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List of cellists

A person who plays the cello is called a cellist. This list of notable cellists is divided into three categories: 1) Living Classical Cellists; 2) Deceased Classical Cellists; 3) Non-classical Cellists.

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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 of musical instruments.

A

  • Jamal Aliyev (born 1993, Azerbaijan)
  • Tanya Anisimova (born 1966, Russian, also a composer)
  • Julian Armour (born 1960, Canadian)

    • B

  • Michael Bach (born 1958, Germany, also composer and visual artist)
  • Soo Bae (born 1977, Korean-Canadian, living in United States)
  • Zuill Bailey (born 1972, United States)
  • Alexander Baillie (born 1956, England)
  • Matthew Barley (born 1965, England)
  • Maya Beiser (born 1968, Israel, moved to the United States, new classical music)
  • Emmanuelle Bertrand (born 1971, France)
  • Coenraad Bloemendal (born 1946, Netherlands, moved to Canada)
  • Mike Block (born 1982, United States)
  • Becca Bradley (born 1991, United States)
  • Andreas Brantelid (born 1987, Denmark)
  • Carter Brey (born 1954, United States)
  • František Brikcius (living, Czech Republic)
  • Denis Brott (born 1950, Canada)
  • Mario Brunello (born 1960, Italy)
  • Anner Bylsma (born 1934, Netherlands, baroque cello)

    • C

  • Jay Campbell (born 1989, United States)
  • Gautier Capuçon (born 1976, France)
  • Colin Carr (born 1957, England)
  • Phoebe Carrai (born 1955, United States, baroque and other historical styles)
  • Jesús Castro-Balbi (living, of Peruvian descent, moved from France to the United States)
  • Han-na Chang (born 1982, South Korea, also a conductor)
  • Young-Chang Cho (born 1958, South Korea)
  • Chu Yibing (born 1966, China)
  • Myung-wha Chung (born 1944, Korean)
  • Lluís Claret (born 1951, Andorra)
  • Natalie Clein (born 1977, England)
  • Bruno Cocset (born 1963, France)
  • Christophe Coin (born 1958, France)
  • Emilio Colón (born in Puerto Rico, also a composer and conductor)
  • Marc Coppey (born 1969, France)

    • D

  • Robert deMaine (born 1969, United States)
  • William De Rosa (living, United States)
  • Rohan de Saram (born 1939, England, also contemporary music)
  • Roel Dieltiens (born 1957, Belgium, baroque and modern cello)
  • Denise Djokic (born 1980, Canada)

    • E

  • Angela East (born 1949, UK, continuo player and member of Red Priest)
  • Timothy Eddy (living, United States, a founding member of the Orion String Quartet)

    • F

  • Yosif Feigelson (born 1955, Latvia)
  • David Finckel (born 1951, United States, founding former member of the Emerson String Quartet)
  • Amanda Forsyth (born 1966, Canada)
  • Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States)
  • Michaela Fukačová (living, Czech Republic)

    • G

  • Sol Gabetta (born 1981, Argentina)
  • Igor Gavrish (born 1945, Russian)
  • Alban Gerhardt (born 1969, Germany)
  • David Geringas (born 1946, Lithuania)
  • Rudolf Gleißner (born 1942, Germany)
  • Kristin von der Goltz (born 1966, Germany, period instrument)
  • Natalia Gutman (born 1942, Russian)

    • H

  • Matt Haimovitz (born 1970, Israel)
  • Richard Harwood (born 1979, England)
  • Ofra Harnoy (born 1965, Israel)
  • Lynn Harrell (born 1944, United States)
  • Stjepan Hauser (born 1986, Croatia)
  • Frans Helmerson (born 1945, Sweden)
  • Desmond Hoebig (born 1961, Canada)
  • Louise Hopkins (born 1968, England)

    • I

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

    • J

  • Guy Johnston (born 1981, England)

