A person who plays the

cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a Bow (music), bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), t ...

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. The cello (/ˈtʃɛloʊ/ chel-oh; plural cellos or celli) is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the

violin family The violin family of musical instruments was developed in Italy in the 16th century. At the time the name of this family of instruments was viole da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family (viole ''da gamba''). The standa ...

of musical instruments.

Living classical cellists

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* Sophie Adam French cellist *

Jamal Aliyev Jamal Aliyev ( az, Camal Əliyev; born 2 September 1993 in Baku) is a Turkish cellist. In 2017 Aliyev made his solo debut at the BBC Proms with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall—London live on radio and TV, won the "Arts Club ...

(born 1993, Azerbaijan) *

Nicolas Altstaedt Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982) is a German classical cellist. Biography and career Altstaedt was born in Heidelberg, Germany. As a soloist, conductor, and artistic director, he performs repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporar ...

(born 1982, Germany) *

Tanya Anisimova Tanya Anisimova (born February 15, 1966) is an American cello, cellist and composer of Russian descent. Tanya Anisimova was born in the Chechnya, Chechen city of Grozny into a family of scientists: her father Dr. Mikhail Anisimov is a well-known ...

(born 1966, Russian, also a composer) *

Julian Armour Julian Armour, (born 29 September 1960 in Missoula, MT) is a Canadian cellist and artistic director. Armour is married to violist Guylaine Lemaire. He is the son of the philosopher Leslie Armour. Early life and education Shortly after his bir ...

(born 1960, Canadian)

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* Michael Bach (born 1958, Germany, also composer and visual artist) *

Soo Bae Soo Bae (born Apr 1977) is a Korean-Canadian cellist who currently lives in New Jersey. She was born in Seoul, South Korea, and began her cello studies at six years of age. She then moved to Toronto, where she studied at the Royal Conservatory o ...

(born 1977, Korean-Canadian, living in United States) * Zuill Bailey (born 1972, United States) * Alexander Baillie (born 1956, England) *

Matthew Barley Matthew Barley (born 2 May 1965) is an English cellist.Giles Masters"The Week Ahead: Kontakion" ''The Oxford Culture Review'', 28 November 2013. He is best known for his performances of core classical music, improvisation, and contemporary music ...

(born 1965, England) * Maya Beiser (born 1968, Israel, moved to the United States, new classical music) *

Emmanuelle Bertrand Emmanuelle Bertrand (born 5 November 1973 in Firminy, Loire), is a French cellist. Biography Bertrand studied with Jean Deplace and Philippe Muller, and received early support from Henri Dutilleux. Nicolas Bacri has dedicated to her his ''Fourth ...

(born 1971, France) *

Coenraad Bloemendal Coenraad Bloemendal (born April 30, 1946 in Amsterdam) is a Dutch-born Canadian cellist, who has performed, taught and recorded primarily in the field of classical music during a career that has spanned more than four decades. Formal training I ...

(born 1946, Netherlands, moved to Canada) * Mike Block (born 1982, United States) *

Becca Bradley Rebecca Lynn Bradley (born May 3, 1991), who goes by the stage name Becca Bradley, is an American Christian musician and cellist, who primarily plays a contemporary Christian music, Christian pop style of contemporary worship music, worship music ...

(born 1991, United States) *

Andreas Brantelid Andreas Brantelid (born 8 October 1987) is a Swedish-Danish cellist. He had his concerto debut at the age of 14 playing Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra The Royal Danish Orchestra (''Det Kongelige Kapel'') is a Danish orch ...

(born 1987, Denmark) *

Carter Brey Carter Brey (born 1954) is an American cello virtuoso. He had a prolific solo career from 1981 until 1996 when he became the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, a position he still holds today. Biography Carter Brey was born in Montc ...

(born 1954, United States) * František Brikcius (living, Czech Republic) *

Denis Brott Denis Brott , SMOM (born December 9, 1950) is a Canadian cellist, music teacher, conductor and founder and artistic director of thMontreal Chamber Music Festival

(born 1950, Canada) * Mario Brunello (born 1960, Italy) *

William Butt William Moore Butt (1805–1888) was a politician in Georgia. Butt arrived in Atlanta in 1851 from Campbell County, Georgia Campbell County was a county of the U.S. state of Georgia from to . It was created by the state legislature on De ...

(born 1968, England) *

Max Beitan Maxim Viktorovich Beitan (Latvian:Maksims Beitāns) (Russian: Максим Викторович Бейтан) (born 25 November 1986) known as Max Beitan, is a Latvian cellist. He is the winner of 18 international competitions five of them Grand P ...

(born 1986, Russia)

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* Gautier Capuçon (born 1976, France) *

Colin Carr Colin Carr (born 25 October 1957) is a British cello soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. Biography Born in Liverpool, Carr is professor of cello at the Royal Academy of Music. He taught at the New England Conservatory in Bosto ...

(born 1957, England) *

Phoebe Carrai Phoebe Carrai (born October 15, 1955 in Boston) is an American cellist. Carrai studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. In 1979, Carrai undertook post-graduate stud ...

(born 1955, United States, baroque and other historical styles) *

Jesús Castro-Balbi Jesús Castro-Balbi is an internationally recognized cellist, pedagogue, higher education and community leader. As of July 2022, Dr. Castro-Balbi assumed the position of Interim Associate Dean at Kennesaw State University Journey Honors College . ...

(living, of Peruvian descent, moved from France to the United States) *

Han-na Chang Han-Na Chang (Korean: 장한나, Hanja: 張漢娜, ; born December 23, 1982) is a South Korean conductor and cellist. Born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Chang began studying piano at age 3, and cello at age 6. In 1993, her family moved to ...

(born 1982, South Korea, also a conductor) *

Young-Chang Cho Young-Chang Cho (born 1958 in Seoul) is a Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area. Career Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul in 1958. He began cello lessons at the age of eight. From 1971, ...

(born 1958, South Korea) *

Chu Yibing Chu Yibing (Chinese: 朱亦兵) (born 1966) is a Chinese cellist. He contributed to spreading ensemble music all over China. His ensemble China Philharmonic Cellists, made up of 12 Chinese cellists, gives concerts all over the country. Biography ...

(born 1966, China) *

Myung-wha Chung Myung-wha Chung (born 19 March 1944) is a Korean cellist. Biography Myung-wha Chung was born in 1944 in Seoul, Japanese Korea (today South Korea), to a musical family. Her younger sister is the violinist Kyung-wha Chung, and her younger bro ...

(born 1944, Korean) * Lluís Claret (born 1951, Andorra) *

Natalie Clein Natalie Clein (born Poole, Dorset) is a British classical cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein. Early life and education Clein started playing the cello at the age of six, and attended T ...

(born 1977, England) * Bruno Cocset (born 1963, France) * Robert Cohen (born 1959, England) *

Christophe Coin Christophe Coin (; born 26 January 1958) is a French cellist, viola da gamba player and conductor active in the field of historically informed performance. He is the cellist of the Quatuor Mosaïques and is the director of the Ensemble Baroque de L ...

(born 1958, France) * Emilio Colón (born in Puerto Rico, also a composer and conductor) *

Marc Coppey Marc Coppey (born 1969 in Strasbourg) is a French contemporary classical cellist. Biography In 1988 at the age of 18, Marc Coppey won the two highest prizes of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition: the first prize and the special ...

(born 1969, France) * Ouyang Nana (born 2000, China)

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* Caroline Dale (born 1965, England, classical and popular music) *

Nadine Deleury Nadine Deleury is a cellist who was born in northern France. A student of André Navarra, she studied music at the Paris Conservatory. When in Brazil, she met Aldo Parisot during her participation in a cello master class, and she accepted his invi ...

(France) * Robert deMaine (born 1969, United States) * William De Rosa (living, United States) *

Rohan de Saram Deshamanya Rohan de Saram (born 9 March 1939) is a British-born Sri Lankan cellist. Until his 30s, he made his name as a classical artist, but has since become renowned for his involvement in and advocacy of contemporary music. He travels widely an ...

(born 1939, England, also contemporary music) *

Roel Dieltiens Roel Dieltiens (born 1956) is a Belgian cellist and composer. Dieltiens plays both Baroque and modern cello. Dieltiens grew up in a musical family and initially studied piano. At the age of fifteen, just as he was about to give up music, his elde ...

(born 1957, Belgium, baroque and modern cello) * Denise Djokic (born 1980, Canada)

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Angela East Angela East is a British cellist and member of baroque group Red Priest. East won the Arts Council's Suggia Award at the age of 14 and continued her studies at the Royal Academy of Music under Derek Simpson and later with André Navarra and Chr ...

(born 1949, UK), continuo player and member of

Red Priest Red Priest is a British Baroque instrumental group that was formed in 1997 by Piers Adams. Currently it is composed of four performers: Adams on recorder, Adam Summerhayes on violin, Angela East on cello and David Wright on harpsichord. The gr ...

