Viral N.J. sensation Mike Hall is on a mission to put bass guitar in the solo spotlight
The musician discusses his history, his ever-evolving playing style, and why his solo career validates his creative expression.
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Newton couple donates Ritchie Boy’s cello, other artifacts to US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Longtime Newton resident Werner Gans owed his escape from Nazi Germany as a 13-year-old to his cello and cherished the instrument throughout his life. As Adolf Hitler directed the persecution of ...
The Financial Times26d
My mother was sent to Auschwitz — her cello saved her
It was a background of total assimilation ... a broom with a comb — she just fell in love with the idea of the cello. And when it became impossible for Jewish children to have music lessons ...
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Half-Bach’d: Alisa Weilerstein’s Cello Mashups
So I can understand why Weilerstein would want to reuse them as scaffolding for a whole new repertoire of solo cello music. And I also recognize the urge to hammer together a new creation out of ...