A person who plays the

cello The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

is called a cellist. This list of notable cellists is divided into four categories: 1) Living Classical Cellists; 2) Non-Classical Cellists; 3) Deceased Classical Cellists; 4) Deceased Non-Classical Cellists. The cello (/ˈtʃɛloʊ/ chel-oh; plural cellos or celli) is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the

violin family The violin family of musical instruments was developed in Italy in the 16th century. At the time the name of this family of instruments was viole da braccio which was used to distinguish them from the viol family (viole ''da gamba''). The standa ...

of musical instruments.

Living classical cellists

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Jamal Aliyev Jamal Aliyev (; born 2 September 1993) is an Azerbaijani cellist. In 2017 Aliyev made his solo debut at the BBC Proms with the BBC Concert Orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall—London live on radio and TV, won the "Arts Club—Sir Karl Jenkins ...

(born 1993, Azerbaijan) *

Nicolas Altstaedt Nicolas Altstaedt (born 1982) is a German-French cellist. His versatile career incorporates solo performance, chamber music, conducting, and artistic programming, with a repertoire spanning from early music to the contemporary. Early life and e ...

(born 1982, Germany) *

Tanya Anisimova Tanya Anisimova (born February 15, 1966) is an American cellist and composer of Russian descent. Tanya Anisimova was born in the Chechen city of Grozny into a family of scientists: her father Dr. Mikhail Anisimov is a well-known physicist. Her mo ...

(born 1966, Russian, also a composer) * Julian Armour (born 1960, Canadian)

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* Michael Bach (born 1958, Germany, also composer and visual artist) * Soo Bae (born 1977, Korean-Canadian, living in United States) *

Zuill Bailey James Zuill Bailey, better known as Zuill Bailey (born April 24, 1972) is an American Grammy Award-winning cello soloist, chamber musician, and artistic director. A graduate of the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University and the Juillia ...

(born 1972, United States) *

Alexander Baillie Alexander Baillie (born 6 January 1956) is an English cellist, recognised internationally as one of the finest of his generation. He is currently professor of cello at the Bremen Hochschule and previously taught at Birmingham Conservatoire, as ...

(born 1956, England) * Matthew Barley (born 1965, England) *

Maya Beiser Maya Beiser (born 31 December 1963) is an American musician, cellist, performing artist and Record producer, producer who lives in New York City. Beiser was raised on a kibbutz in Israel by her France, French mother and Argentina, Argentine father ...

(born 1963, Israel, moved to the United States, new classical music) * Emmanuelle Bertrand (born 1973, France) * Coenraad Bloemendal (born 1946, Netherlands, moved to Canada) *

Mike Block Michael Glen Block (born May 25, 1982) is an American cellist, singer, composer, and arranger. Career Block has played second cello alongside Yo-Yo Ma. He also performed in Mark O'Connor's Appalachia Waltz trio for three years. Block has also pe ...

(born 1982, United States) *

Becca Bradley Rebecca Lynn Bradley (born May 3, 1991), who goes by the stage name Becca Bradley, is an American Christian musician and cellist, who primarily plays a Christian pop style of worship music. Becca released her first full-length album, ''Heaven Com ...

(born 1991, United States) *

Andreas Brantelid Andreas Brantelid (born 8 October 1987) is a Swedish- Danish cellist. He had his concerto debut at the age of 14 playing Elgar's Cello Concerto with the Royal Danish Orchestra. In 2006 he won the Eurovision Young Musicians Eurovision Young ...

(born 1987, Denmark) *

Carter Brey Carter Brey (born 1954) is an American cello, cellist. He had a prolific solo career from 1981 until 1996 when he became the principal cellist of the New York Philharmonic, a position he continues to occupy. Biography Carter Brey was born in Mo ...

(born 1954, United States) *

František Brikcius František Brikcius is a Czech cellist. Early life František Brikcius was born in Prague. From early childhood, he began to play the cello and later studied at the Prague Conservatoire under Professor Jaroslav Kulhan. He was accepted into the ...

(living, Czech Republic) *

Denis Brott Denis Brott , SMOM is a Canadian cellist, music teacher, conductor, and founder and artistic director of the Montreal Chamber Music Festival. Early life and education Brott was born in Montreal, into a family of professional musicians; he is ...

(born 1950, Canada) *

Mario Brunello Mario Brunello (born 1960) is an Italian cellist and musician, who is currently Artistic Director of the International String Quartet Competition Premio Paolo Borciani and of the Reggio Emilia String Quartet Festival. Brunello plays a 17th-centu ...

(born 1960, Italy) *

Max Beitan Maxim Viktorovich Beitan (Latvian:Maksims Beitāns) (Russian: Максим Викторович Бейтан) (born 25 November 1986), known as Max Beitan, is a Latvian cellist. He is the winner of 18 international competitions, five of them Grand ...

(born 1986, Russia)

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Gautier Capuçon Gautier Capuçon (born 3 September 1981) is a French cellist. He is the younger brother of violinist Renaud Capuçon. Biography Gautier Capuçon was born in Chambéry, Savoie, the youngest of three siblings. His brother is the violinist Rena ...

(born 1981, France) *

Colin Carr Colin Carr (born 25 October 1957) is a British cello soloist, chamber musician, recording artist and teacher. Biography Born in Liverpool, Carr is professor of cello at the Royal Academy of Music. He taught at the New England Conservatory in Bos ...

(born 1957, England) *

Phoebe Carrai Phoebe Carrai (born October 15, 1955 in Boston) is an American cellist. Carrai studied at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston where she earned both her Bachelor and Master of Music degrees. In 1979, Carrai undertook post-graduate studi ...

(born 1955, United States, baroque and other historical styles) *

Jesús Castro-Balbi Jesús Castro-Balbi (born 1975) is an American cellist and teacher. In 2021, Castro-Balbi joined Kennesaw State University in metro Atlanta. Early life and education Of Peruvian heritage and raised in France, Jesús Castro-Balbi graduated fro ...

(living, of Peruvian descent, moved from France to the United States) * Rosa Cedrón (born 1972, Spain, also a singer) *

Han-na Chang Han-Na Chang ( Korean: 장한나, born December 23, 1982) is a South Korean conductor and cellist. Biography Born in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Chang began studying piano at age 3, and cello at age 6. In 1993, her family moved to the Unit ...