Timothy Eddy Timothy Eddy is an American cellist from Exeter, New Hampshire who is a founding member of the Orion String Quartet, a resident ensemble of the Mannes College The New School for Music. In 1978 he joined the Bach Aria Group and is a former member o ...

(living, United States), a founding member of the

Orion String Quartet The Orion String Quartet is a string quartet formed in 1987. It is the quartet-in-residence of New York's Mannes College The New School for Music. The members are Todd and Daniel Phillips, brothers who alternate on first and second violin, violis ...

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Yosif Feigelson Yosif Feigelson (born 1954, Latvia ) is a concert cello, cellist living in the United States. Feigelson is a former student of Mstislav Rostropovich and Natalia Gutman, and the winner of the International Tchaikovsky Competition and International ...

(born 1955, Latvia) *

Emmanuel Feldman Emmanuel Feldman (born 1965)Karissa S. Wang, "Husband-wife duo's music is really deep," ''The Patriot Ledger'', June 1, 1994. is an American classical cellist and teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the co-founder of the cello-double b ...

(born 1965, United States) *

Pablo Ferrández Pablo Ferrández (born 19 March 1991) is a Spanish cellist. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, the Kremerata Baltica or the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Pablo has ...

(born 1991, Spain) * David Finckel (born 1951, United States, founding former member of the Emerson String Quartet) *

C. Myron Flippin C. Myron Flippin is an American conductor and cellist, best known for conducting the North Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra in a performance at Carnegie Hall on April 6, 2008, and as guest conductor for MidAmerica Productions on June 6, 2010, in ...

(United States) *

Amanda Forsyth Amanda Forsyth (born 12 October 1966) is a Canadian cellist and the former principal cellist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Biography Daughter of composer Malcolm Forsyth, Forsyth came to Canada from South Africa at age 2 and began playi ...

(born 1966, Canada) * Ricardo Roberto Francia (born 1932, Argentina) * Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States) *

Michaela Fukačová Michaela Fukačová (born 27 March 1959) is a Czech Republic, Czech cellist. She took up the cello aged 14, and won the Beethoven Cello Competition two years later. She is a past winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She studied at ...

(living, Czech Republic)

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Sol Gabetta Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist. Career Gabetta began to learn violin at ...

(born 1981, Argentina) * Ophelie Gaillard (born 1974, France) *

Alban Gerhardt Alban Gerhardt (born 25 May 1969, Berlin) is a German cellist. From a musical family, Gerhardt is the son of a mother who sang coloratura soprano, and his father, Axel Gerhardt, was a second violinist of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for ov ...

(born 1969, Germany) *

Kristin von der Goltz Kristin (Gräfin) von der Goltz (born 2 May 1966, in Würzburg, West Germany) is a German-Norwegian cellist. She plays music from the baroque repertoire, but she also performs music from later periods. Her five older brothers include the violinis ...

(born 1966, Germany, period instrument) *

David Geringas David Geringas ( lt, Dovydas Geringas; born 29 July 1946 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian cellist and conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. He also plays the b ...

(born 1946, Lithuania) * Igor Gavrish (born 1945, Russian) * Rudolf Gleißner (born 1942, Germany) *

Tina Guo Tina Guo () (born 28 October 1985) is a Chinese-born American cellist and erhuist from San Diego. Her international career as a cellist, electric cellist, erhuist, and composer is characterized by videos featuring theatrical backdrops and elabora ...

(born 1985 in China, raised and living in the United States, also an electric cellist and erhuist) *

Natalia Gutman Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman (russian: Наталья Григорьевна Гутман) (born 14 November 1942 in Kazan), PAU, is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted t ...

(born 1942, Russian)

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* Matt Haimovitz (born 1970, Israel) *

Narek Hakhnazaryan Narek Hakhnazaryan ( arm, Նարեկ Հախնազարյան) (born October 23, 1988) is an Armenian cellist who won the gold medal for cello at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Biography Hakhnazaryan was born and raised by his mu ...

(born 1988, Armenia) *

Yehuda Hanani Yehuda Hanani is an international soloist, recording artist, Israeli- American cellist and Professor of Violoncello at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Biography Hanani studied with Leonard Rose at Juilliard and with ...

(born Jerusalem, Israel) *

Richard Harwood :''Richard Harwood is also the assumed name of National Front member Richard Verrall.'' Richard Craig Harwood (born 8 August 1979) is a British cellist. Biography Richard Harwood was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire and began learning to p ...

(born 1979, England) * Ofra Harnoy (born 1965, Israel) *

Stjepan Hauser Stjepan Hauser (; born 15 June 1986), known professionally as HAUSER, is a Croatian cellist. He is a member of 2CELLOS, along with Luka Šulić. Early life and musical training Hauser was born in Pula, Croatia, into a musical family, where h ...

(born 1986, Croatia) *

Frans Helmerson Frans Helmerson (born 1945) is a Swedish cellist, pedagogue, and conductor. Biography Helmerson was born in 1945 and by the age of 8 began playing cello. Later on, he studied with Guido Vecchi in Götheborg, Giuseppe Selmi in Rome, and with William ...

(born 1945, Sweden) *

Catherine Hewgill Catherine Hewgill (born 1963) is an Australian cellist. Since 1990 she has been the principal cellist of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. As a chamber musician she was a founding member of the Novalis Quartet and has recorded with The Australian T ...

(born 1963, Australia) - Principal Cello

Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra that was initially formed in 1908. Since its opening in 1973, the Sydney Opera House has been its home concert hall. Simone Young is the orchestra's chief conductor and firs ...

Desmond Hoebig Desmond Hoebig is a Canadian cellist with a career as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. Hoebig has held the chair of Principal Cellist in the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Hoebig is cur ...

(born 1961, Canada) *

Louise Hopkins Louise Hopkins (born 1965) is a British contemporary artist and painter who lives and works in Glasgow, Scotland. Biography Hopkins was born in Hertfordshire, England and completed the Foundations Studies course at Brighton Polytechnic from ...

(born 1968, England) *

Dale Henderson (cellist) Dale Henderson (born in 1976) is an American cellist. He plays a 1914 Thomas James Holder cello. Henderson is the founder and thought leader for the worldwide music movement Bach in the Subways, and has toured the world performing equal access co ...

(New York) - Founder of

Bach in the Subways Bach in the Subways is a grass-roots movement to bring public attention to classical music, mainly through free concerts in celebration of the birthday of Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21). First performed as solo concerts in the New York City Subw ...

Sébastien Hurtaud Sébastien Hurtaud is a French classical cellist. Life Youth Hurtaud was born in La Rochelle in a family of artists: an older brother tenor and recorder player, Jean-Christophe Hurtaud and a sister pianist and art historian, Marie-Caroline Hur ...

(living, France)

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* Steven Isserlis (born 1958, England) *

Sergei Istomin Sergei Istomin (russian: Сергей Хохлов, or Истомин, Сергей Николаевич) is a violoncello, cellist and a viola da gamba player. He began his violoncello studies at the age of six at the Gnessin State Musical Colleg ...

(Russian, resides in Belgium), period instruments, also plays viola da gamba * Yuki Ito (born 1990, Japan)

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Guy Johnston Guy Johnston (born 1981) is a British cellist and the winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year award in 2000. He has subsequently enjoyed a successful international career as a soloist and chamber musician and currently serves as an Associat ...

(born 1981, England)

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* Sheku Kanneh-Mason (born 1999, United Kingdom) *

Ivan Karizna Ivan Karizna is a French cellist. He was bronze medalist at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 2011 and ended 5th in the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition for cello. Biography Ivan Karizna was born in Dzyatlava, Belarus and got interested ...

(born 1992, Belarus) *

Anssi Karttunen Anssi Karttunen (born 1960) is a Finnish cellist. Karttunen's repertoire ranges from the early baroque to living composers and improvisation. He has performed with many orchestras in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including the Philharmonia, BBC ...

(born 1960, Finland) *

Paul Katz Paul Katz is an American cellist, who was a member of the Cleveland Quartet from 1969 to 1995.Katherine Millett "Cellist Paul Katz Puts His Students on Equal Footing" ''Strings'' August/Sept, 2007 He and his wife, pianist Pei-Shan Lee, reside in B ...

(living, United States), founding member of the

Cleveland Quartet The Cleveland Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 by violinist Donald Weilerstein, at the time an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, whose director Victor Babin had secured funding for an in-resident quartet (the institute's f ...

Jonah Kim Jonah Kim (born June 8, 1988), is a South Korean cellist based in the United States. He has been referred to as "the next Yo-Yo Ma" and is known for his "technical finesse" and "romantic and ardent" playing style. Kim made his debut in 2002 with W ...

(born 1988, South Korea) *

Ralph Kirshbaum Ralph Henry Kirshbaum (born March 4, 1946) is an American cellist. During his career he has performed as soloist with major orchestras worldwide, won prizes in several international competitions, and recorded extensively. Early life and education ...

