Deutsche Grammophon Sign First Female Conductor Exclusive Contract Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has signed an exclusive multi-disc recording contract with the Deutsche Grammophon label News in English / Noticias en ingles It has been announced this week that Lithuanian conductor Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla has signed an exclusive multi-disc recording contract with the Berlin-based Deutsche Grammophon label. The announcement makes the 32-year-old

An unusual duo for trumpet and cello by Johnstone   News in English / Noticias en ingles Johnstone Creations –  NO HASSLE TO HERBERT, Jazz/Classical fusion Piece – this music has been prepared for duo of Trumpet in Bb and Cello   Download Contents or Instructions – see here: https://johnstone-music.com/product/no-hassle-to-herbert-jazz-classical-fusion-piece-for-duo-of-trumpet-and-cello/?lang=en ( symbolic price of 1€

Cello Winners announced at Sphinx competition (Detroit, Michigan) Two cellists take the top prize, receiving $50,000 and $10,000 respectively News in English / Noticias en ingles Over the weekend, Sphinx awarded more than $100,000 in prizes at the 22nd annual Sphinx Competition for young Black and Latinx string players. In the Senior Division, first prize went to

David Johnstone offers his ‘Cello Power’ March, for Cello Orchestra or for 8 Solo Cellos Notes in English / Notas en inglés Although of brief duration (some two minutes) this is a really rousing cello work, which might bring to the listener memories of the famous ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ March (Elgar), and makes a wonderful

David Johnstone re-discovers a personal early work for Flute and Cello! Notes in English / Notas en ingles The two short film pieces by David Johnstone, have been recuperated from having been left in the drawer for some thirty years! Originally these melodies were composed as music to a short film called “Dead Matches”, produced

Klaipėda International Cello Festival and Competition, Lithuania   news in English / Noticias en ingles For six days between May 1 and 6, 2017, an international assembly of cellists from different countries offers various perspectives on the art of music and invites the audience to explore the diversity of musical forms, styles and genres. A

David Johnstone actúa en las celebraciones de Viana (Navarra) Noticias en español / News in Spanish Viana cumple 800 años desde su fundación como ciudad Un acto institucional ha abierto este viernes la programación de este octavo centenario, coincidiendo con la festividad de San Felices.  Un 1 de febrero de 1219, el rey Sancho VII

International Bach in the Subways Day – 2019 Domingo, 24 de Marzo de 2019 – Empieza aprox. 11.30 am En el 334 cumpleaños de J.S. Bach músicos de todo el mundo se unirán para interpretar a Bach de forma gratuita en el metro y otros espacios públicos durante todo el día y la noche, para

Technological Composition – Huawei “completes” Schubert’s Unfinished symphony Schubert began the symphony in 1822, but had only completed two movements (plus a nearly completed piano score of a Scherzo) when he died in 1828. While a number of composers and musicologists have ‘finished’ the work, including Felix Weingartner, Gerald Abraham and Brian Newbould, and Robin Holloway, now, apparently,

Cello – Curiosities!   This Cello is made entirely of GLASS https://www.cellists.co/2019/01/this-cello-is-made-entirely-of-glass_14.html     This CELLIST can play cello while CYCLING https://www.cellists.co/2019/01/cellist-can-play-cello-while.html   Enjoy!