(born 1982, South Korea, also a conductor) *

Young-Chang Cho Young-Chang Cho (born 1958) is a South Korean classical cellist teaching at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany's Ruhr Area. Career Young-Chang Cho was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1958. He began cello lessons at the age of eight. Fr ...

(born 1958, South Korea) * Chu Yibing (born 1966, China) * Myung-wha Chung (born 1944, Korean) * Lluís Claret (born 1951, Andorra) *

Natalie Clein Natalie Clein (born Poole, Dorset) is a British classical cellist. Her mother is a professional violinist. Her sister is the actress Louisa Clein. Early life and education Clein started playing the cello at the age of six, and attended Tal ...

(living, England) * Bruno Cocset (born 1963, France) * Robert Cohen (born 1959, England) *

Christophe Coin Christophe Coin (; born 26 January 1958) is a French cellist, viola da gamba player and conductor active in the field of historically informed performance. He is the cellist of the Quatuor Mosaïques and is the director of the Ensemble Baroque d ...

(born 1958, France) * Emilio Colón (born in Puerto Rico, also a composer and conductor) *

Kristina Reiko Cooper Kristina Reiko Cooper is an American cellist. Although she first began her career as a classical artist, she has received critical acclaim for her diversity in music genres. Biography Cooper was born in New York City. Her father, Rex Cooper, is ...

(living, United States) *

Marc Coppey Marc Coppey (born 1969 in Strasbourg) is a French contemporary classical cellist. Biography In 1988 at the age of 18, Marc Coppey won the two highest prizes of the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competition: the first prize and the special ...

(born 1969, France)

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Caroline Dale Caroline Dale (born 1965) is a widely recorded British cellist who currently plays principal cello for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra. She has also performed music for numerous films and played with a wide range of ...

(born 1965, England, classical and popular music) *

Nadine Deleury Nadine Deleury is a cellist who was born in northern France. A student of André Navarra, she studied music at the Paris Conservatory. When in Brazil, she met Aldo Parisot during her participation in a cello master class, and she accepted his inv ...

(France) *

Robert deMaine Robert DeMaine (born December 6, 1969, is an American virtuoso cellist, best known as Principal Cello of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Early life Born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma into a musical family, DeMaine began learning music at age 4 fro ...

(born 1969, United States) *

William De Rosa William De Rosa is an American cellist. De Rosa was lauded as "one of the most brilliant cello talents in the world" by Leonard Rose. Early life After capturing first prize in the Young Musicians Foundation Piatagorsky Award, De Rosa studied at J ...

(living, United States) *

Rohan de Saram Deshamanya Frank Rohan de Saram (9 March 1939 – 29 September 2024) was a British and Sri Lankan cellist who focused on contemporary music both as a soloist and as the cellist of the Arditti Quartet from 1979 to 2005. He learned both Western m ...

(born 1939, England, also contemporary music) *

Roel Dieltiens Roel Dieltiens (born 1956) is a Belgian cellist and composer. Dieltiens plays both Baroque and modern cello. Dieltiens grew up in a musical family and initially studied piano. At the age of fifteen, just as he was about to give up music, his elde ...

(born 1957, Belgium, baroque and modern cello) *

Denise Djokic Denise Djokic (born 13 November 1980) is a cellist from Halifax, Nova Scotia. ''The Strad'' magazine has called her instantly recognizable for her "arrestingly beautiful tone colour". Career Djokic is a native of Halifax. She grew up in a large mus ...

(born 1980, Canada)

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* Angela East (born 1949, UK), continuo player and member of

Red Priest Red Priest is a British Baroque instrumental group that was formed in 1997 by Piers Adams. Currently it is composed of four performers: Adams on recorder, Adam Summerhayes on violin, Angela East on cello and David Wright on harpsichord. The g ...

* Timothy Eddy (living, United States), a founding member of the

Orion String Quartet The Orion String Quartet is a string quartet formed in 1987. It is the quartet-in-residence of New York's Mannes College The New School for Music. The members are Todd and Daniel Phillips, brothers who alternate on first and second violin, violi ...

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* Yosif Feigelson (born 1955, Latvia) *

Emmanuel Feldman Emmanuel Feldman (born 1965)Karissa S. Wang, "Husband-wife duo's music is really deep," ''The Patriot Ledger'', June 1, 1994. is an American classical cellist and teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts. He is the co-founder of the cello-double ba ...

(born 1965, United States) *

Pablo Ferrández Pablo Ferrández (born 19 March 1991) is a Spanish cellist. He has performed as a soloist with orchestras such as the Spanish National Orchestra, the RTVE Symphony Orchestra, the Kremerata Baltica or the Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Pablo h ...

(born 1991, Spain) *

David Finckel David Finckel (born December 6, 1951) is an American cellist and influential figure in the classical music world. The cellist for the Emerson String Quartet from 1979 to 2013, Finckel is currently the co-artistic director of the Chamber Music So ...

(born 1951, United States, founding former member of the

Emerson String Quartet The Emerson String Quartet, also known as the Emerson Quartet, was an American string quartet initially formed as a student group at the Juilliard School in 1976. It was named for American poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson and began touri ...

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C. Myron Flippin C. Myron Flippin is an American conductor and cellist, best known for conducting the North Arkansas Symphony Youth Orchestra in a performance at Carnegie Hall on April 6, 2008, and as guest conductor for MidAmerica Productions on June 6, 2010, in a ...

(United States) *

Amanda Forsyth Amanda Forsyth (born 12 October 1966) is a Canadian cellist and the former principal cellist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra. The daughter of composer Malcolm Forsyth, Forsyth came to Canada from South Africa at age 2 and began playing t ...

(born 1966, Canada) *

Eugene Friesen Eugene Friesen (born 1952) is an American cellist and composer. Early life Friesen was born in 1952 to Russian Mennonite parents. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Music. Career Friesen has been a member of the Paul Winter Consort since ...

(born 1952, United States) *

Michaela Fukačová Michaela Fukačová (born 27 March 1959) is a Czech cellist. She took up the cello aged 14, and won the Beethoven Cello Competition two years later. She is a past winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. She studied at the Brno Conse ...

(living, Czech Republic)

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Sol Gabetta Sol Gabetta (born 18 April 1981) is an Argentine cellist. The daughter of Andrés Gabetta and Irène Timacheff-Gabetta, she has French and Russian ancestry. Her brother Andrés is a baroque violinist. Career Gabetta began to learn violin at t ...

