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Cellists

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Adrian BelewPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Steven "Adrian" Belew (born December 23, 1949) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer.
Ahn Eak-taiPerson · Music memorabilia
Alexander RudinPerson · Music memorabiliaAlexander Israilevich Rudin (born 25 November 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor.
André NavarraPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — André Navarra
Andy RourkePerson · Music memorabiliaAndrew Michael Rourke (17 January 1964 – 19 May 2023) was an English musician best known as the bassist of the 1980s indie rock band the Smiths.
Anna S. ÞorvaldsdóttirPerson · Music memorabilia
Anner BylsmaPerson · Music memorabiliaAnner Bylsma (born Anne Bijlsma; 17 February 1934 – 25 July 2019) was a Dutch cellist who played on both modern and period instruments in a historically informed style.
Antonín KraftPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonín Kraft (30 December 1749 – 28 August 1820) was a Czech cellist and composer. He was a close friend of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven.
Antonio CaldaraPerson · Music memorabiliaAntonio Caldara (c. 1670 – 28 December 1736) was an Italian Baroque composer.
Antonio GuarnieriPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Antonio Guarnieri
Antônio MenesesPerson · Music memorabiliaAntônio Jeronimo de Meneses Neto (23 August 1957 – 3 August 2024) was a Brazilian cellist and an academic teacher based in Switzerland.
Arthur RubinsteinPerson · Music memorabiliaArthur Rubinstein KBEh OMRI (Artur Rubinstein; 28 January 1887 – 20 December 1982) was a Polish and American pianist.
Arthur RussellPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Arthur Russell Jr. (May 21, 1951 – April 4, 1992) was an American cellist, composer, producer, singer, and musician from Iowa, whose work spanned a disparate range of styles.
August WenzingerPerson · Music memorabiliaAugust Wenzinger (14 November 1905 - 25 December 1996) was a prominent cellist, viol player, conductor, teacher, and music scholar from Basel, Switzerland.
Auguste TolbecquePerson · Music memorabiliaAuguste Tolbecque (March 30, 1830 – March 8, 1919) was a French cellist who composed a number of etudes for his instrument.
Beat RichnerPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Beat Richner
Bernard GreenhousePerson · Music memorabiliaBernard Greenhouse (January 3, 1916 – May 13, 2011) was an American cellist and one of the founding members of the Beaux Arts Trio.
Caroline LavellePerson · Music memorabiliaCaroline 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.
Charles Henri de BlainvillePerson · Music memorabiliaCharles-Henri de Blainville (1711–1769 [or after 1771]) was a French composer, cellist, pedagogue and music theorist.
David DarlingPerson · Music memorabiliaDavid Darling (March 4, 1941 – January 8, 2021) was an American cellist and composer. In 2010, he won the Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.
David PopperPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — David Popper
Diedre MurrayPerson · Music memorabiliaDiedre Murray is an American cellist and composer specializing in jazz and musical theater. She also works as a record producer and curator.
Domenico GabrielliPerson · Music memorabiliaDomenico Gabrielli (15 April 1651 or 19 October 1659 – 10 July 1690) was an Italian Baroque composer and one of the earliest known virtuoso cello players, as well as a pioneer of cello…
Dorian RudnytskyPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in New York City to a Ukrainian family. His father was the composer/conductor Antin Rudnytsky, and his mother was the soprano Maria So
Eberhard WeberPerson · Music memorabiliaEberhard Weber is a German double bassist and composer. Weber's compositions blend chamber jazz, European classical music, minimalism and ambien
Erik FriedlanderPerson · Music memorabiliaErik Friedlander (born July 1, 1960) is an American cellist and composer based in New York City.
Erik TulindbergPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Silhouette of Eric Tulindberg by unknown artist
Evaristo Felice Dall'AbacoPerson · Music memorabiliaEvaristo Felice Dall'Abaco (12 July 1675, Verona, Republic of Venice — 12 July 1742, Munich, Bavaria) was an Italian composer, violinist, and cellist.