(born 1946, United States) *

Maria Kliegel Maria Kliegel (born 14 November 1952) is a German cellist. Professional career Kliegel was born in Dillenburg, Hesse. She studied under Janos Starker starting at the age of 19. She won first prize at the American College Competition, First Germ ...

(born 1952, Germany) *

Jacob Koranyi Jakob Koranyi (born 28 May 1983 in Stockholm) is a Swedish cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings ...

(born 1983, Sweden) *

Nina Kotova Nina Kotova is an American cellist of Eastern European decent. As well as being a versatile artist and an established composer she is a recording artist who performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician. Education K ...

(born 1969 in Soviet Union, lives in the United States) * Anatoli Krastev (born 1947, Bulgaria) * Josef Krecmer (born 1958, Czech Republic) *

Joel Krosnick Joel Krosnick (born 1941, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American cellist who has performed as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the world for over 40 years. As a member of the Juilliard String Quartet from 1974 to 2016, he ...

(born 1941, United States), was member of

Juilliard String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School. It has received numerous ...

Wieland Kuijken Wieland Kuijken (; born Dilbeek, 31 August 1938) is a Belgium, Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello. Biography Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part un ...

(born 1938), Belgium, baroque cello and viola da gamba, also a conductor *

Friedemann Kupsa Friedemann Kupsa (* September 7, 1943 in St.Pölten, Austria) is an Austrian Cellist. Friedemann Kupsa studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater, Vienna, and attended masterclasses with Daniil Shafran (cello) and the La Salle Quartet (chambe ...

(born 1943, Austria) *

Aage Kvalbein Aage Kvalbein (born 29 March 1947) is a Norwegian cellist and a professor in cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue. Kvalbein was bo ...

(born 1947, Norway)

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David Lale (Australian cellist) David Lale (born 1962) is a cellist from England, who now lives in Australia. He is Principal Cellist ofThe Queensland Orchestra He studied at the Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is the oldest conser ...

(born 1962, England) *

David Lale (British cellist) David Lale (born 1981) is a cellist from the United Kingdom. He is a member of thLale String Quartetand plays regularly in a number of orchestras in the UK including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. David is the nephew o ...

(born 1981, England) *

Gerard Le Feuvre Gerard Le Feuvre (born 11 September 1962) is a British musician. Early life and education Le Feuvre was born on 11 September 1962 in Jersey, Channel Islands, one of four children of a Jersey businessman. He is an alumnus of the Royal Academy ...

(born 1962, Channel Islands) *

Trey Lee Chui-yee Trey Lee (Chinese:李垂誼; pinyin: Chui-yee Lee) is a Hong Kong-born cellist based in Berlin, Germany. A laureate of major international competitions, he appears as a featured soloist with orchestras and festivals all over the world. He is also ...

(born 1973, Hong Kong) *

Mats Lidström Mats Lidström (born 1959) is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher. His first teacher was Maja Vogl, of the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He then went on to study at the Juilliard School ...

(born 1959, Sweden) *

Jaap ter Linden Jaap ter Linden (born 10 April 1947, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor. He specialises in performance of baroque and classical music on authentic instruments. He began his career as principal cellist of notable baro ...

(born 1947, Netherlands), baroque cello *

Gavriel Lipkind Gavriel Lipkind ( he, גבריאל ליפקינד; born 1977) is an Israeli classical cellist based in The Netherlands. Lipkind made his radio debut performance aged eight, left Israel at an age of about 18, and received degrees from three music co ...

(born 1977, Israel) * Hugh Livingston (born 1969) *

Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme. Early years and education Julian ...

(born 1951, England) * Sam Lucas (born 1996, Australia)

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* Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955 in France, raised and living in the United States) * Mischa Maisky (born 1948, Latvia) *

Brian Manker Brian Manker is the Principal Cellist of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra in Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and cellist of the New Orford String Quartet and the Adorno Quartet. Manker has performed throughout North America as a member of the H ...

(living, Canada) *

Jonathan Manson Jonathan Manson is a Scottish cellist and viol player. Born in Edinburgh, he studied cello with Jane Cowan and later went on to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann. He studied ...

(living, born in Scotland), period instruments, also plays viola da gamba *

Alain Meunier 2014 Alain Meunier (born 22 June 1942 in Paris) is a French cellist. Meunier was born in Paris, the third child among four siblings. Starting the cello at the age of 13 and received premier prix in chamber music at 15 and in cello at 16. He sud ...

(born 1942, France) *

Antônio Meneses Antônio Meneses Neto (born 23 August 1957 in Recife) is a Brazilian cellist. Antonio Meneses was born into a family of musicians. His father was first horn player at the Opera of Rio de Janeiro. He began to study the cello when he was ten. Durin ...

(born 1957, Brazil) *

Ailbhe McDonagh Ailbhe McDonagh (born 29 November 1982 in Dublin) is an Irish concert cellist and composer. Her compositions have been published by Boosey & Hawkes, Hal Leonard, RIAM and ABRSM. She performs worldwide as a soloist, chamber musician, recording a ...

(born 1982, Ireland) *

Ivan Monighetti Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgari ...

(born 1948, Poland) * John Moran (born 1963, United States), baroque cello * Truls Mørk (born 1961, Norway) * Johannes Moser (born 1979, Germany, lives in Canada) * Philippe Muller (born 1946, France) * Daniel Müller-Schott (born 1976, Germany)

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Steven Sharp Nelson Steven Sharp Nelson (born July 5, 1977) is an American cellist. He is best known as "The Cello Guy" of the classical new-age musical group The Piano Guys, with whom he has released eight number-one albums and dozens of music videos. He also has ...

(born 1977, United States), member Of The Piano Guys *

Clancy Newman Clancy Newman (born 1977) is an American cellist and composer. In 2001 he won first place in the International Naumburg Competition, and in 2004 he received an Avery Fisher Career Grant. Newman was born in Albany NY in 1977, to Australian parents. ...

(born 1977, United States) * Şerban Nichifor (born 1954, Romania), also a composer * Arto Noras (born 1942, Finland) *

Nancy Lenehan Nancy Lenehan (born April 26, 1953) is an American actress who has appeared in film and television since the 1980s. She is best known for Audrey in ''Grace Under Fire'' (1993-1998), Kay Hickey in ''My Name Is Earl'' (2005-2008), and Angela in ' ...

(born 1953, United States), learning to play

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* Kevin Olusola (born 1988, United States) * Ouyang Nana (born 2000, China)

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* Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born 1964, United States) * Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964, Italy, viola da gamba) *

Angela Park Angela Park ( ko, 박혜인, born August 25, 1988) is a Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States. Childhood and personal life Park was born in Foz do Iguaç ...

(born 1987, United States) *

Saerom Park Saerom Park (Saerom Emma Lou Park, 박새롬, born June 23, 1981), is a Korean-German cellist. Saerom Park's musical activities have already taken her across Europe, East Asia and South Africa in performances as both soloist and chamber musician ...

(born 1981, South Korea) *

Vito Paternoster Vito Paternoster is an Italian cellist, recording for Musicaimmagine. He has served as principal cellist for I Musici (Rome). Paternoster is the first cellist to record the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Cello (orig. violin), after ...

(born circa 1963 stimated from other dates Italy, also a conductor and composer) *

Amit Peled Amit Peled (born 1973) is an Israeli-American cellist, conductor, and pedagogue. He plays a ca. 1695 Grancino cello on loan from the Roux Family Foundation. From 2012-2018 he played Pablo Casals's 1733 Matteo Goffriller cello. Prior to Casals's c ...

(born 1973, Israel) *

Samuli Peltonen Samuli Peltonen (born 1981) is a Finnish cellist. Education Samuli Peltonen started his cello studies with his father Jussi Peltonen in Seinäjoki. He continued with Timo Hanhinen in Turku (1998–2002) and with Arto Noras in Sibelius Acade ...

(born 1981, Finland) * David Pereira (born 1953, Australia) *

Miklós Perényi Miklós Perényi (born 5 January 1948) is a Hungarian cellist. He was born in Budapest into a musical family and studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Ede Banda and Enrico Mainardi. He continued his studies at the Accademi ...

(born 1948, Hungary) *

Vladimir Perlin Vladimir Pavlovich Perlin (russian: Владимир Па́влович Перлин; born 1 March 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian cellist and pedagogue. Biography Vladimir Perlin was born in Frunze to ''Berta Borisovna Fidlon'' and ''Pav ...

(born 1942 in Soviet Union, lives in Belarus, also a conductor and pedagogue) *

Luigi Piovano Luigi Piovano is an Italian cellist and conductor. He is Principal Cellist of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, guest Principal Cellist of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and guest principal cellist of the Seoul Philharmon ...

(living, Italy, baroque and modern cellos, also a conductor) * Anthony Pleeth (born 1948, England, baroque cello, son and student of

William Pleeth William Pleeth OBE (12 January 1916 – 6 April 1999) was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré. Biography Early years William Pleeth was born in London. His p ...

