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...famous cellist took in the room and said, “This is like a wedding.” Ma displayed good humor and genuine affection for both his interviewer and the crowd that gathered to see him in the Radcliffe Gymnasium as he explained his attitudes towards the cello, culture, and the world at large. Gardner, a professor at the Graduate School of Education, introduced his interviewee as “the pre-eminent cellist of his generation.” Over the course of the interview—recorded for the TV show “Extraordinary Minds...
...politely until the last note of each song stopped ringing. Though songs from “Distortion,” the band’s newest album, are covered in layers of shoegaze distortion, feedback, and electronic effects, the live performance was entirely acoustic, consisting of piano, guitar, cello, and bouzouki (an eight-stringed instrument similar to a mandolin). Adapting the new songs to this format consisted mostly of removing drums and guitars to expose the melodies underneath. Merritt’s latest lyrics emerged from the layers of guitar noise to reveal a sincerity and intimacy unheard since...
...wandering bass line make for a very original interplay with a vibratto-heavy guitar (think “Boulevard of Broken Dreams,” but less cheesy). “The Fox” manages to convey a sense of foreboding thanks in part to the haunting cello, which is quite a relief after so much uniform distortion. The album closes with a mediocre lullaby about love and dying, which emphasizes the cello even more, but fails to hold the listener’s attention. A pared-down version of the album with three or four fewer songs wouldn?...
Born in Korea, Koh began to play the cello at the age of seven and, at 12, won first prize in the Third International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians...
...said he chose to play Chopin’s “Cello Sonata” because “that piece is really just packed with emotions...