    • K

  • Anssi Karttunen (born 1960, Finland)
  • Paul Katz (living, United States, founding member of the Cleveland Quartet)
  • Jonah Kim (born 1988, South Korea)
  • Ralph Kirshbaum (born 1946, United States)
  • Maria Kliegel (born 1952, Germany)
  • Jacob Koranyi (born 1983, Sweden)
  • Nina Kotova (born in Soviet Union, lives in the United States)
  • Anatoli Krastev (born 1947, Bulgaria)
  • Josef Krecmer (born 1958, Czech Republic)
  • Joel Krosnick (born 1941, United States, was member of Juilliard String Quartet)
  • Wieland Kuijken (born 1938, Belgium, baroque cello and viola da gamba, also a conductor)
  • Friedemann Kupsa (born 1943, Austria)
  • Aage Kvalbein (born 1947, Norway)

    • L

  • David Lale (Australian cellist) (born 1962, England)
  • David Lale (British cellist) (born 1981, England)
  • Gerard Le Feuvre (born 1962, Channel Islands)
  • Trey Lee Chui-yee (born 1973, Hong Kong)
  • Mats Lidström (born 1959, Sweden)
  • Jaap ter Linden (born 1947, Netherlands, baroque cello)
  • Gavriel Lipkind (born 1977, Israel)
  • Julian Lloyd Webber (born 1951, England)
  • Sam Lucas (born 1996, Australia)

    • M

  • Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955 in France, raised and living in the United States)
  • Mischa Maisky (born 1948, Latvia)
  • Brian Manker (living, Canada)
  • Jonathan Manson (living, born in Scotland, period instruments, also plays viola da gamba)
  • Alain Meunier (born 1942, France)
  • Antônio Meneses (born 1957, Brazil)
  • Ivan Monighetti (born 1948, Poland)
  • John Moran (born 1963, United States, baroque cello)
  • Truls Mørk (born 1961, Norway)
  • Johannes Moser (born 1979, Germany, lives in Canada)
  • Philippe Muller (born 1946, France)
  • Daniel Müller-Schott (born 1976, Germany)
  • Lorne Munroe (born 1924, United States)

    • N

  • Steven Sharp Nelson (born 1977, United States, member Of The Piano Guys)
  • Clancy Newman (born 1977, United States)
  • Şerban Nichifor (born 1954, Romania, also a composer)
  • Arto Noras (born 1942, Finland)

    • O

  • Kevin Olusola (born 1988, United States)

    • P

  • Johann Sebastian Paetsch (born 1964, United States)
  • Paolo Pandolfo (born 1964, Italy, viola da gamba)
  • Aldo Parisot (born 1921, Brazil)
  • Saerom Park (born 1981, South Korea)
  • Vito Paternoster (born circa 1963 [estimated from other dates], Italy, also a conductor and composer)
  • Samuli Peltonen (born 1981, Finland)
  • David Pereira (born 1953, Australia)
  • Miklós Perényi (born 1948, Hungary)
  • Luigi Piovano (living, Italy, baroque and modern cellos, also a conductor)
  • Anthony Pleeth (born 1948, England, baroque cello, son and student of William Pleeth)
  • Andrei Pricope (1969, Romania)
  • Carlos Prieto (born 1937, Mexico)

    • Q

  • Jean-Guihen Queyras (born 1976 in Canada, lives in France, plays baroque and modern cellos)
  • Misha Quint (born 1960 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)

    • R

  • Giovanni Ricciardi (born 1968, Italy)
  • Sharon Robinson (born 1954, United States)
  • (Kyril) Kirill Rodin (born 1963, Russian)
  • Shauna Rolston (born 1967, Canada)
  • Joshua Roman (born 1983, United States)
  • Alexei Romanenko (born 1974 in Soviet Union, moved to the United States)
  • Nathaniel Rosen (born 1948, United States)
  • Martti Rousi (born 1960, Finland)
  • Alexander Rudin (born 1960, Russian)
  • Martin Rummel (born 1974, Austria)

