneh-Mason MBE (born 4 April 1999) is a British cellist who won the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. He was the first black musician to win the competition since its launch in 1978. [1] He played at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle on 19 May, 2018 under the direction of Christopher Warren-Green.
Lynn Harrell (January 30, 1944 – April 27, 2020) was an American classical cellist. Known for the "penetrating richness" of his sound, [1] Harrell performed internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with major orchestras over a career spanning nearly six decades.
Nathan Chan (born 1993) is an American cellist from Hillsborough, CA. [1] He has performed with the San Francisco Symphony, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Albany Symphony Orchestra, among others.He was featured in the HBO Show, "The Music in Me: Children's Recitals From Classical to Latin to Jazz to Zydeco" [2] as well as Channel 4's "The World's Greatest Musical Prodigies".
Lori Goldston (born 1963 or 1964) [1] is an American cellist and composer. Accomplished in a wide variety of styles, including classical, world music, rock and free improvisation, she came to prominence as the touring cellist for Nirvana from 1993–1994 and appears on their live album MTV Unplugged in New York.