In a state of panic and fearing catastrophe, I am writing this midflight as I travel from Calgary, Alberta, to Los Angeles on American Airlines. I thought I did everything right: bought two seats, a ...
Tribune reporter Mark Caro’s “The travels and trials of a 1694 Guarneri cello” (Arts & Entertainment, Feb. 1) described many fascinating, informative aspects associated with playing and owning fine, ...
The Indianapolis Symphony's principal cellist, Austin Huntington, grew up listening to his teacher, Ronald Leonard, play a rare historic cello. For about 60 years, Leonard played Pietro Guarneri of ...
Years after the snakes have been defeated, modern aviation has found a new nemesis: cellos. Boston-based cellist Paul Katz recently bought a pair of seats – one for himself and another for his 1669 ...
Amit Peled is 6-foot-5, more basketball player physique than classically trained cellist. His 1689 Andreas Guarneri cello looks almost toy-sized when he sits to play it. But when the ...
The Giuseppe Guarneri cello is the last relic of a Whitlam-era dream to build a national collection of fine and rare classical instruments by the master Italian makers Stradivarius, and the Amati and ...
MANILA, Philippines - In a workshop of a well-known luthier in Italy, during a year where music reigned and the arts the talk of town, a cello is born. The whereabouts of Andrea Guarneri’s 1674 ...