(born 1981, Argentina) *

Ophélie Gaillard Ophélie Gaillard (born 13 June 1974) is a French cellist. Early life Gaillard was born in Paris. While studying at the Conservatoire de Paris, she obtained three first prizes in music: one in chamber music in the class of Maurice Bourgue, one ...

(born 1974, France) *

Alban Gerhardt Alban Gerhardt (born 25 May 1969) is a German cellist. Since his debut with the Berlin Philharmonic in 1991, he has appeared with many of the world's leading orchestras. Early life and education Born to a musical family, Gerhardt's mother sang ...

(born 1969, Germany) *

Kristin von der Goltz Kristin (Gräfin) von der Goltz (born 2 May 1966, in Würzburg, West Germany) is a German-Norwegian cellist. She plays music from the baroque repertoire, but she also performs music from later periods. Her five older brothers include the violinist ...

(born 1966, Germany, period instrument) *

David Geringas David Geringas (; born 29 July 1946 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian cello, cellist and conducting, conductor who studied under Mstislav Rostropovich. In 1970 he won the gold medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. He also plays the baryto ...

(born 1946, Lithuania) * Igor Gavrish (born 1945, Russian) * Rudolf Gleißner (born 1942, Germany) *

Tina Guo Tina Guo () (born 28 October 1985) is a Chinese-born American cellist and erhuist from San Diego. Her international career as a cellist, electric cellist, erhuist, and composer is characterized by videos featuring theatrical backdrops and elabor ...

(born 1985 in China, raised and living in the United States, also an electric cellist and erhuist) *

Natalia Gutman Natalia Grigoryevna Gutman (; born 14 November 1942), PAU, is a Russian cellist. She began to study cello at the Moscow Music School with R. Sapozhnikov. She was later admitted to the Moscow Conservatory. She later studied with Mstislav Rostrop ...

(born 1942, Russian)

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Matt Haimovitz Matt Haimovitz (; born December 3, 1970) is a cellist based in the United States and Canada. 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. Family, musical education and ea ...

(born 1970, Israel) *

Narek Hakhnazaryan Narek Hakhnazaryan () (born October 23, 1988) is an Armenian cellist who won the gold medal for cello at the 2011 International Tchaikovsky Competition. Biography Hakhnazaryan was born and raised by his musician parents in Yerevan, Armenia, whe ...

(born 1988, Armenia) * Yehuda Hanani (born Jerusalem, Israel) *

Richard Harwood :''Richard Harwood is also the assumed name of National Front member Richard Verrall (political writer), Richard Verrall.'' Richard Craig Harwood (born 8 August 1979) is a British cellist. Biography Richard Harwood was born in Portsmouth, ...

(born 1979, England) *

Ofra Harnoy Ofra Harnoy (; born January 31, 1965) is an Israeli-Canadian cellist. She is a Member of the Order of Canada. By joining the international artists roster of RCA Victor Red Seal, Harnoy became the first Canadian classical instrumental soloist sin ...

(born 1965, Israel) *

Stjepan Hauser Stjepan Hauser (; born 15 June 1986), known professionally as HAUSER, is a Croatian cellist. He was a member of 2Cellos, 2CELLOS, along with Luka Šulić, and continues to perform solo. Early life and musical training Hauser was born in Pula, ...

(born 1986, Croatia) *

Frans Helmerson Frans Helmerson (born 1945) is a Swedish cellist, pedagogue, and conductor. Biography Helmerson was born in 1945 and by the age of 8 began playing cello. Later on, he studied with Guido Vecchi in Götheborg, Giuseppe Selmi in Rome, and with Willi ...

(born 1945, Sweden) * Catherine Hewgill (born 1963, Australia) - Principal Cello

Sydney Symphony Orchestra The Sydney Symphony Orchestra (SSO) is an Australian symphony orchestra based in Sydney. With roots going back to 1908, the orchestra was made a permanent professional orchestra on the formation of the Australian Broadcasting Commission in 1932. ...

Desmond Hoebig Desmond Hoebig is a Canadian cellist with a career as a soloist, orchestral and chamber musician. Hoebig has held the chair of Principal Cellist in the Cleveland Orchestra, Houston Symphony Orchestra, and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Hoebig is ...

(born 1961, Canada) * Louise Hopkins (born 1968, England) * Dale Henderson (cellist) (New York) - Founder of Bach in the Subways * Sébastien Hurtaud (living, France) * Will Hayes (cellist) (Chicago, Illinois) (born 1968, NY)

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Steven Isserlis Steven 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 musicians of his generation. He is also noted for his div ...

(born 1958, England) * Sergei Istomin (Russian, resides in Belgium), period instruments, also plays viola da gamba * Yuki Ito (born 1990, Japan)

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* Ádám Jávorkai (born 1977, Hungary) * Guy Johnston (born 1981, England)

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Sheku Kanneh-Mason Sheku Kanneh-Mason (born 4 April 1999) is a British cellist who won the 2016 BBC Young Musician award. He was the first black musician to win the competition since its launch in 1978. He played at the wedding of Prince Harry to Meghan Markle ...

(born 1999, United Kingdom) * Ivan Karizna (born 1992, Belarus) *

Anssi Karttunen Anssi Karttunen (born 1960) is a Finnish cellist. Karttunen's repertoire ranges from the early baroque to living composers and improvisation. He has performed with many orchestras in Europe, Asia, and the Americas, including the Philharmonia, BB ...

(born 1960, Finland) *

Paul Katz Paul Katz is an American cellist, who was a member of the Cleveland Quartet from 1969 to 1995.Katherine Millett "Cellist Paul Katz Puts His Students on Equal Footing" ''Strings'' August/Sept, 2007 He and his wife, pianist Pei-Shan Lee, reside in ...

(living, United States), founding member of the

Cleveland Quartet The Cleveland Quartet was a string quartet founded in 1969 by violinist Donald Weilerstein, at the time an instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Music, whose director Victor Babin had secured funding for an in-resident quartet (the institute's ...

* Jonah Kim (born 1988, South Korea) *

Ralph Kirshbaum Ralph Henry Kirshbaum (born March 4, 1946) is an American cellist. His award-winning career combines the worlds of solo performance, chamber music, recording and pedagogy. Early life and education Kirshbaum was born in Denton, Texas, and raised ...

