I recently had the opportunity to get to know Yuriy Leonovich over a Zoom call. I had seen some of his posts in various cello-related Facebook groups, and he was always offering great insights, really useful links, and fascinating blog…

Most of my interviews so far have been true interviews – I say little about myself and ask plenty of questions. Suzanne told me right off the bat that she also wanted to learn about me, so this time I…

My main goal with interviews in my blog is to find composers who write for cello ensembles, who tend to be cellists themselves. However, José Elizondo is a composer who has never played the cello: he just loves the sound…

I had the enormous privilege of sitting down with Eugene Friesen for a little interview on a Monday evening, or rather a Monday afternoon where he was in Vermont, and evening for me in Berlin. It is a marvelous thing…

One of my missions for this blog is to bring more attention to the many cellist-composers and arrangers there are in the world. Many of us cellists end up teaching, either part-time or full-time, and so we end up with…