Documenting the cello
INSPIRATIONS ! – Interviews and writings with distinguished musicians sharing insights, influences and career-defining moments. A window into their artistic journeys. Here they will reveal their secrets, especially with regard to who or what has inspired them most and, as a result, influencing their aesthetics.
The aim of this series is to help to understand the basis of their prestigious achievements.
These articles are quite often (but not always) of around 1000 words. All are in English unless otherwise stated.
Enjoy the reading!
Meet the Artist – MATTHEW SHARP (Cello)
INSP01
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP01-MATTHEW_SHARP-cello-Interview-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist – BARBARA HEDLUND (Cello)
INSP02
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP02-BARBARA_HEDLUND-cello-Interview-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist (reproduced article) – LYNN HARRELL (Cello)
INSP03
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP03-LYNN_HARRELL-cello-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Conoce al Artista – ADOLFO GUTTIEREZ (Cello)
INSP04 – en español (in Spanish)
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP04-ADOLFO_GUTIERREZ-cello-Interview-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Conoce al Artista/Meet the Artist – IRINA COMESAÑA (Cello)
INSP05 – en español e inglés // in English and Spanish
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP05-IRINA_COMESANA-cello-Interview-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist (reproduced article) – JANET HORVATH (Cello)
INSP06
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP06-JANET_HORVATH-cello-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Conoce al Artista (reproduced article) – LLUIS CLARET (Cello)
INSP07 – en español (in Spanish)
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP07-LLUIS_CLARET-cello-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist (reproduced article) – BRINTON AVRIL SMITH (Cello)
INSP08
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP08-BRINTON_AVRIL_SMITH-cello-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist (reproduced article) – CAMILLE THOMAS (Cello)
INSP09
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP09-CAMILLE_THOMAS-cello-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist – LUCÍA MARÍN (Directora de Orquesta – Conductor)
INSP10 – en español (in Spanish)
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP10-LUCIA_MARIN-conductor-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
Meet the Artist – STEVEN ISSERLIS (Cello)
INSP11
https://johnstone-music.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/INSP11-STEVEN_ISSERLIS-cellist-Article-Meet_the_Artist.pdf
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David Johnstone lives near Pamplona (Navarre, Spain) with his wife Rosa and their two “Spanglish” children, close to the Atlantic Pyrenees. The nearest international airport is Bilbao.
He is interested in world affairs, politics, animal rights, and most sports (including being a lifelong suffering Reading FC fan!). Also passionate about Celtic culture and genealogy, he has traced his ‘English’ family back to 1280, although Scotland and Ireland have also shaped his background. And yes — he is half-ashamed to admit it, he loves silly jokes!
Social Work
David Johnstone supports animal rights, he is against any form of abuse towards them, and says a loud “NO” to bullfighting, foxhunting and any other animal cruelty.
TORTURE IS NOT CULTURE !