(born 1946, United States) *

Maria Kliegel Maria Kliegel (born 14 November 1952) is a German cellist. Professional career Kliegel was born in Dillenburg, Hesse. She studied under Janos Starker starting at the age of 19. She won first prize at the American College Competition, First Germa ...

(born 1952, Germany) *

Jacob Koranyi Jakob Koranyi (born 28 May 1983 in Stockholm) is a Swedish cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the vi ...

(born 1983, Sweden) *

Nina Kotova Nina Kotova (born 11 October 1969) is an American cellist of Eastern European descent. As well as being a versatile artist and an established composer she is a recording artist who performs both as a soloist with major orchestras and as a chamber ...

(born 1969 in Soviet Union, lives in the United States) * Maxim Kozlov (active 1995 - present, born in Russia, lives in the United States) *

Anatoli Krastev Anatoli Krastev - (Bulgarian: Анато́ли Кръс́тев (born September 6, 1947) is a prominent Bulgarian cellist and pedagogue. He is widely considered to be one of the most important Bulgarian performers. Since 2008, he has been Vice-rec ...

(born 1947, Bulgaria) * Josef Krecmer (born 1958, Czech Republic) *

Joel Krosnick Joel Krosnick (3 April 1941 – 15 April 2025) was an American cellist who performed as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician throughout the world for over 40 years. As a member of the Juilliard String Quartet from 1974 to 2016, he perfor ...

(born 1941, United States), was member of

Juilliard String Quartet The Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) is a classical music string quartet founded in 1946 at the Juilliard School in New York by William Schuman and Robert Mann. Since its inception, it has been the quartet-in-residence at the Juilliard School. ...

Wieland Kuijken Wieland Kuijken (; born 31 August 1938 in Dilbeek) is a Belgian musician and player of the viola da gamba and baroque cello. Biography Kuijken started his career in music in 1952 with the Brussels Alariusensemble of which he formed part until ...

(born 1938), Belgium, baroque cello and viola da gamba, also a conductor * Friedemann Kupsa (born 1943, Austria) *

Aage Kvalbein Aage Kvalbein (born 29 March 1947) is a Norwegian cellist and a professor in cello at the Norwegian Academy of Music. He is one of the most well-renowned musicians in Norway, both as a soloist, chamber musician and as a pedagogue. Kvalbein was bo ...

(born 1947, Norway)

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David Lale (Australian cellist) David Lale (born 1962) is a cellist from England, who now lives in Australia. He is Principal Cellist ofThe Queensland Orchestra He studied at the Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldes ...

(born 1962, England) *

David Lale (British cellist) David Lale (born 1981) is a cellist from the United Kingdom. He is a member of thLale String Quartetand plays regularly in a number of orchestras in the UK including the BBC Symphony Orchestra and the Philharmonia Orchestra. David is the nephew o ...

(born 1981, England) *

Gerard Le Feuvre Gerard Le Feuvre (born 11 September 1962) is a British musician. Early life and education Le Feuvre was born on 11 September 1962 in Jersey, Channel Islands, one of four children of a Jersey businessman. He is an alumnus of the Royal Academy ...

(born 1962, Channel Islands) *

Trey Lee Chui-yee Trey Lee (Chinese:李垂誼; pinyin: Chui-yee Lee) is a Hong Kong-born cellist based in Berlin, Germany. A laureate of major international competitions, he appears as a featured soloist with orchestras and festivals all over the world. He is als ...

(born 1973, Hong Kong) *

Mats Lidström Mats Lidström (born 1959) is a Swedish solo cellist, recording artist, chamber musician, composer, teacher and publisher. His first teacher was Maja Vogl, of the music conservatory in Gothenburg. He then went on to study at the Juilliard School ...

(born 1959, Sweden) *

Jaap ter Linden Jaap ter Linden (born 10 April 1947, in Rotterdam) is a Dutch cellist, viol player and conductor. He specialises in performance of baroque and classical music on authentic instruments. He began his career as principal cellist of notable baroque ...

(born 1947, Netherlands), baroque cello * Gavriel Lipkind (born 1977, Israel) * Hugh Livingston (born 1969) *

Julian Lloyd Webber Julian Lloyd Webber (born 14 April 1951) is a British solo cellist, conductor and broadcaster, a former principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire and the founder of the In Harmony music education programme. Early years and education Julia ...

(born 1951, England)

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Yo-Yo Ma Yo-Yo Ma (born October 7, 1955) is a French-born American Cello, cellist. Born to Chinese people, Chinese parents in Paris, he was regarded as a child prodigy there and began to study the cello with his father at age four. At the age of seven, ...

(born 1955 in France, raised and living in the United States) *

Mischa Maisky Mischa Maisky (, , ; born 10 January 1948) is a Soviet-born Israeli cellist. Biography Mischa Maisky was born in 1948 in Riga and is the younger brother of organist, harpsichordist and musicologist Valery Maisky (1942–1981). He was taught by ...

(born 1948, Latvia) * Brian Manker (living, Canada) *

Jonathan Manson Jonathan Manson is a Scottish cellist and viol player. Born in Edinburgh, he studied cello with Jane Cowan and later went on to the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he studied with Steven Doane and Christel Thielmann. He studied vi ...

(living, born in Scotland), period instruments, also plays viola da gamba *

Alain Meunier 2014 Alain Meunier (born 22 June 1942 in Paris) is a French cellist. Meunier was born in Paris, the third child among four siblings. Starting the cello at the age of 13 and received premier prix in chamber music at 15 and in cello at 16. He sudde ...

(born 1942, France) * Antônio Meneses (born 1957, Brazil) *

Ailbhe McDonagh Ailbhe McDonagh (born 29 November 1982) is an Irish concert cellist and composer. She performs internationally as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist with several studio albums to her name. McDonagh has composed works for orchest ...

(born 1982, Ireland) *

Ivan Monighetti Ivan Monighetti is a Russian cellist and conductor of Swiss descent. Biography Ivan Monighetti, described by Krzysztof Penderecki as a “phenomenal cellist” was Mstislav Rostropovich's last student at the Moscow Conservatory.As a sought-after ...

(born 1948, Poland) * John Moran (born 1963, United States), baroque cello *

Truls Mørk Truls Olaf Otterbech Mørk (born 25 April 1961) is a Norwegian cellist. Biography Mørk was born in Bergen, Norway to a cellist father, John Fritjof Mørk, and a pianist mother, Turid Otterbech. His mother began teaching him the piano when he ...