) * Carlos Prieto (born 1937, Mexico)

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Jean-Guihen Queyras Jean-Guihen Queyras is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on 11 March 1967, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He is a professor at the Musikhochschule F ...

(born 1967 in Canada, lives in France, plays baroque and modern cellos) * Misha Quint (born 1960 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)

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* Giovanni Ricciardi (born 1968, Italy) * Sharon Robinson (born 1949, United States) *(Kyril) Kirill Rodin (born 1963, Russian) *

Sergei Roldugin Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin (Russian: Сергей Павлович Ролдугин, born September 28, 1951 Sakhalin) is a Russian cellist and businessman, based in St Petersburg. He is a close friend of Vladimir Putin. He has been implicated i ...

(born 1951, Russia) * Shauna Rolston (born 1967, Canada) * Joshua Roman (born 1983, United States) *

Alexei Romanenko Alexei Romanenko is a Russian-born cellist. Romanenko was born in Vladivostok, Russia, Romanenko began playing the cello at six-years old. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory under cello professor Valentin Feygin. In 1998, Romanenko moved to the U ...

(born 1974 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States) *

Nathaniel Rosen Nathaniel "Nick" Rosen (born June 9, 1948 in Altadena, California) is an American cellist, the gold medalist of the 1978 International Tchaikovsky Competition, and former faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Manhattan School o ...

(born 1948, United States) *

Martti Rousi Martti Arvo Henrik Rousi (born 2 November 1960 in Piikkiö), is a Finnish cellist. Martti Rousi started to play the cello at the age of 8 in Turku. His first teachers were Timo Hanhinen and Seppo Kimanen. He then studied at the Sibelius Academy wi ...

(born 1960, Finland) *

Alexander Rudin Alexander Israilevich Rudin (born 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor. Biography and career Rudin was born in 1960, in Moscow, and he studied piano and cello at the Gnessin Institute before later studying conducting at the Moscow ...

(born 1960, Russian) *

Martin Rummel Martin Rummel (born 2 May 1974) is an Austrian cellist. Biography The son of Peter Rummel, professor of law, grew up in Linz, where he went to primary school and graduated from Akademisches Gymnasium, where he received a Classical education ...

(born 1974, Austria)

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John Sant’Ambrogio John Sant’Ambrogio (born June 12, 1932 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American cellist. He studied music at Lebanon Valley College (B.A., 1954) and at Ohio University (M.M., 1959). He studied cello with Diran Alexanian (1948 to 1950), with Pau ...

(born 1932, United States) *

Sara Sant'Ambrogio Sara Sant'Ambrogio (born 1962) is an American cellist best known as a member of the Eroica Trio. She was born in Boston and began her studies with her father, John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. She was ...

(born 1962, United States) *

Niklas Schmidt Niklas Uwe Schmidt (born 1 March 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Toulouse. At international level, he represented Germany's U16, U17, and U19 youth teams. Club career Schmidt is a youth e ...

(born 1958, Germany) * Julian Schwarz (born 1991, United States) *

Inbal Segev Inbal Segev ( he, ענבל שגב) is a cellist who grew up in Israel. Segev began her studies in Israel at the age of 5. With the recommendation of Isaac Stern, she came to the United States to continue her studies at the age of 16. She debuted wit ...

(born in Israel, lives in the United States) * Tessa Seymour (born 1993, United States) *

Fred Sherry Fred Sherry (born 1948) is an American cellist who is particularly admired for his work as a chamber musician and concert soloist. He studied with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School before winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions ...

(born 1948, United States) *

Andrew Shulman Andrew Shulman (born 1960 in London, England) is an English virtuoso cellist, conductor and composer. He is currently the principal cellist of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra and maintains his cello studio at the University of Southern Californ ...

(born 1960, England, also a conductor and composer) *

Vedran Smailović Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "Cellist of Sarajevo", is a musician from Bosnia and Herzegovina. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's ''Adagio in G Minor'' in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat o ...

(born 1956, Bosnia and Herzogovina, lives in Northern Ireland) *

Giovanni Sollima Giovanni Sollima (born 24 October 1962 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian composer and cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father, Eliodoro Sollima, at the Con ...

(born 1962, Italy, also a composer) *

Jeffrey Solow Jeffrey Solow (born January 3, 1949) is an American cello virtuoso and past president of both the American String Teachers Association and the Violoncello Society, Inc. of New York. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Solow began cello lessons at t ...

(born 1949, Los Angeles) *

Kian Soltani Kian Soltani ( fa, کیان سلطانی; born 3 June 1992) is an Austrian-Iranian cellist, born in Bregenz to a family of Iranian musicians. He has held the post of principal cellist in Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, where he ...

(born 1992, Austria) *

Pierre Strauch Pierre Strauch (born 1958) is a French cellist, composer and conductor. Strauch studied cello with Jean Deplace. Strauch won fourth prize at the Rostropovitch Cello Competition in 1977. In 1978 Strauch joined the ensemble intercontemporain, a ...

(born 1958, France) * Peter Stumpf (United States) * Luka Šulić (born 1987, Slovenia) *

Hidemi Suzuki is a Japanese cellist and conductor. Career Suzuki took his music degrees at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, with a focus on cello and conducting. After a successful career as a modern cellist, he went to the Netherlands in 1984 to st ...

(born 1957, Japan, period instruments, also a conductor)

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* Stéphane Tétreault (born 1993, Canada) * Camille Thomas (born 1988, France) * Ronald Thomas (born 1952, United States) *

Doron Toister Doron Toister (born 16 May 1957) is a cellist, pianist, composer and classical music arranger. He leads the cello group of the Israeli Rishon Lezion Symphony Orchestra and Israeli Opera Orchestra. Biography Doron Toister was born on May 16, 195 ...

(born 1957, Israel) *

Fiona Thompson Fiona Thompson is an English cellist. She began studying cello in her native England at the age of seven and studied with Leonid Gorokhov at the Royal Northern College of Music, and with Ronald Leonard at the University of Southern California. ...

(born in England, lives in the United States) * Bion Tsang (born 1967, United States)

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* Frances-Marie Uitti (born 1946, United States, also a composer)

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* Laura van der Heijden (born 1997, England) *

Jan Vogler Jan Vogler (born February 18, 1964) is a German-born classical cellist who lives in New York City."About Jan Vogler" ...

(born 1964 in Germany, lives in the United States)

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Nathan Waks Nathan Waks (born 1951) is an Australian cellist, composer, record producer, arts administrator and wine company owner. Early years Waks was born in 1951, into a musical family, his mother being a talented pianist.Christine Walevska Christine Walevska (born March 8, 1945, Los Angeles) is an American classical cellist. She is known for her numerous recordings with Philips Records and performing concerts worldwide. In 1975, she became the first concert musician to perform in ...

(born 1943, Los Angeles, California) *

Raphael Wallfisch Raphael Wallfisch (born 15 June 1953 in London) is a British cellist and professor of cello. As a soloist he performs regularly with leading orchestras around the world, as well as together with duo partner John York (piano), or as member of the ...

(born 1953, England) * Jian Wang (born 1968, China) *

Wendy Warner Wendy Warner is a cellist from Chicago, Illinois. She performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber musician around the world. Career Wendy Warner is one of the world's leading cellists, praised by Strings magazine for her � ...

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Graham Waterhouse Graham Waterhouse (born 2 November 1962) is an English composer and cellist who specializes in chamber music. He has composed a cello concerto, ''Three Pieces for Solo Cello'' and ''Variations for Cello Solo'' for his own instrument, and string ...

(born 1962, England, also a composer) * Paul Watkins (born 1970, Wales) * Alisa Weilerstein (born 1982, United States) *

Paul Wiancko Paul Wiancko (born 1983) is an American composer and cellist of the Kronos Quartet. Early life and education Paul Kenji Wiancko was born in San Clemente, California. He began playing the cello at age 5 and composed his first piece at age 8.

(born 1983, United States, also a composer) * Peter Wiley (born 1955, United States) *

Dominique de Williencourt Dominique de Williencourt is a French cellist and composer, born in Lille in 1959. Works * ''Abraham and Isaac'', opus 7, for baritone, flute and string orchestra. First performed in the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, February 2007 * ...

(born 1959, France, also a composer) *

Pieter Wispelwey Pieter Wispelwey (born 25 September 1962) is a Dutch cellist. In 1992, he was the first cellist to receive the Netherlands Music Prize, a government-awarded prize given to the most promising young musician in the Netherlands. He has come to ...

(born 1962, Netherlands)

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* Sung-Won Yang (living, South Korea) *

Daniel Yeadon Daniel Yeadon is a British-born Australian cellist and viola da gambist. Together with his partner Neal Peres Da Costa and artistic director Richard Tognetti he won the 2008 ARIA Award for Best Classical Album for the album ''Bach: Sonatas for V ...