Ferdinand HellmesbergerPerson · Music memorabiliaFerdinand Hellmesberger (24 January 1863 – 15 March 1940) was an Austrian cellist and conductor.
Fernando VelázquezPerson · Music memorabiliaFernando Velázquez Saiz (born 22 November 1976) is a Spanish concert, film and TV composer.
Francesco AlboreaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Francesco Alborea, engraving by Johann Jakob Haid from a portrait by Martin van Meytens kept in Wien, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek
Franz DanziPerson · Music memorabiliaFranz Ignaz Danzi (15 June 1763 – 13 April 1826) was a German cellist, composer and conductor, the son of the Italian cellist Innocenz Danzi (1730–1798) and brother of the noted singer…
Friedrich DotzauerPerson · Music memorabiliaJustus Johann Friedrich Dotzauer (20 January 1783 – 6 March 1860) was a German cellist and composer.
Friedrich GrützmacherPerson · Music memorabiliaFriedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Grützmacher (1 March 1832 – 23 February 1903) was a German cellist and composer in the second half of the 19th century.
Gaetano BragaPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gaetano Braga.
Georg Abraham SchneiderPerson · Music memorabiliaGeorg Abraham Schneider (19 April 1770 – 19 January 1839) was a German musician and composer.
Giovanni BononciniPerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni Bononcini (or Buononcini) (18 July 1670 – 9 July 1747) (sometimes cited also as Giovanni Battista Bononcini) was an Italian Baroque composer, cellist, singer and teacher, one of a…
Gregor PiatigorskyPerson · Music memorabiliaGregor Piatigorsky (Grigory Pavlovich Pyatigorsky; April 17 1903August 6, 1976) was a Ukrainian-born Russian and American cellist.
Heinrich SchiffPerson · Music memorabiliaHeinrich Schiff (18 November 1951 – 23 December 2016) was an Austrian cellist and conductor.
Jacques OffenbachPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques Offenbach (20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario.
Jānis MediņšPerson · Music memorabiliaJānis Mediņš (October 9, 1890 – March 4, 1966) was a Latvian composer.
Jaques MorelenbaumPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jaques Morelenbaum 2025
Jean-Baptiste-Aimé Joseph JansonPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Baptiste Janson (9 March 1742 – 2 September 1803) was a French cellist and composer of the classical period.
Jean-Louis DuportPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Louis Duport (4 October 1749 – 7 September 1819), sometimes known as Duport the Younger to distinguish him from his older brother (and teacher) Jean-Pierre (1741-1818), was a cellist,…
Jean-Pierre DuportPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Jean-Pierre Duport
Johann Baptist VanhalPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Baptist Wanhal (12 May 1739 – 20 August 1813) was a Czech composer of the Classical period. He was born in Nechanice, Bohemia, and died in Vienna.
Johann Joachim Christoph BodePerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Joachim Christoph Bode (January 16, 1731 – December 13, 1793) was a well-known German translator of literary works.
Johann Sebastian PaetschPerson · Music memorabiliaJohann Sebastian Paetsch (born in Colorado Springs, U.S. on April 11, 1964) is an American cellist and musician.
John BarbirolliPerson · Music memorabiliaSir John Barbirolli (Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 189929 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist.
Jonathan HarveyPerson · Music memorabiliaJonathan Dean Harvey (3 May 1939 – 4 December 2012) was a British composer. He held teaching positions at universities and music conservatories in Europe and the United States.
José BragatoPerson · Music memorabiliaJosé Bragato (12 October 1915 – 18 July 2017) was an Italian-born Argentine cellist, composer, conductor, arranger and musical archivist who, in his early career, was principal cellist in…
Joseph AbacoPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Abaco (full name Joseph (Giuseppe) Marie Clément Ferdinand dall'Abaco) (27 March 171031 August 1805) was an Italian violoncellist and composer.
Joseph KanePerson · Film memorabiliaJasper Joseph Inman Kane (March 19, 1894 – August 25, 1975) was an American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter.
