Cello

Cello, Classical, Grammy, United States December 9, 2020

When the pandemic hit, it left Yo-Yo Ma wondering – ‘What is music for?’ – his album Songs of Comfort and Hope provides one answer

Nick Krewen Special To the Star Yo-Yo Ma, the Paris-born, New York-raised world-renown cellist, has packed a lot of living into his 65 years. He’s recorded more than 150 albums, earned 18 Grammy Awards and performed in every place imaginable around the world. But until the pandemic hit earlier this year, there was one thing that Ma had never experienced: regular business hours.  “I’m realizing for the first time that…

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Arranger, California, Cello, Prince, United States October 14, 2003

Suzie Katayama – Cellist and Arranger to the Stars

Suzie Katayama…Cellist and Arranger to the Stars Nick Krewen GRAMMY.com October/November  2003 As with most five-year-olds enamored with Saturday morning television, Suzie Katayama was dazzled by the animated images dancing in front of her eyes, fuelling her imagination and making her laugh. But unlike most youngsters, she was equally taken with the variety of sonics bombarding her ears, ranging from the wild sound effects punctuating the action to the music…

Avant-garde, Cello, Experimental, Songwriter, United States May 1, 1997

Rasputina Under the Cello Tree

Nick Krewen Hamilton Spectator May 1, 1997     You wouldn’t think that playing the cello for a living could be too dangerous. Then again, you haven’t opened for Marilyn Manson. Rasputina‘s Melora Creager has endured her share of war wounds. “I had a lump on my forehead from something that was thrown at the stage, and I got hit in the eye with a penny,” states the 30-year-old singer,…