(born 1967, England, lives in Australia)

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* Thomas Batuello (born 1994, TV work, rock music) *

Matt Brubeck Charles Matthew "Matt" Brubeck (born May 9, 1961) is an American cellist, bassist, keyboardist, composer, and arranger. He is both a performer of classical music and jazz and rock. Early life and career Matt Brubeck was born in Norwalk, Conne ...

(born 1961, United States, jazz music)

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* Isobel Campbell (born 1976, Scotland, indie rock) * Grace Chatto (living, born 10 December 1985, multi-instrumentalist, key member of band, Clean Bandit.) *

Gretta Cohn Gretta Cohn is a cellist who is best known for playing cello in the rock group Cursive from 2001-2005. She left the group in August 2005. Her departure was announced on the Cursive website in late August: Cursive regrets to announce the departure ...

(living, United States, rock musician and radio producer) * Melora Creager (born 1966, United States, rock music)

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* Caroline Dale (born 1965, England, classical and popular music)

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Rushad Eggleston Rushad Robert Eggleston (born September 30, 1979) is an American cellist, composer, jazz vocalist, & performer. Eggleston's music can be eccentric, with many references to fantasy and goblins. Eggleston is known for inventing words, and for hi ...

(born 1979, United States, cello rock)

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Gideon Freudmann Gideon Freudmann, is a composer, performer and cello innovator coined the term ''CelloBop'' to describe his music. His solo performances often include improvisation and the use of technology to sample, loop and layer tracks in real time to create ...

(living, eclectic composer, cello rock) * Erik Friedlander (born 1960, United States, jazz) * Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States, jazz/improvisational cellist)

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* Károly Garam (born 1941 in Hungary, moved to Finland, popular musics) *

Lani Groves Lani Groves (born 1980 in Bloemfontein) is a South African musician and actor. She began playing the cello and singing at the age of five years. Groves performs regularly at musical events across the Gauteng region in South Africa. In 2004, Grov ...

(born 1980, South Africa, world musics) * Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982, Iceland, lives in Germany, solo and in electronica bands) *

Tina guo Tina Guo () (born 28 October 1985) is a Chinese-born American cellist and erhuist from San Diego. Her international career as a cellist, electric cellist, erhuist, and composer is characterized by videos featuring theatrical backdrops and elabora ...

(born 1985, China)

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Natalie Haas Natalie may refer to: People * Natalie (given name) * Natalie (singer) (born 1979), Mexican-American R&B singer/songwriter * Shahan Natalie (1884–1983), Armenian writer and principal organizer of Operation Nemesis Music Albums * ''Natal ...

(living, United States, Celtic folk music) *

Melissa Hasin Melissa "Missy" Hasin, (born November 3, 1954) is an American cellist who was raised in Newport Beach, California. Biography Although her parents wanted her to stick with classical music, she played the electric bass in various blues and ...

(born 1954, United States, popular music) *

(born 1986, Croatia, part of

2Cellos 2CELLOS (stylized 2CΞLLOS) were a Croatian cellist duo, consisting of classically trained cellists Luka Šulić and Stjepan Hauser. Signed to Sony Masterworks since 2011, they released six albums. They played instrumental arrangements of well ...

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Svante Henryson Svante Henryson (born 22 October 1963 in Stockholm, Sweden) is a composer, cellist, bass guitarist and double bassist, active within jazz, classical music, and hard rock. Biography Childhood and studies Svante Henryson grew up in Umeå in northe ...

(born 1963, Sweden, jazz, rock, also a composer) *

Tristan Honsinger Tristan Honsinger (born October 23, 1949) is an American cello player active in free jazz and free improvisation. He is perhaps best known for his long-running collaboration with free jazz pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Derek Bailey. Born ...

(born 1949, United States, free jazz and free improvisation) *

Ivan Hussey Celloman is the artist name of cellist Ivan Hussey. The music combines world music, jazz, and classical with African and Middle Eastern rhythms. Musical career Ivan Hussey's musical career began when he joined the Reggae Philharmonic Orches ...

(living, leader of Celloman, fusion music)

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Jorane Jorane Pelletier (born October 12, 1975), known professionally as Jorane, is a French-Canadian singer/cellist, who performs pop and alternative music style on the cello, a typically classical instrument, while singing at the same time. She has r ...

(born 1975, Canada, alternative singer-songwriter)

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Zoë Keating Zoë Clare Keating (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian-American cellist and composer once based in San Francisco, California, now based in Vermont. Music career Keating performed from 2002 to 2006 as second chair cellist in the cello rock band ...

(born 1972, Canada, cello rock and classical, also a soundtrack composer) * Julia Kent (living, born in Canada, cello rock) * Perttu Kivilaakso (born 1978, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica) *

Brent Kutzle Brent Michael Kutzle (born August 3, 1985) is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, and film composer originating from Fountain Valley, California. He is the bassist and cellist for the pop rock band OneRepubli ...

(born 1987, United States, in band

OneRepublic OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2002. It consists of lead vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Ryan Tedder, lead guitarist and violist Zach Filkins, rhythm guitarist Drew Brown, bassist and cellis ...

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Caroline Lavelle Caroline Lavelle is an English singer-songwriter and cellist who has created three solo albums and contributed vocals, music, and production help to many other artists and bands. Career Lavelle studied at the Royal College of Music in London. ...

(living, British singer-songwriter and cellist) * Alexandra Lawn (from indie rock band Ra Ra Riot) *

Ana Lenchantin Ana Lenchantin is an Argentine-American cellist of French ancestry, known for frequent appearances with American rock bands such as Train, Into the Presence, The Eels, Gnarls Barkley, No Doubt, Arthur Lee and Love, A Perfect Circle, Nine Inch Na ...

(living, United States, from progressive rock band Into the Presence) *

Max Lilja Max Lilja (born 27 October 1975) is a Finnish cello player. He is best known as a founding member of the Finnish cello metal band Apocalyptica, a band he left in 2001 to join the Finnish thrash metal band Hevein. Beginning in 2007, Lilja has ...

(born 1975, Finland, from thrash metal band Hevein) * Fred Lonberg-Holm (born 1962, United States, jazz) * Paavo Lötjönen (born 1968, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)

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* Antero Manninen (born 1973, Finland, cello metal) *

Martin McCarrick Martin McCarrick (born 29 July 1962) is an English cellist, keyboardist, guitarist and composer. Aside from being a live and recording artist, he is also a teacher and visiting lecturer in music. Career His first recording in the pop/rock ar ...

(born 1962, England, rock) *

Kerry Minnear Kerry Churchill Minnear (born 2 January 1948 in the town of Shaftesbury in Dorset, England) is a multi-instrumentalist musician known primarily for his work with the progressive rock band Gentle Giant from 1970 to 1980. He graduated from the Ro ...

(born 1948, England, multi-instrumentalist, progressive rock with 70s band Gentle Giant)

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(born 1977, member of "The Piano Guys")

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Neyla Pekarek Neyla Pekarek (; born September 4, 1986) is an American cellist, vocalist, and pianist. She was a member of the folk rock band The Lumineers from 2010 to 2018. Early life Pekarek was born and raised in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in a househol ...

(born 1986, United States, also a vocalist, from folk rock band

The Lumineers The Lumineers are an American alternative folk band based in Denver, Colorado. The founding members are Wesley Schultz (lead vocals, guitar) and Jeremiah Fraites (drums, percussion, piano). Schultz and Fraites began writing and performing toge ...

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* Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971, Netherlands, primarily known for

Hindustani classical music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

, also a composer) * Ernst Reijseger (born 1954, Netherlands, improvisation) * Hank Roberts (born 1954, United States, jazz)

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Jane Scarpantoni Jane Scarpantoni (born 1960)https://www.myheritage.com/names/jane_scarpantoni is a classically trained American cello player who has played on a number of alternative rock albums. She was a member of Hoboken, New Jersey's Tiny Lights in the mid-1 ...

(living, United States, alternative rock) * Philip Sheppard (living, England, also a composer) * Ben Sollee (born 1983, United States, singer-songwriter, eclectic genres) * Luka Šulić (born 1987, Croatia, part of

) * Mark Summer (born 1958, United States, original cellist of

Turtle Island String Quartet The Turtle Island Quartet is a string quartet that plays hybrids of jazz, classical, and rock music. The group was formed in 1985 by David Balakrishnan, Darol Anger, and Mark Summer in San Francisco. They released their first album on Windham H ...

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* Martin Tillman (born 1964, Switzerland, also a composer) *

Eicca Toppinen Eino Matti "Eicca" Toppinen (born 5 August 1975) is a Finnish cellist The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four str ...

(born 1975, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica) * Matt Turner (living, United States)

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Kanon Wakeshima is a Japanese musician and singer. Originally produced by musician and fashion designer Mana, Wakeshima debuted under the DefStar Records label on May 28, 2008 with the single " Still Doll", the ending theme for the anime adaptation of the manga ...