Joseph KeilberthPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Keilberth (19 April 1908 – 20 July 1968) was a German conductor who specialised in opera.
Joseph SchubertPerson · Music memorabiliaJoseph Schubert (20 December 1754 – 28 July 1837) was a German composer, violinist, and violist.
Julius KlengelPerson · Music memorabiliaJulius Klengel (24 September 1859 – 27 October 1933) was a German cellist who is most famous for his études and solo pieces written for the instrument. He was the brother of Paul Klengel.
Karl Schröder IIPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Carl Schroeder (1890)
Károly HorváthPerson · Music memorabilia
Kazimierz WiłkomirskiPerson · Music memorabiliaKazimierz Wiłkomirski; (September 1, 1900, Moscow – March 7, 1995, Warsaw) was a Polish cellist, composer and conductor.
Kian SoltaniPerson · Music memorabiliaKian Soltani (born 3 June 1992) is an Austrian-Iranian cellist, born in Bregenz to a family of Iranian musicians.
Kōmei AbePerson · Music memorabiliaKōmei Abe was a neo-classical Japanese composer who specialized in string quartets. He performed both as cellist and clarinetist.
Leon ThereminPerson · Music memorabiliaLev Sergeyevich Termen (18963 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin, was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical…
Lluís ClaretPerson · Music memorabiliaLluís Claret (born Lluís Claret i Serra, 10 March 1951) is an Andorran cellist.[1][2] Claret has taught and played internationally as well as in Barcelona.
Lori SingerPerson · Music memorabiliaThe daughter of conductor Jacques Singer, she was born in Corpus Christi, Texas, and raised in Portland, Oregon, where her father served as the lea
Lotte BrottPerson · Music memorabiliaCharlotte Brott (Goetzel; February 8, 1922 – January 6, 1998) was a Canadian cellist and music administrator.
Ludwig HoelscherPerson · Music memorabiliaLudwig Hoelscher (23 August 19078 May 1996) was a German cellist. He played internationally as a soloist, and was well known as a chamber musician, first playing from 1932 in Elly Ney's…
Luigi BoccheriniPerson · Music memorabiliaRidolfo Luigi Boccherini (also; 19 February 1743 – 28 May 1805) was an Italian composer and cellist of the Classical era whose music retained a courtly and galante style even while he…
Luka ŠulićPerson · Music memorabiliaLuka Šulić (born 25 August 1987) is a Croatian-Slovenian cellist. He was a member of 2CELLOS, along with Stjepan Hauser.
Margarethe QuiddePerson · Music memorabiliaMargarethe Quidde (née Jacobson; 11 June 1858 – 25 April 1940) was a German cellist, writer, music educator, and pianist.
Marie Roemaet-RosanoffPerson · Music memorabiliaMarie L. Roemaet Rosanoff (December 3, 1896 – December 24, 1967), sometimes written as Marie Roemaet-Rosanoff or Marie Roemaet-Rosanov, was a Belgian-American cellist and music educator.
Matt HaimovitzPerson · Music memorabiliaMatt Haimovitz was born in Israel, he grew up in the US from the age of five. He plays mainly a cello made by Matteo Goffriller in 1710.
Mátyás SeiberPerson · Music memorabiliaMátyás György Seiber (lang, sometimes given as Matthis Seyber; 4 May 1905 – 24 September 1960) was a Hungarian-born British composer who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1935…
Mauro GiulianiPerson · Music memorabiliaMauro Giuliani was born in 1781 at Bisceglie. Giuliani died in 1829 at Naples.
Max LiljaPerson · Music memorabiliaMax 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…
Michael DenhoffPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Denhoff (born 25 April 1955 in Ahaus) is a German composer and cellist.
Mike BlockPerson · Music memorabiliaMichael Glen Block (born May 25, 1982) is an American cellist, singer, composer, and arranger.
Mikhail VielgorskyPerson · Music memorabiliaCount Mikhail Vielgorsky (Michał Wielhorski); (22 November 1788 – 21 September 1856) was a Russian official and composer of Polish descent.
