Cello
1902 Nov 22 |
Emanuel Feuermann, cellist (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), was born in Kolomea, Galicia (under crown of Austria). Links: Austria, Cello |
1927 Mar 27 |
Mstislav Leopold Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, was born in Baku, Azerbaijan, USSR. Links: Azerbaijan, Cello |
1976 Aug 6 |
Gregor Piatigorsky (b.1903), Russian cellist, died. Links: Russia, USSR, Cello |
1978 |
Edwin Dickinson (b.1891), American painter, died in Wellfleet, Mass. His work included "The Cello Player" (1924-1926). Links: Artist, USA, Massachusetts, Cello |
1981 |
Witold Lutoslawski composed his intense "Grave, A Metamorphosis for Piano and Cello." Links: USA, Piano, Classical Music, Cello |
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1987 Oct 19 |
Jacqueline du Pre (42), British cellist, died of multiple sclerosis. Links: Britain, Classical Music, Cello |
1991 |
The "Hyperstring Trilogy" by Tod Machover was premiered by cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Links: USA, Classical Music, Cello |
1996 |
"Appalachia Waltz" by Mark O’Connor, fiddle, and Edgar Meyer, bassist, and Yo-Yo Ma, cellist, went to the top of the classical charts. Links: USA, Classical Music, Cello |
2007 Apr 27 |
Mstislav Rostropovich (b.1927), master cellist, died. He had fought for the rights of Soviet-era dissidents and later triumphantly played Bach suites below the crumbling Berlin Wall. Links: Russia, Classical Music, Cello |
2007 Sep 17 |
Sotheby's canceled a London auction Set for Sep 18 after Alisher Usmanov, a Russian tycoon paid about 25 percent more than the estimated price for the art collection of the late cellist Mstislav Rostropovich. A government agency "presented some guarantees to Sotheby's that this transaction would be in the interest of the Russian Federation." Links: Russia, Britain, Cello |
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2010 Sep 3 |
In southern England cellist Mike Edwards (62), a founding member of the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) band, died after the 600 kg (1,323 lb) bale rolled down a steep field in Devon, smashed through a hedge and careered on to the road. Links: Britain, Pop&Rock, Cello |
2013 Apr 28 |
Janos Starker, world-renowned cellist, died in Indiana. Starker, born in Hungary in 1924, had arrived in the in the US in 1948. Links: USA, Hungary, Cello |