(born 1988, Japan, also a vocalist) *

Aubrey Webber The Doubleclicks are a nerd-folk musical duo based in Portland, Oregon, consisting of siblings Laser Malena-Webber (on guitar, ukulele, or cat keyboard) and Aubrey Turner. They first became known for performing nerd-friendly comedy music, inclu ...

(living, United States, nerd-folk with

The Doubleclicks The Doubleclicks are a nerd-folk musical duo based in Portland, Oregon, consisting of siblings Laser Malena-Webber (on guitar, ukulele, or cat keyboard) and Aubrey Turner. They first became known for performing nerd-friendly comedy music, inclu ...

) * Gay-Yee Westerhoff (born 1973, England, of crossover band

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Alexander Zhiroff Alexander "Sasha" Zhiroff (born 13 April 1951 in Ishim, Soviet Union) is a Russian cellist whose performing career has included appearances as a soloist with orchestras in the United States, Russia, Cuba, recitals in major concert halls, and reco ...

(born 1951, Russian, world music)

Deceased classical cellists

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Claus Adam Claus Adam (November 5, 1917 – July 4, 1983) was an American cellist and cello teacher as well as a composer. His music teachers include Emanuel Feuermann for cello, Stefan Wolpe for composition, and Léon Barzin for conducting. He served as ...

(1917–1983, United States, also a composer) * Joseph Alexander (c.1770–1822, Germany) *

Diran Alexanian Diran Alexanian ( hy, Տիրան Ալեքսանեան) (April 12, 1881, Constantinople – 1954, Chamonix, France) was an Armenian cello teacher and one of the world's greatest virtuoso cellists. Early life He started his studies in music und ...

(1881–1954, Armenia) *

Francesco Aliani Francesco Aliani (9 April 1762 – 28 May 1812) was an Italian cellist. He was a major figure in the musical life of Piacenza in the early nineteenth century. He was born at Piacenza. He for a time studied the violin under his father, who was firs ...

(1762–1812, Italy) *

Karl Andersen Karl August Andersen (29 September 1903 in Oslo - 15 August 1970 in Oslo) was a Norwegian cellist from Vaterland, in his time the leading Norwegian cellist and solo cellist in Oslo Philharmonic for many decades. Biography At the age of 17 Anders ...

(1903–1970, Norway, also a composer) *

Olivier Aubert Pierre François Olivier Aubert (1763 – c.1830) was a French cellist, guitarist and composer. He mostly abbreviated his name as "P. F. Olivier Aubert". Biography Aubert was born in Amiens. After having received initial musical training in h ...

(1763–c.1830, France, also a composer)

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* Felix Battanchon (1814–1893, France) *

Paul Bazelaire Paul Bazelaire (4 March 1886 – 11 December 1958) was a French cellist and composer. Bazelaire was born in Sedan, Ardennes. He studied under Jules Delsart Jules Delsart (24 November 1844 – 3 July 1900)MacGregor, "Jules Delsart"Grove Music ...

(1886–1958, France) * Hugo Becker (1863–1941, Germany) *

Auguste van Biene Auguste van Biene (16 May 1849 – 23 January 1913) was a Dutch composer, cellist and actor. He became best known for his composition ''The Broken Melody'', performed by the composer as part of a musical play of the same name. Van Biene gre ...

(1849–1913, Netherlands, moved to England) * Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italy, primarily a composer) *

Karl Leopold Böhm Karl Leopold Böhm (also Carl Leopold Böhm, Leopold Karl Böhm; 4 November 1806 – 2 October 1859) was an Austrian cellist. Life Böhm was born in Vienna, son of a businessman, and he was intended to follow in the business. Showing musical abilit ...

(1806–1859, Austria) *

Gaetano Braga Gaetano Braga (June 9, 1829 – November 21, 1907) was an Italian composer and cellist. He was born in Giulianova in Abruzzi and died in Milan. Braga's works include compositions for the cello (two concertos, a quintet, a quartet, works fo ...

(1829–1907, Italy, also a composer) *

Jean-Baptiste Bréval Jean-Baptiste Sebastien Bréval (6 November 1753 – 18 March 1823) was a French Cello, cellist and composer. He wrote mostly for his own instrument, including pedagogical works as well as virtuoso display pieces. Life Bréval was born in Pa ...

(1753–1823, France) * Christopher Bunting (1924–2005, England) * Friedrich Buxbaum (1869–1948, Austria) * Anner Bylsma (1934–2019, Netherlands, baroque cello)

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Pau Casals Pau Casals i Defilló (Catalan: ; 29 December 187622 October 1973), usually known in English by his Castilian Spanish name Pablo Casals,

(1876–1973, Spain, also a composer and conductor) *

Juan Ruiz Casaux Juan Antonio Ruiz-Casaux y Lopez de Carvajal, V. marqués de Atalaya Bermeja, usually known as Juan Ruiz Casaux (23 December 188916 January 1972) was a noted Spanish cellist and teacher. Along with Pablo Casals and Gaspar Cassadó, he was a membe ...

(1889–1972, Spain) * Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966, Spain, also a composer) * Giacobbe Cervetto (died 1783, Italy, moved to England) *

James Cervetto James Cervetto (8 January 1748 – 5 February 1837) was an English cellist, playing in aristocratic venues and in important concerts of the day. He was the soloist for the premiere of Haydn’s second cello concerto. Life Cervetto was born in Lo ...

(1748–1837, UK) * Mabel Chaplin (1870–1960, UK, member of the Chaplin Trio; also played viola ga gamba) *

Giovanni Battista Cirri Giovanni Battista Cirri (1 October 1724 – 11 June 1808) was an Italian cellist and composer in the 18th century. Biography Cirri was born in Forlì in the Emilia-Romagna Region of Italy. He had his first musical training with his brother Ig ...

(1724–1808, Italy, also a composer) *

Jennifer Ward Clarke Jennifer Ward Clarke (20 June 1935 – 1 March 2015) was a British cellist. After an early career in contemporary music, she later specialised in baroque music and performances on period instruments. Early life and career Jennifer Ward Clarke was ...

(1935–2015, UK) * Orlando Cole (1908–2010, United States) *

Nelson Cooke Nelson Ripley Cooke AM (21 December 1919 – 7 February 2018) was an Australian cellist who was principal cellist at the London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic Orchestras during the 1950s and 1960s. Career Cooke was born in Bellbir ...

(1919–2018, Australia, career partly in UK) *

Bernhard Cossmann Bernhard Cossmann (17 May 1822 – 7 May 1910) was a German cellist. Born in Dessau, he first studied under Theodore Muller. During his life, he worked for the Grand Opera in Paris and became acquainted with Franz Liszt, with whom he went to Weim ...

(1822–1910, Germany) *

John Crosdill John Crosdill (1751–1825) was an English musician, cellist and violist. Biography Crosdill was born in London, England and was the son of violoncellist Richard Crosdill (1698–1790) with whom he is sometimes confused. John Crosdill, along w ...

(1751–1825, UK) * Douglas Cummings (1944–2014, UK)

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Karl Davydov Karl Yulievich Davydov (russian: Карл Юльевич Давидов; ) was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as the "czar of cellists". He was also a composer, mainly for the cello. Hi ...

(1838–1889, Russia) *

Jules Delsart Jules Delsart (24 November 1844 – 3 July 1900)MacGregor, "Jules Delsart"Grove Music Online (Subscription Access)/ref> was a 19th-century French cellist and teacher. He is best known for his arrangement for cello and piano of César Franck's V ...

(1844–1900, France) *

Jean Deplace Jean Lucien Deplace (12 July 1944 – 30 November 2015) was a French cello, cellist. Many well-known cellists studied with Deplace. Deplace studied with Maurice Maréchal and won first prize for cello in 1963 at the Paris Conservatory. Deplace ...

(1944–2015, France) *

Friedrich Dotzauer Justus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (20 January 1783 – 6 March 1860) was a German cellist and composer. Life Early life and career Dotzauer was born in 1783 in , near Hildburghausen. His father, a pastor, encouraged his interest in music. I ...

(1783–1860, Germany) *

Karl Drechsler Karl Drechsler (27 June 1800 – 1 December 1873) was a German cellist and teacher. Life Drechsler was born in Kamenz, and in 1820 he joined the court chapel in Dessau. He went in 1824 to study with Friedrich Dotzauer in Dresden, and returning to ...

(1800–1873, Germany) *

Jean-Louis Duport Jean-Louis Duport (4 October 17497 September 1819), sometimes known as Duport the Younger to distinguish him from his older brother (and teacher) Jean-Pierre (1741-1818), was a cellist, pedagogue, and composer. He is perhaps best known today fo ...