(born 1961, Norway) * Johannes Moser (born 1979, Germany, lives in Canada) *

Philippe Muller Philippe Muller (born 20 April 1946, in Mulhouse) is a French cellist. Biography Philippe Muller (born 20 April 1946, in Mulhouse) is a French cellist and pedagogue. His first contact with the cello was under the guidance of Dominique Prete, ...

(born 1946, France) *

Daniel Müller-Schott Daniel Müller-Schott (born 2 November 1976) is a German cellist. Born in Munich, he studied with Walter Nothas, Austrian cellist Heinrich Schiff and British cellist Steven Isserlis. Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter personally coached him in her ...

(born 1976, Germany)

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* Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, United States), member Of

The Piano Guys The Piano Guys is an American musical group consisting of pianist Jon Schmidt, cellist Steven Sharp Nelson, videographer Paul Anderson, and music producer Al van der Beek. Originating in Utah, they gained popularity through YouTube, where in ...

* Clancy Newman (born 1977, United States) * Şerban Nichifor (born 1954, Romania), also a composer *

Arto Noras Arto Noras (born 12 May 1942, in Turku) is a Finnish cellist who is one of Finland's most celebrated instrumentalists and amongst the most outstanding internationally acknowledged cellists of his generation. At the age of 8, Arto Noras starte ...

(born 1942, Finland)

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Kevin Olusola Kevin Oluwole Olusola, also known as K.O., (born October 5, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter, beatboxer, and cellist. Olusola is best known as the beatboxer of the a cappella group Pentatonix. After the group won NBC's ''The Sing-Off'' in ...

(born 1988, United States) *

Ouyang Nana Ouyang Nana (; born June 15, 2000) is a Taiwanese singer, musician and actress. A member of the Ouyang family, known for its artistic background in Taiwan, she has primarily focused her career in mainland China, known for films '' Beijing Love ...

(born 2000, China)

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Johann Sebastian Paetsch Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Springs, United States, U.S. on April 11, 1964) is an American cellist and musician. Early musical education Paetsch began his cello studies with his father, Günther Johanne ...

(born 1964, United States) *

Paolo Pandolfo Paolo Pandolfo is an Italian virtuoso player, composer, and teacher of music for the viola da gamba, born on January 31, 1964. He began his studies as a double bass and guitar player, becoming a skilled performer of jazz and popular music.Ernesto ...

(born 1964, Italy, viola da gamba) *

Angela Park Angela Park (, born August 25, 1988) is a Brazilian Americans, Brazilian-American professional golfer who played on the LPGA Tour. She holds dual citizenship in Brazil and the United States. Childhood and personal life Park was born in Foz do ...

(born 1987, United States) *

Vito Paternoster Vito Paternoster is an Italian cellist, recording for Musicaimmagine. He has served as principal cellist for I Musici (Rome). Paternoster is the first cellist to record the complete Bach Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Cello (orig. violin), after ...

(born circa 1963 stimated from other dates Italy, also a conductor and composer) *

Amit Peled Amit Peled (born 1973) is an Israeli-American cellist, conductor, and pedagogue. He plays a ca. 1695 Grancino cello on loan from the Roux Family Foundation. From 2012-2018 he played Pablo Casals's 1733 Matteo Goffriller cello. Prior to Casals's ...

(born 1973, Israel) * Samuli Peltonen (born 1981, Finland) *

David Pereira 250px David Pereira (born 21 September 1953) is an Australian classical cellist. He was Senior Lecturer in Cello at the Canberra School of Music from 1990 to 2008. Later he worked there as a Distinguished Artist in Residence. Since April 2017 h ...

(born 1953, Australia) *

Miklós Perényi Miklós Perényi (born 5 January 1948) is a Hungarian cellist. He was born in Budapest into a musical family and studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest with Ede Banda and Enrico Mainardi. He continued his studies at the Accade ...

(born 1948, Hungary) *

Vladimir Perlin Vladimir Pavlovich Perlin (; born 1 March 1942) is a Soviet and Belarusian cellist and pedagogue. Biography Vladimir Perlin was born in Frunze to ''Berta Borisovna Fidlon'' and ''Pavel Grigorievich Perlin'', who had escaped from Siege of L ...

(born 1942 in Soviet Union, lives in Belarus, also a conductor and pedagogue) *

Luigi Piovano Luigi Piovano is an Italian cellist and conductor. He is Principal Cellist of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, guest Principal Cellist of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, and guest principal cellist of the Seoul Philharmon ...

(living, Italy, baroque and modern cellos, also a conductor) *

Anthony Pleeth Anthony Pleeth, born in 1948 in London, is an English cellist, specialising in the historically informed performance of music of the 18th and 19th centuries on period instruments. Biography and career He studied cello with his father, renowned ...

(born 1948, England, baroque cello, son and student of

William Pleeth William Pleeth OBE (12 January 1916 – 6 April 1999) was a well-known British cellist and an eminent teacher, who became widely known as the teacher of Jacqueline du Pré. Biography Early years William Pleeth was born in London. His pa ...

) * Carlos Prieto (born 1937, Mexico) * Mark Prihodko (born 1997, Belarus, lives in United States)

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Jean-Guihen Queyras Jean-Guihen Queyras (born 11 March 1967) is a French cellist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and moved with his parents to Algeria when he was 5 years old; the family moved to France 3 years later. He has been a professor at the Musikho ...

(born 1967 in Canada, lives in France, plays baroque and modern cellos) * Misha Quint (born 1960 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)

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* Giovanni Ricciardi (born 1968, Italy) * Sharon Robinson (born 1949, United States) *(Kyril) Kirill Rodin (born 1963, Russian) *

Sergei Roldugin Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin ( Russian: Сергей Павлович Ролдугин, born 28 September 1951 Sakhalin) is a Russian cellist and businessman based in St Petersburg. He is a close friend of Vladimir Putin. He has been implicate ...

(born 1951, Russia) *

Shauna Rolston Shauna Rolston is a Canadian cellist. Rolston was a cello child prodigy who attended the Geneva Conservatory in Switzerland at age fourteen. She studied with Pierre Fournier, and later at the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh (England) where s ...