    • S

  • John Sant’Ambrogio (born 1932, United States)
  • Sara Sant'Ambrogio (born circa 1960 [estimated], United States)
  • Julian Schwarz (born 1990, United States)
  • Inbal Segev (born in Israel, lives in the United States)
  • Tessa Seymour (born 1993, United States)
  • Natalia Shakhovskaya (born 1935, Russian)
  • Fred Sherry (born 1948, United States)
  • Andrew Shulman (born 1960, England, also a conductor and composer)
  • Anna Shuttleworth (born 1927, England)
  • Vedran Smailović (born 1956, Bosnia and Herzogovina, lives in Northern Ireland)
  • Giovanni Sollima (born 1962, Italy, also a composer)
  • Pierre Strauch (born 1958, France)
  • Peter Stumpf (United States)
  • Luka Šulić (born 1987, Slovenia)
  • Hidemi Suzuki (born 1957, Japan, period instruments, also a conductor)

    • T

  • Stéphane Tétreault (born 1993, Canada)
  • Ronald Thomas (born 1952, United States)
  • Doron Toister (born 1957, Israel)
  • Fiona Thompson (born in England, lives in the United States)
  • Bion Tsang (born 1967, United States)

    • U

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

    • V

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

    • W

  • Nathan Waks (born 1951, Australia)
  • Raphael Wallfisch (born 1953, England)
  • Jian Wang (born 1968, China)
  • Wendy Warner (living, United States)
  • Graham Waterhouse (born 1962, England, also a composer)
  • Paul Watkins (born 1970, Wales)
  • Alisa Weilerstein (born 1982, United States)
  • Donald Whitton (born 1923, Canada)
  • Peter Wiley (born 1955, United States)
  • Dominique de Williencourt (born 1959, France, also a composer)
  • Pieter Wispelwey (born 1962, Netherlands)

    • XYZ

  • Sung-Won Yang (living, South Korea)

    • A

  • Claus Adam (1917–1983, United States, also a composer)
  • Joseph Alexander (c. 1770–1822, Germany)
  • Diran Alexanian (1881–1954, Armenia)
  • Francesco Aliani (1762–1812, Italy)
  • Olivier Aubert (1763–c. 1830, also a composer)

    • B

  • Felix Battanchon (1814–1893, France)
  • Paul Bazelaire (1886–1958, France)
  • Hugo Becker (1863–1941, Germany)
  • Luigi Boccherini (1743–1805), Italy, primarily a composer)
  • Gaetano Braga (1829–1907, Italy, also a composer)
  • Jean-Baptiste Bréval (1753–1823, France)
  • Christopher Bunting (1924–2005, England)
  • Friedrich Buxbaum (1869–1948, Austria)

    • C

  • Pablo Casals (1876–1973, Spain, also a composer and conductor)
  • Juan Ruiz Casaux (1889–1972, Spain)
  • Gaspar Cassadó (1897–1966, Spain, also a composer)
  • Giovanni Battista Cirri (1724–1808, Italy, also a composer)
  • Jennifer Ward Clarke (1935–2015, UK)
  • Orlando Cole (1908–2010, United States)
  • Bernhard Cossmann (1822–1910, Germany)
  • Douglas Cummings (1944–2014, UK)

    • D

  • Karl Davydov (1838–1889, Russia)
  • Jules Delsart (1844–1900, France)
  • Jean Deplace (1944–2015, France)
  • Friedrich Dotzauer (1783–1860, 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)

    • E

  • Maurice Eisenberg (1900–1972, United States)

    • F

  • Emanuel Feuermann (1902–1942, born in Ukraine, died in the United States)
  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen (1848–1890, Germany)
  • Pierre Fournier (1906–1986, France)
  • Auguste Franchomme (1808–1884, France)

    • G

  • 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)

    • H

  • Beatrice Harrison (1892–1965, England)
  • Robert Hausmann (1852–1909, Germany)
  • Victor Herbert (1859–1924, Ireland, primarily remembered as a composer, also a conductor)

    • I

  • Alexander Ivashkin (1948–2014, Russian)

    • J

  • Antonio Janigro (1918–1989, Italy)
  • Nicasio Jiménez (1849–1891, Cuba)

    • K

  • 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)
  • Otto van Koppenhagen (1897–1978, Netherlands)
  • Antonín Kraft (1752–1820, Czech)

    • L

  • Josef Linke (1783–1837, Austria)

    • M

  • Rudolf Matz (1901–1988, Croatia)
  • 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)
  • Charlotte Moorman (1933–1991, United States, performance art)