Mischa MaiskyPerson · Music memorabiliaMischa Maisky (Miša Maiskis; Mikhail Leopoldovich Maysky; born 10 January 1948) is a Soviet-born Israeli cellist.
Morey AmsterdamPerson · Music memorabiliaMoritz "Morey" Amsterdam (December 14, 1908 – October 28, 1996) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer.
Mstislav RostropovichPerson · Music memorabiliaMstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian cellist and conductor.
Narek HakhnazaryanPerson · Music memorabiliaNarek Hakhnazaryan (born October 23, 1988) is an Armenian cellist who won the gold medal for cello at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition.
Natalia GutmanPerson · Music memorabiliaNatalia Grigoryevna Gutman (born 14 November 1942), PAU, is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov.
Natalie CleinPerson · Music memorabiliaNatalie Clein (born Poole, Dorset) is a British classical cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist.
Nathan BarrPerson · Music memorabiliaNathan Barr (born February 9, 1973; also known as Nate Barr) is an American film and television composer and musician.
Nicola Francesco HaymPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Marco Ricci's ca. 1709 painting of Nicola Francesco Haym at the harpsichord.
Nicolas AltstaedtPerson · Music memorabiliaNicolas Altstaedt (born 1982) is a German-French cellist. His versatile career incorporates solo performance, chamber music, conducting, and artistic programming, with a repertoire spanning…
Oscar PettifordPerson · Music memorabiliaOscar Pettiford (September 30, 1922 – September 8, 1960) was an American jazz double bassist and composer. He was one of the earliest musicians to work in the bebop idiom.
Otto LohsePerson · Music memorabiliaOtto Lohse (21 September 1859 – 5 May 1925) was a German conductor and composer.
Perttu KivilaaksoPerson · Music memorabiliaPerttu Päivö Kullervo Kivilaakso (born 11 May 1978) is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica.
Petronio FranceschiniPerson · Music memorabiliaPetronio Franceschini (Bologna, January 9, 1651 – Venice, December 4, 1680) was a Baroque composer from Italy.
Sam JonesPerson · Music memorabiliaSamuel Jones (November 12, 1924 – December 15, 1981) was an American jazz double bassist, cellist, and composer.
Samuil SamosudPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Samuil Samosud in the 1930s
Siegfried PalmPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Palm (25 April 1927 – 6 June 2005) was a German cellist who is known worldwide for his interpretations of contemporary music.
Siegfried Wilhelm DehnPerson · Music memorabiliaSiegfried Wilhelm (von) Dehn (24 or 25 February 1799 – 12 April 1858) was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.
Steven IsserlisPerson · Music memorabiliaSteven John Isserlis (born 19 December 1958) is a British cellist. An acclaimed soloist, chamber musician, educator, writer and broadcaster, he is widely regarded as one of the leading…
Tanya AnisimovaPerson · Music memorabiliaTanya Anisimova was born in the Chechen city of Grozny into a family of scientists: her father Dr. Mikhail Anisimov is a w
Tomeka ReidPerson · Music memorabiliaTomeka Reid (born 1977) is an American composer, improviser, cellist, curator, and teacher.
Tsuyoshi TsutsumiPerson · Music memorabiliaTsuyoshi Tsutsumi (born July 28, 1942 in Tokyo) is a world-renowned Japanese cellist.
Wednesday AddamsArtist · PaintingsWednesday Friday Addams is a character from the Addams Family multimedia franchise created by American cartoonist Charles Addams.
Wesley SchultzPerson · Music memorabiliaWesley Keith Schultz (born December 30, 1982) is an American musician. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist for the folk rock band the Lumineers.
Willem van OtterlooPerson · Music memorabiliaJan Willem van Otterloo (27 December 190727 July 1978) was a Dutch conductor, cellist and composer.
William Henry SquirePerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam 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.
William J. KirkpatrickPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam James Kirkpatrick (February 27, 1838 – September 20, 1921) was an American hymnwriter and music publisher.
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