(born 1967, Canada) * Joshua Roman (born 1983, United States) * Alexei Romanenko (born 1974 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States) *

Nathaniel Rosen Nathaniel "Nick" Rosen (born June 9, 1948 in Altadena, California) is an American cello, cellist, the gold medalist of the 1978 International Tchaikovsky Competition, and former faculty member at the USC Thornton School of Music and the Manhattan ...

(born 1948, United States) * Martti Rousi (born 1960, Finland) *

Alexander Rudin Alexander Israilevich Rudin (; born 1960) is a Russian classical cellist and conductor. Biography and career Rudin was born in 1960, in Moscow, and he studied piano and cello at the Gnessin Institute before later studying conducting at the Mo ...

(born 1960, Russian) *

Martin Rummel Martin Rummel (born 2 May 1974) is an Austrian cellist. Biography The son of Peter Rummel, professor of law, grew up in Linz, where he went to primary school and graduated from Akademisches Gymnasium, where he received a Classical education, ...

(born 1974, Austria)

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John Sant’Ambrogio John Sant’Ambrogio (born June 12, 1932 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey) is an American cellist. He studied music at Lebanon Valley College (B.A., 1954) and at Ohio University (M.M., 1959). He studied cello with Diran Alexanian (1948 to 1950), with Pa ...

(born 1932, United States) *

Sara Sant'Ambrogio Sara Sant'Ambrogio (born 1962) is an American cellist best known as a member of the Eroica Trio. She was born in Boston and began her studies with her father, John Sant'Ambrogio, principal cellist with the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. She was ...

(born 1962, United States) *

Niklas Schmidt Niklas Uwe Schmidt (born 1 March 1998) is a German professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for French club Toulouse. At international level, he represented Germany's U16, U17, and U19 youth teams. Club career Schmidt is a youth e ...

(born 1958, Germany) * Julian Schwarz (born 1991, United States) *

Inbal Segev Inbal Segev () is a cellist who grew up in Israel. Segev began her studies in Israel at the age of 5. With the recommendation of Isaac Stern, she came to the United States to continue her studies at the age of 16. She debuted with the Israel Philha ...

(born in Israel, lives in the United States) * Tessa Seymour (born 1993, United States) * Jacob Shaw (born 1988, born in United Kingdom, lives in Denmark) *

Fred Sherry Fred Sherry (born 1948) is an American cellist who is particularly admired for his work as a chamber musician and concert soloist. He studied with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School before winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditi ...

(born 1948, United States) * Andrew Shulman (born 1960, England, also a conductor and composer) *

Vedran Smailović Vedran Smailović (born 11 November 1956), known as the "''Cellist of Sarajevo''", is a Bosnian musician. During the siege of Sarajevo, he played Albinoni's '' Adagio in G Minor'' in ruined buildings, and, often under the threat of snipers, he ...

(born 1956, Bosnia and Herzogovina, lives in Northern Ireland) * Brinton Averil Smith (born 1969, in Royal Oak Michigan) *

Giovanni Sollima Giovanni Sollima (born 24 October 1962 in Palermo, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian composer and cellist. He was born into a family of musicians and studied cello with Giovanni Perriera and composition with his father, Eliodoro Sollima, at the Conse ...

(born 1962, Italy, also a composer) *

Jeffrey Solow Jeffrey Solow (born January 3, 1949) is an American cellist. Biography Born in Los Angeles, Solow began cello lessons at the age of 7 with Gregory Aller, the grandfather of Leonard Slatkin, and had further studies with Gabor Rejto. He studied w ...

(born 1949, Los Angeles) *

Kian Soltani Kian Soltani (; born 3 June 1992) is an Austrian-Iranian cellist, born in Bregenz to a family of Iranian musicians. He has held the post of principal cellist in Daniel Barenboim's West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, where he came to prominence perfor ...

(born 1992, Austria) *

Julian Steckel Julian Steckel (born 1982) is a German cellist and academic teacher. Life Steckel was born in 1982 in Pirmasens as the son of piano teacher Vilja Steckel and violin teacher and conductor Helfried Steckel. He completed the Abitur at the old-lang ...

(born 1982, Germany) * Pierre Strauch (born 1958, France) * Peter Stumpf (United States) *

Luka Šulić Luka Šulić (born 25 August 1987) is a Croatian-Slovenian cellist. He was a member of 2CELLOS, along with Stjepan Hauser. Early life Šulić was born in Maribor, Slovenia. Šulić's father, Božo (through whom Šulić has Croatian citizenshi ...

(born 1987, Slovenia) *

Hidemi Suzuki is a Japanese cellist and conductor. Career Suzuki took his music degrees at the Toho Gakuen School of Music in Tokyo, with a focus on cello and conducting. After a successful career as a modern cellist, he went to the Netherlands in 1984 to st ...

(born 1957, Japan, period instruments, also a conductor)

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Stéphane Tétreault Stéphane Tétreault (born 10 April 1993) is a Canadian cellist. He first made international headlines as the recipient of Bernard Greenhouse's cello, the 1707 "Countess of Stainlein Ex- Paganini" Stradivarius, loaned to him by Mrs. Jacqueline De ...

(born 1993, Canada) *

Camille Thomas Camille Thomas (born May 1988 in Paris, France) is a France, Franco-Belgian cellist. Biography Camille Thomas began studying the cello at the age of 4. At 10 years old, she studied under Marcel Bardon at the ''Conservatoire national de régi ...

(born 1988, France) * Ronald Thomas (born 1952, United States) * Doron Toister (born 1957, Israel) * Fiona Thompson (born in England, lives in the United States) *

Bion Tsang Bion Yu-Ting Tsang (traditional Chinese/simplified Chinese: 章雨亭; pinyin: Zhāng Yǔ-Tíng) (born May 4, 1967) is an American cellist and professor. Biography Bion Tsang was born in Lansing, Michigan to Chinese parents. His father, Paul ...