    • N

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

    • O

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

    • P

  • Siegfried Palm (1927–2005, Germany)
  • 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)
  • William Pleeth (1916–1999, England, teacher of Jacqueline du Pré)
  • David Popper (1843–1913, Hungary)

    • R

  • Gabor Rejto (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)

    • S

  • Karel Pravoslav Sádlo (1898–1971, Czech)
  • Miloš Sádlo (1912–2003, Czech)
  • Felix Salmond (1880–1952, England)
  • Heinrich Schiff (1951–2016, Austria)
  • 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 (1903–1969, born in Turkey, died in the United States)
  • Adrien François Servais (1807–1866, Belgium)
  • Daniil Shafran (1923–1997, Russian)
  • Harvey Shapiro (1911-2007, American)
  • 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)
  • Leo Stern (1862–1904, England)
  • Guilhermina Suggia (1885–1950, Portugal)

    • T

  • Paul Tortelier (1914–1990, France)

    • V

  • Laszlo Varga (1924–2014, Hungary)
  • Aleksandr Verzhbilovich (1911–1950, Russia)

    • W

  • Terence Weil (1921–1995, England)

    • A

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

    • B

  • David Baker (born 1931, United States, jazz composer and performer)
  • Thomas Batuello (born 1994, TV work, rock music)
  • Matt Brubeck (born 1961, United States, jazz music)

    • C

  • Isobel Campbell (born 1976, Scotland, indie rock)
  • Gretta Cohn (living, United States, rock musician and radio producer)
  • Tom Cora (1953-1998, United States, experimental jazz and rock)
  • Melora Creager (born 1966, United States, rock music)

    • D

  • Caroline Dale (born 1965, England, classical and popular musics)

    • E

  • Mike Edwards (1948–2010, England, member of the Electric Light Orchestra)
  • Rushad Eggleston (born 1979, United States, cello rock)

    • F

  • Gideon Freudmann (living, eclectic composer, cello rock)
  • Erik Friedlander (born 1960, United States, jazz)
  • Eugene Friesen (born 1952, United States, jazz/improvisational cellist)

    • G

  • Károly Garam (born 1941 in Hungary, moved to Finland, popular musics)
  • Lani Groves (born 1980, South Africa, world musics)
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir (born 1982, Iceland, lives in Germany, solo and in electronica bands)

    • H

  • Melissa Hasin (born 1954, United States, popular musics)
  • Stjepan Hauser (born 1986, Croatia, part of 2Cellos)
  • Svante Henryson (born 1963, Sweden, jazz, rock and other genres)
  • Tristan Honsinger (born 1949, United States, free jazz and free improvisation)
  • Ivan Hussey (living, leader of Celloman, fusion music)

    • J

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

    • K

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

    • L

  • 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)
  • Fred Lonberg-Holm (born 1962, United States, jazz)
  • Paavo Lötjönen (born 1968, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)

    • M

  • Antero Manninen (born 1973, Finland, cello metal)
  • Martin McCarrick (born 1962, England, rock)
  • Hugh McDowell (born 1953, England, cellist with rock bands Electric Light Orchestra and ELO Part II)
  • Kerry Minnear (born 1948, England, multi-instrumentalist, progressive rock with 70s band Gentle Giant)

    • N

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

    • P

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

    • R

  • 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)
  • Arthur Russell (1951-1992, United States, eclectic genres)

    • S

  • Jane Scarpantoni (living, United States, alternative rock)
  • Philip Sheppard (living, England, also a composer)
  • Ben Sollee (born 1983, United States, singer-songwriter, eclectic genres)
  • Esperanza Spalding (born 1984, United States, multi-instrumentalist)
  • Luka Šulić (born 1987, Croatia, part of 2Cellos)
  • Mark Summer (born 1958, United States, original cellist of Turtle Island String Quartet)

    • T

  • Martin Tillman (born 1964, Switzerland, also a composer)
  • Eicca Toppinen (born 1975, Finland, from cello metal band Apocalyptica)

    • W

  • 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)

    • XYZ

  • Alexander Zhiroff (born 1951, Russian, jazz and world music)

    • 123

  • 2Cellos

    • References

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