(1749–1819, France, brother of Jean-Pierre Duport) *

Jean-Pierre Duport Jean-Pierre Duport (27 November 1741 – 31 December 1818) was a cellist of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Along with his brother, Jean-Louis Duport (also a cellist), he was active in the musical life of France and Germany. Jean-Pierre w ...

(1741–1818, France, brother of Jean-Louis Duport) * Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987, England)

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* Maurice Eisenberg (1900–1972, United States)

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* Emanuel Feuermann (1902–1942, born in Ukraine, died in the United States) *

Rocco Filippini Rocco Filippini (7 September 1943 – 13 April 2021) was a Swiss classical cellist. Biography and musical career The son of Felice Filippini, a painter, writer and broadcaster, and Dafne Salati, a pianist, Rocco Filippini began his musical ...

(1943–2021, Switzerland) *

Wilhelm Fitzenhagen Wilhelm Karl Friedrich Fitzenhagen (15 September 1848 – 14 February 1890) was a German cellist, composer and teacher, best known today as the dedicatee of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ''Variations on a Rococo Theme''. Life Fitzenhagen was born in ...

(1848–1890, Germany) * Pierre Fournier (1906–1986, France) *

Auguste Franchomme Auguste-Joseph Franchomme (10 April 180821 January 1884) was a French cellist and composer. For his contributions to music, he was decorated with the Légion d'honneur in 1884. Life and career Born in Lille, Franchomme studied at the local conse ...

(1808–1884, France) * Jacques Franco-Mendès (1816–1889, Netherlands)

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* Domenico Gabrielli (d.1690, Italy) *

Raya Garbousova Raya Garbousova (russian: Ра́я Га́рбузова; September 25, 1909Alternative dates appear in the literature. The ''New Grove'' has September 25, 1906, and ''Baker's Dictionary'' has October 10, 1905. Raya Garbousova herself claimed to ...

(1909–1997, born in Georgia, Russian Empire) *

Maurice Gendron Maurice Gendron (26 December 1920, near Nice20 August 1990, Grez-sur-Loing) was a French cellist, conductor and teacher. He is widely considered one of the greatest cellists of the 20th century. He was an Officer of the Legion of Honor and a recip ...

(1920–1990, France) * Gwyneth George (1920–2016, UK) *

Georg Goltermann :''Georg Eduard Goltermann should not be confused with Julius Goltermann (1825–1876), the cello teacher of David Popper.'' Georg Eduard Goltermann (19 August 1824 – 29 December 1898) was a German cellist, composer and conductor. Life Golter ...

(1825–1876, Germany, also a composer) *

Bernard Greenhouse Bernard Greenhouse (January 3, 1916 – May 13, 2011) was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio. Life and career Greenhouse was born in Newark, New Jersey. He started his professional studies with Felix Salmo ...

(1916–2011, United States, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio) *

Friedrich Grützmacher Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Grützmacher (1 March 1832 – 23 February 1903) was a noted German cellist and composer in the second half of the 19th century. He composed mostly for cello (including several concertos and many technical studies), but a ...

(1832–1903, Germany)

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Lynn Harrell Lynn Harrell (January 30, 1944 – April 27, 2020) was an American classical cellist. Known for the "penetrating richness" of his sound, Harrell performed internationally as a recitalist, chamber musician, and soloist with major orchestras o ...

(1944–2020, United States) *

Beatrice Harrison Beatrice Harrison (9 December 1892 – 10 March 1965) was a British cellist active in the first half of the 20th century. She gave first performances of several important English works, especially those of Frederick Delius, and made the first or ...

(1892–1965, England) *

Robert Hausmann Robert Hausmann (13 August 185218 January 1909) was a notable 19th-century German cellist who premiered important works by Johannes Brahms (including the Double Concerto) and Max Bruch (including ''Kol Nidrei''). He was the cellist for the Joach ...

(1852–1909, Germany) * Victor Herbert (1859–1924, Ireland, primarily remembered as a composer, also a conductor) *

Florence Hooton Florence Hooton (8 July 1912 – 14 May 1988) was an English cellist. She was born in Scarborough, the daughter of a cellist, and studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Douglas Cameron, then in Zurich with Emanuel Feuermann.Palmer, Russell. ' ...

(1912-1988, England) * Kato van der Hoeven (1877 –1959, Netherlands)

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* Alexander Ivashkin (1948–2014, Russian)

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Antonio Janigro Antonio Janigro (21 January 19181 May 1989) was an Italian cellist and conductor. Biography Born in Milan, he began studying piano when he was six and cello when he was eight. Initially taught by Giovanni Berti, Janigro enrolled in the Verdi ...

(1918–1989, Italy) * Ivor James (1882–1963, British) * Nicasio Jiménez (1849–1891, Cuba) *

Vivian Joseph Vivian Joseph (born March 7, 1948) is an American former pair skater who competed with her brother, Ronald Joseph. They are the 1964 Olympic bronze medalists, 1965 World silver medalists, and 1965 North American champions. Personal life Viv ...

(1916-2005, British)

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John Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...

(1922–1980, born in England, moved to Australia) *

Lauri Kennedy Lauri Kennedy ( Irvine Robert Laurie Kennedy; 5 July 1896 26 April 1985) was an Australian cellist. Early life Irvine Robert Laurie Kennedy (he used Laurie, later dropping the final 'e') was born in Randwick, New South Wales, Randwick, a subur ...

(1896–1985, born in Australia) * Julius Klengel (1859–1933, Germany) *

Sviatoslav Knushevitsky Sviatoslav Nikolayevich Knushevitsky (also seen as Knushevitzky; 19 February 1963) was a Soviet-Russian classical cellist. He was particularly noted for his partnership with the violinist David Oistrakh and the pianist Lev Oborin in a renowned p ...

(1907–1963, Russia) *

Antonín Kohout Antonín Kohout (12 December 1919 – 15 February 2013) was a Czech cellist and founder of the Smetana Quartet. Life Kohout was born in Lubná in 1919. He studied with the cellist Karel Pravoslav Sádlo at Prague Conservatory; in 1941 at the Conse ...

(1919–2013, Czech) * Otto van Koppenhagen (1897–1978, Netherlands) * Antonín Kraft (1752–1820, Czech)

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* Salvatore Lanzetti (1710–1780, Italian) *

Robert Lindley Robert Lindley (4 March 1776 – 13 June 1855) was an English cellist and academic, described as "probably the greatest violoncellist of his time". Life Lindley was born in Rotherham in 1776. His father, an amateur cellist, gave him lessons on th ...

(1776–1855, British) *

Joseph Linke Joseph Linke (also spelled Joseph Lincke, Josef Linke; 8 June 1783 – 26 March 1837) was a cellist and composer who had a distinguished career in Vienna, as a soloist and as a member of the Schuppanzigh Quartet. He took part in the first performan ...

(1783–1837, Austria) *

Martin Lovett Martin Lovett (3 March 1927 – 29 April 2020) was an English cellist, best known for his work for 40 years with the Amadeus Quartet, one of the leading string quartets at the time. Life and career Lovett was born in Stoke Newington (nor ...

(1927–2020, England)

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Fritz Magg Fritz Magg (April 18, 1914 – July 20, 1997) was a renowned Austrian-American cellist, known for his career spanning over six decades as a soloist, symphony and chamber ensemble performer, and educator. Biography Magg was born in Vienna to Pa ...

(1914–1997, born in Vienna, moved to the United States) *

Enrico Mainardi Enrico Mainardi (19 May 1897, in Milan – 10 April 1976, in Munich) was an Italian cellist, composer, and conductor. At the age of thirteen, in 1910, Mainardi had already begun his career as a cello virtuoso who toured the concert halls of Europ ...

(1897-1976, Italy) * Rudolf Matz (1901–1988, Croatia) * Joseph Merk (1795–1852, Austria) * Frank Miller (1912–1986, United States) *

Georges Miquelle Georges Miquelle (1894 – 1977) was born in Lille, France. He was a classical cellist in France and the United States. Biography He began his studies at the age of five when he entered the Conservatoire de Lille, Lille Conservatoire. At seven, ...

(1894–1977, born in France, moved to the United States) * Víctor Mirecki Larramat (1947–1921, born in France, lived in Spain) *

Lorne Munroe Lorne Munroe (November 24, 1924 – May 4, 2020) was an American cellist.Gibson, Ronald and Winters, Kenneth"Munroe, Lorne*, ''Encyclopedia of Music in Canada''. Accessed March 12, 2009 He was principal cellist of the Philadelphia Orchestra from ...

(1924–2020, United States) * Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991, United States, performance art) *

May Mukle May Henrietta Mukle FRAM (14 May 1880 – 20 February 1963) was a British cellist and composer. She has been described as a "noted feminist cellist", who encouraged other women cellists. Early life Mukle was born in London, the daughter of Leo ...

(1880–1963, British)

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André Navarra André-Nicolas Navarra (Biarritz, 13 October 1911 – Siena, 31 July 1988) was a French cellist and cello teacher. Early life He was born into a musical family in Biarritz, his father being a bassist of Italian descent."'Play From The Stomach, ...