(born 1967, United States)

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*Frances-Marie Uitti (born 1946, United States, also a composer)

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*Laura van der Heijden (musician), Laura van der Heijden (born 1997, England) *Jan Vogler (born 1964 in Germany, lives in the United States)

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*Nathan Waks (born 1951, Australia) *Christine Walevska (born 1943, Los Angeles, California) *Raphael Wallfisch (born 1953, England) *Jian Wang (cellist), Jian Wang (born 1968, China) *Wendy Warner (living, United States) *Graham Waterhouse (born 1962, England, also a composer) *Paul Watkins (musician), Paul Watkins (born 1970, Wales) *Alisa Weilerstein (born 1982, United States) *Paul Wiancko (born 1983, United States, also a composer) *Peter Wiley (born 1955, United States) *Dominique de Williencourt (born 1959, France, also a composer) *Pieter Wispelwey (born 1962, Netherlands)

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*Sung-Won Yang (living, South Korea) *Daniel Yeadon (born 1967, England, lives in Australia) *Dmitry Yablonsky (living, Russia) *Igor Zubkovsky (Russian, resides in the United States)

Living non-classical cellists

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*Thomas Batuello (born 1994, TV work, rock music) *Matt Brubeck (born 1961, United States, jazz music)

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*Isobel Campbell (born 1976, Scotland, indie rock) *Grace Chatto (living, born 10 December 1985, multi-instrumentalist, key member of band, Clean Bandit.) *Gretta Cohn (living, United States, rock musician and radio producer) *Melora Creager (born 1966, United States, rock music)

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(born 1965, England, classical and popular music)

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*Rushad Eggleston (born 1979, United States, cello rock)

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*Gideon Freudmann (living, eclectic composer, cello rock) *Erik Friedlander (born 1960, United States, jazz) *

(born 1952, United States, jazz/improvisational cellist)

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*Károly Garam (born 1941 in Hungary, moved to Finland, popular musics) *Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982, Iceland, lives in Germany, solo and in electronica bands) *

(born 1985, China)

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*Natalie Haas (living, United States, Celtic folk music) *Melissa Hasin (born 1954, United States, popular music) *

(born 1986, Croatia, part of 2Cellos) *Svante Henryson (born 1963, Sweden, jazz, rock, also a composer) *Ivan Hussey (living, leader of Celloman, fusion music)

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*Jorane (born 1975, Canada, alternative singer-songwriter)

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*Zoë Keating (born 1972, Canada, cello rock and classical, also a soundtrack composer) *Julia Kent (living, born in Canada, cello rock) *Perttu Kivilaakso (born 1978, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica) *Brent Kutzle (born 1987, United States, in band OneRepublic)

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*Caroline Lavelle (living, British singer-songwriter and cellist) *Alexandra Lawn (from indie rock band Ra Ra Riot) *Ana Lenchantin (living, United States, from progressive rock band Into the Presence) *Max Lilja (born 1975, Finland, from thrash metal band Hevein (band), Hevein) *Fred Lonberg-Holm (born 1962, United States, jazz) *Paavo Lötjönen (born 1968, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)

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*Antero Manninen (born 1973, Finland, cello metal) *Martin McCarrick (born 1962, England, rock) *Kerry Minnear (born 1948, England, multi-instrumentalist, progressive rock with 70s band Gentle Giant)

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* Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, member of "The Piano Guys")

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*Neyla Pekarek (born 1986, United States, also a vocalist, from folk rock band The Lumineers)

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*Saskia Rao-de Haas (born 1971, Netherlands, primarily known for Hindustani classical music, also a composer) *Ernst Reijseger (born 1954, Netherlands, improvisation) *Hank Roberts (born 1954, United States, jazz)

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*Jane Scarpantoni (living, United States, alternative rock) *Philip Sheppard (musician), Philip Sheppard (living, England, also a composer) *Ben Sollee (born 1983, United States, singer-songwriter, eclectic genres) *

(born 1987, Croatia, part of 2Cellos) *Mark Summer (born 1958, United States, original cellist of Turtle Island String Quartet)

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*Martin Tillman (born 1964, Switzerland, also a composer) *Eicca Toppinen (born 1975, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica) *Matt Turner (cellist), Matt Turner (living, United States)

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*Kanon Wakeshima (born 1988, Japan, also a vocalist) *Aubrey Webber (living, United States, nerd-folk with The Doubleclicks) *Gay-Yee Westerhoff (born 1973, England, of crossover band Bond (band), Bond)

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*Alexander Zhiroff (born 1951, Russian, world music)

Deceased classical cellists

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*Claus Adam (1917–1983, United States, also a composer) *Joseph Alexander (cellist), Joseph Alexander (c.1770–1822, Germany) *Diran Alexanian (1881–1954, Armenia) *Francesco Aliani (1762–1812, Italy) *Karl Andersen (1903–1970, Norway, also a composer) *Johann Gottfried Arnold (1773–1806, Germany, also a composer) *Olivier Aubert (1763–c.1830, France, also a composer)

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*Felix Battanchon (1814–1893, France) *Paul Bazelaire (1886–1958, France) *Hugo Becker (1863–1941, Germany) *Auguste van Biene (1849–1913, Netherlands, moved to England) *Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italy, primarily a composer) *Karl Leopold Böhm (1806–1859, Austria) *Gaetano Braga (1829–1907, Italy, also a composer) *Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823, France) *Christopher Bunting (1924–2005, England) *Friedrich Buxbaum (1869–1948, Austria) *Anner Bylsma (1934–2019, Netherlands, baroque cello)

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*Pau Casals (1876–1973, Spain, also a composer and conductor) *Juan Ruiz Casaux (1889–1972, Spain) *Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966, Spain, also a composer) *Giacobbe Cervetto (died 1783, Italy, moved to England) *James Cervetto (1748–1837, UK) *Mabel Chaplin (1870–1960, UK, member of the Chaplin Trio; also played viola ga gamba) *Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808, Italy, also a composer) *Jennifer Ward Clarke (1935–2015, UK) *Hugo Cole (1917-1995, UK) *Orlando Cole (1908–2010, United States) *Nelson Cooke (1919–2018, Australia, career partly in UK) *Bernhard Cossmann (1822–1910, Germany) *John Crosdill (1751–1825, UK) *Douglas Cummings (1944–2014, UK)

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*Karl Davydov (1838–1889, Russia) *Jules Delsart (1844–1900, France) *Jean Deplace (1944–2015, France) *Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860, Germany) *Karl Drechsler (1800–1873, Germany) *Jean-Louis Duport (1749–1819, France, brother of Jean-Pierre Duport) *Jean-Pierre Duport (1741–1818, France, brother of Jean-Louis Duport) *Jacqueline du Pré (1945–1987, England)

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* Maurice Eisenberg (1900–1972, United States)