(1911–1988, France) *

Zara Nelsova Zara Nelsova (December 23, 1918October 10, 2002) was a prominent cellist. Biography Nelsova was born as Sara Katznelson in Winnipeg, Canada, to parents of Jewish-Russian descent. Nelsova first performed at the age of five in Winnipeg. She eventu ...

(1918–2002, Canada)

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* Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880, born in Germany, lived in France)

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Siegfried Palm Siegfried Palm (25 April 1927 – 6 June 2005) was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music. Many 20th-century composers like Kagel, Ligeti, Xenakis, Penderecki and Zimmermann wrote music for ...

(1927–2005, Germany) * Aldo Parisot (1918–2018, Brazil, United States) * Leslie Parnas (1931–2022, United States) *

Boris Pergamenschikow Boris Mironowitsch Pergamenschikow, , (29 August 1948 in Leningrad – 30 April 2004 in Berlin), was a Russian-born cellist. His father was also a cellist, and gave his son his first lessons. In 1974, Boris Pergamenschikow won a gold medal at t ...

(1948–2004, born in Soviet Union, moved to Germany) *

Gregor Piatigorsky Gregor Piatigorsky (, ''Grigoriy Pavlovich Pyatigorskiy''; August 6, 1976) was a Russian Empire-born American cellist. Biography Early life Gregor Piatigorsky was born in Ekaterinoslav (now Dnipro, Ukraine) into a Jewish family. As a child, ...

(1903–1976, born in Russia, moved to United States) *

Alfredo Piatti Carlo Alfredo Piatti (8 January 182218 July 1901) was an Italian cellist, teacher and composer. Biography Piatti was born at via Borgo Canale, in Bergamo and died in Mozzo, 4 miles from Bergamo. The son of a violinist, Antonio Piatti, he ori ...

(1822–1901, Italy) *

(1916–1999, England, teacher of Jacqueline du Pré) * Dominik Połoński (1977–2018, Poland) * David Popper (1843–1913, Bohemian born, active in Hungary)

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Gábor Rejtő Gábor Rejtő, also known as Gabor Rejto (23 January 1916 – 26 June 1987), was a Hungarian cellist who performed with various artists and chamber music ensembles in the 20th century. Biography Early life Rejtő was born in Budapest into a Jew ...

(1916–1987, Hungary) * Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841, Germany, also a composer) *

Leonard Rose Leonard Joseph Rose (July 27, 1918 – November 16, 1984) was an American cellist and pedagogue. Biography Rose was born in Washington, D.C.; his parents were Jewish immigrants, his father from Bragin, Belarus, and his mother from Kyiv, ...

(1918–1984, United States) *

Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. He is considered by many to be the greatest cellist of the 20th century. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was wel ...

(1927–2007, Russia, also a conductor)

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Karel Pravoslav Sádlo Karel Pravoslav Sádlo (5 September 1898 in Prague, Bohemia – 24 August 1971 in Prague, Czechoslovakia) was a Czech cellist and significant cello pedagogue. Between 1929–1961, he was the teacher of the majority of Czech cellists and tutored a ...

(1898–1971, Czech) *

Miloš Sádlo Miloš Sádlo (13 April 1912 – 14 October 2003), a Czech cellist, was born in Prague, Czech Republic. Life Born Miloš Bláha, later Miloš Zátvrzský after his step-father. He started his musical education by playing violin when he was 8 years ...

(1912–2003, Czech) * Felix Salmond (1880–1952, England) * Heinrich Schiff (1951–2016, Austria) * Franz Schmidt (1874–1939, Austria, also a pianist and a composer) *

Georg Schnéevoigt Georg Lennart Schnéevoigt (8 November 1872 – 28 November 1947) was a Finnish conductor and cellist, born in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland, which is now in Russia, to Ernst Schnéevoigt and Rosa Willandt. Career Schnéevoigt began his c ...

(1872–1947, Finnish, also a conductor) *

Eleonore Schoenfeld Eleonore Schoenfeld (March 6, 1925 – January 1, 2007) was an American musician, considered one of the most influential cellists of the 20th century. Biography Born in Maribor, Slovenia to a Polish father and a Russian mother, Schoenfeld m ...

(1925–2007, born in Slovenia, died in the United States) * Joseph Schuster (1903–1969, born in Turkey, died in the United States) * Adrien François Servais (1807–1866, Belgium) *

Daniil Shafran Daniil Borisovich Shafran (russian: Даниил Борисович Шафран, January 13, 1923February 7, 1997) was a Soviet Russian cellist. Biography Early years Daniil Shafran was born in Petrograd (later Leningrad, then Saint Petersburg ...

(1923–1997, Russian) *

Natalia Shakhovskaya Natalia Shakhovskaya (September 27, 1935 – May 20, 2017), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian cellist.Harvey Shapiro (1911–2007, American) *

Anna Shuttleworth Anna Shuttleworth (2 May 1927 – 2 March 2021Anna Shuttleworth (2n ...

(1927–2021, England) * František Sláma (1923–2004, Czech) * Benyamin Sönmez (1983–2011, Turkey) *

George Sopkin George Sopkin (April 3, 1914 – October 28, 2008) was an American cellist who was a founding member of the Fine Arts Quartet and faculty member at Kneisel Hall School of Chamber Music in Blue Hill, Maine. Born and raised in Chicago, Sopkin was a ...

(1914–2008, United States) *

David Soyer David Soyer (February 24, 1923February 25, 2010) was an American cellist. He was born in Philadelphia and began playing the piano at the age of nine. At 11, he started the cello. One of his first teachers was Diran Alexanian. Later on he studi ...

(1923–2010, United States) *

William Henry Squire William Henry Squire, ARCM (8 August 1871 – 17 March 1963) was a British cellist, composer and music professor of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He studied cello at the Royal College of Music, and became professor of cello at the Roya ...

(1871–1963, England) * János Starker (1924–2013, born in Hungary, died in the United States) * Leo Stern (1862–1904, England) *

Guilhermina Suggia Guilhermina Augusta Xavier de Medim Suggia Carteado Mena, known as Guilhermina Suggia, (27 June 1885 – 30 July 1950) was a Portuguese cellist. She studied in Paris, France with Pablo Casals, and built an international reputation. She spent man ...

(1885–1950, Portugal)

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* Paul Tortelier (1914–1990, France) *

Anton Träg Anton Träg (11 June 1819 – 7 July 1860) was an Austrian cellist and composer. Life Träg was born in Schwechat, and studied with Joseph Merk at the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna. He was a teacher at Prague Conservat ...

(1819–1860, Austria)

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* Laszlo Varga (1924–2014, Hungary) *

Aleksandr Verzhbilovich Aleksandr Valerianovich Verzhbilovich (russian: Александр Валерианович Вержбилович; ) was a Russian classical cellist of Polish descent. His name also appears as Verzhbilovic, Verzhibilovic, Vierzbilovich, Wierzbil ...

(1850–1911, Russia) *

J. Louis von der Mehden Jacob Louis von der Mehden, Jr. (July 20, 1873 – August 27, 1954) was an American Cello, cellist, Conducting, conductor, and composer of classical music. Opened in 1965, the J. Louis von der Mehden Recital Hall on the University of Connecticut ...

(1873–1954, United States)

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Terence Weil Terence Weil (9 December 1921 in London – 25 February 1995 in Figueras) was a British cellist, principal cellist of the English Chamber Orchestra, a founding member of the Melos Ensemble, a leading chamber musician and an influential teacher ...

(1921–1995, England) * August Wenzinger (1905–1996, Switzerland) *

Donald Whitton Donald Richard "Don" Whitton (August 2, 1923 – April 26, 2018) was a Canadian concert cellist, recording musician, and teacher, with a professional career in music spanning over 50 years. Biography Whitton was born in London, Ontario, Canada in ...

(1923–2018, Canada)

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* Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017), United States, jazz, also a composer and multi-instrumentalist)

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* David Baker (1931–2016, United States, jazz composer and performer)

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* Tom Cora (1953–1998, United States, experimental jazz and rock)

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* Mike Edwards (1948–2010, England, member of the

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Fred Katz Frederick Carl Katz (21 May 1877 – 13 December 1960) was an Australian trade unionist and politician. He had a long association with the Australian labour movement, holding senior leadership positions with the Federated Clerks' Union, Feder ...

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* Hugh McDowell (1953–2018, England, cellist with rock bands

and ELO Part II)

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* Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960, United States, bebop) *

Kristen Pfaff Kristen Marie Pfaff (née Parco; May 26, 1967 – June 16, 1994) was an American musician, best known as the bassist for alternative rock band Hole from 1993 to 1994. Prior to Hole, Pfaff was the bassist and backing vocalist for Minneapolis-base ...

(1967–1994, United States, alternative rock)

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* Arthur Russell (1951–1992, United States, eclectic genres)

References

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. The ce ...