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*Emanuel Feuermann (1902–1942, born in Ukraine, died in the United States) *Rocco Filippini (1943–2021, Switzerland) *Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890, Germany) *Pierre Fournier (1906–1986, France) *Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884, France) *Ricardo Roberto Francia (1932–2021, Argentina) *Jacques Franco-Mendès (1816–1889, Netherlands)

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*Domenico Gabrielli (d.1690, Italy) *Raya Garbousova (1909–1997, born in Georgia, Russian Empire) *Maurice Gendron (1920–1990, France) *Gwyneth George (1920–2016, UK) *Georg Goltermann (1825–1876, Germany, also a composer) *Bernard Greenhouse (1916–2011, United States, founding member of the Beaux Arts Trio) *Friedrich Grützmacher (1832–1903, Germany)

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*Lynn Harrell (1944–2020, United States) *Beatrice Harrison (1892–1965, England) *Robert Hausmann (1852–1909, Germany) *Victor Herbert (1859–1924, Ireland, primarily remembered as a composer, also a conductor) *Florence Hooton (1912-1988, England) *Kato van der Hoeven (1877 –1959, Netherlands)

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*Alexander Ivashkin (1948–2014, Russian)

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*Antonio Janigro (1918–1989, Italy) *Ivor James (1882–1963, British) *Nicasio Jiménez (1849–1891, Cuba) *Vivian Joseph (1916-2005, British)

K

*John Kennedy (cellist), John Kennedy (1922–1980, born in England, moved to Australia) *Lauri Kennedy (1896–1985, born in Australia) *Julius Klengel (1859–1933, Germany) *Sviatoslav Knushevitsky (1907–1963, Russia) *Antonín Kohout (1919–2013, Czech) *Otto van Koppenhagen (1897–1978, Netherlands) *Antonín Kraft (1752–1820, Czech)

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*Salvatore Lanzetti (1710–1780, Italian) *Robert Lindley (1776–1855, British) *Joseph Linke (1783–1837, Austria) *Martin Lovett (1927–2020, England)

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*Fritz Magg (1914–1997, born in Vienna, moved to the United States) *Enrico Mainardi (1897-1976, Italy) *Rudolf Matz (1901–1988, Croatia) *Joseph Merk (1795–1852, Austria) *Frank Miller (cellist), Frank Miller (1912–1986, United States) *Georges Miquelle (1894–1977, born in France, moved to the United States) *Víctor Mirecki Larramat (1947–1921, born in France, lived in Spain) *Lorne Munroe (1924–2020, United States) *Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991, United States, performance art) *May Mukle (1880–1963, British)

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*André Navarra (1911–1988, France) *Zara Nelsova (1918–2002, Canada)

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* Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880, born in Germany, lived in France)

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*Siegfried Palm (1927–2005, Germany) *Aldo Parisot (1918–2018, Brazil, United States) *Leslie Parnas (1931–2022, United States) *Boris Pergamenschikow (1948–2004, born in Soviet Union, moved to Germany) *Gregor Piatigorsky (1903–1976, born in Russia, moved to United States) *Alfredo Piatti (1822–1901, Italy) *

(1916–1999, England, teacher of Jacqueline du Pré) *Dominik Połoński (1977–2018, Poland) *David Popper (1843–1913, Bohemian born, active in Hungary)

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*Jean-Marie Raoul (1766–1837, France, also a composer) *Thelma Reiss (1906–1991, Britain) *Gabor Rejto, Gábor Rejtő (1916–1987, Hungary) *Bernhard Romberg (1767–1841, Germany, also a composer) *Leonard Rose (1918–1984, United States) *Mstislav Rostropovich (1927–2007, Russia, also a conductor)

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*Karel Pravoslav Sádlo (1898–1971, Czech) *Miloš Sádlo (1912–2003, Czech) *Felix Salmond (1880–1952, England) *Heinrich Schiff (1951–2016, Austria) *Franz Schmidt (composer), Franz Schmidt (1874–1939, Austria, also a pianist and a composer) *Georg Schnéevoigt (1872–1947, Finnish, also a conductor) *Eleonore Schoenfeld (1925–2007, born in Slovenia, died in the United States) *Joseph Schuster (cellist), Joseph Schuster (1903–1969, born in Turkey, died in the United States) *Adrien François Servais (1807–1866, Belgium) *Daniil Shafran (1923–1997, Russian) *Natalia Shakhovskaya (1935–2017, Russian) *Harvey Shapiro (musician), Harvey Shapiro (1911–2007, American) *Anna Shuttleworth (1927–2021, England) *František Sláma (cellist), František Sláma (1923–2004, Czech) *Benyamin Sönmez (1983–2011, Turkey) *George Sopkin (1914–2008, United States) *David Soyer (1923–2010, United States) *William Henry Squire (1871–1963, England) *János Starker (1924–2013, born in Hungary, died in the United States) *:de:Peter_C._Steiner, Peter Steiner (1928-2003, Germany) *Leo Stern (1862–1904, England) *Guilhermina Suggia (1885–1950, Portugal)

T

*Paul Tortelier (1914–1990, France) *Anton Träg (1819–1860, Austria)

V

*Laszlo Varga (cellist), Laszlo Varga (1924–2014, Hungary) *Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (1850–1911, Russia) *J. Louis von der Mehden (1873–1954, United States)

W

*Terence Weil (1921–1995, England) *August Wenzinger (1905–1996, Switzerland) *Donald Whitton (1923–2018, Canada) *Maximilian Willmann (1767–1813, Germany)

Deceased non-classical cellists

A

*Muhal Richard Abrams (1930-2017), United States, jazz, also a composer and multi-instrumentalist)

B

*David Baker (composer), David Baker (1931–2016, United States, jazz composer and performer)

C

*Tom Cora (1953–1998, United States, experimental jazz and rock)

E

*Mike Edwards (musician), Mike Edwards (1948–2010, England, member of the Electric Light Orchestra)

H

*Tristan Honsinger (born 1949, United States, free jazz and free improvisation)

K

*Fred Katz (cellist), Fred Katz (1919–2013, United States, described as "the first real jazz cellist")

M

*Hugh McDowell (1953–2018, England, cellist with rock bands Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II)

P

*Oscar Pettiford (1922–1960, United States, bebop) *Kristen Pfaff (1967–1994, United States, alternative rock)

R

*Arthur Russell (musician), Arthur Russell (1951–1992, United States, eclectic genres)

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